This is no longer the EZA OT. Seems like the Colin OT at this point.
Being compared to an oaktree has a hellvu impact.
Yep, been absolutely awful. At this point I wish they just lock this or something for a few days.
Well I'm glad you guys think it's making a difference, he still went on the show and you are still talking non-stop about it 10+ days later now.
More power to you though if you believe it's made a difference. On my personal level I want to stray more and more away from the community if anything after all of this.
I would agree that Colin's (public) behavior has shown him to be less than a stand up individual. Colin's said a lot of hurtful things to a lot of people over the years. However, on Brandon being a part of Colin's show, I see no issue with it, and I actually think it emphasizes a lot of the reasons why I stand behind the Allies and have watched their videos since the GameTrailers days. There is a difference between respecting and accepting an individuals racist, sexist, or offensive views and respecting their human right to talk about their views, no matter how hurtful. Having a conversation with Colin is not a damning acceptance of the man's political, social, and sometimes offensive opinions. Having a conversation with Colin does not condone negative behavior that has hurt others in the past.
I strongly stand by the fact that the Allies should be able to have conversations with anyone they want to talk to, and I believe their positivity and downright welcoming personas are contagious. Without challenging conversations, their Love & Respect ideals may never reach the people who need to hear it the most.
You know what, maybe you would have had a point...if Donald J. Trump wasn't elected President of the United States. Turns out, even this far in the twenty-first century, even with history and evidence at your finger tips, even with voices differentiate even further: if you have the right personality (because what 45 has isn't charm), bigotry can be enough to hand you nuclear weapons. When "and some are good people" isn't enough to bring the fear of god into those who could have easily gone to the polls and 62, 984, 825+ Americans were not revolted by that comment, it becomes really apparent millions of Americans really want those who are not white, straight, male, abled to stay in their current social class, banished from this country, or simply die.
You see, this is about the destructive nature of prejudice and all of it that entails and within this focal point called "gaming", just from GamerGate to (perhaps) 45 up to now with Colin, it has been a "fascinating" experience on how horrendous your fellow citizens can actually become even with digesting the most blatant of behaviors. Colin being insensitive to one's identity is not an island. Add in the spotlight that Colin has and it has potential reinforcement of the idea that, ultimately, disenfranchised citizens' concerns & existences are not worth anything, not even thought. Rather Colin intentionally does this or not, it does not change the fact that he is hanging around the same rotten tree that enables those who actually went out and burned crosses in front of the houses of black families. So, when the marginalized alone see the stuff Colin been spouting that makes him a horrible human being, they're being reminded that their homenland wants them down, gone, and/or dead; that their cries are being shut down through his idiotic and (perhaps) malicious comments. So, when the
reason why we're here mingles with someone who blatantly contributes (intentionally or not) to those ideologies, those concerned community members are going to worry about about such a contribution validating what wants to
hurt them.
And if anybody here who keep spouting that this is about opinions after all of this, let alone in the past, maybe, two weeks now, I don't know what else to tell you (if you're actually ignorant instead of a troll) but other then actually try to step into the shoes of those who were insulted by Colin's inflammatory words (let alone harassed by his fans).
Also just in: Colin's latest tweet implies that non-whites do the most rioting so
yeah...
