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If you spend any time in the darker parts of the internet(like 4chan), you learn that a lot of what trolls do is "for the lulz" and nothing else. My guess is th

If you spend any time in the darker parts of the internet(like 4chan), you learn that a lot of what trolls do is "for the lulz" and nothing else. My guess is that PewDiePie or his writers frequents one of those sites and so thinks nothing of it. Personally I think it's distasteful and there should be reprocussions, but cancelling his show is a PC overreaction IMO, though I understand many don't know the culture of 4chan and such sites, so I could see why they would disagree.

aanm1988 10y ago
Why is it a PC overreaction? If a parent sees their 8 year old watching they will get upset. They will look into it and find out Disney is supporting the show. Disney now has to deal with pissed off parents who can say (justifiably) they support anti-semitic content. This is primarily a children's entertainer.
- dukeluke 10y ago
  I believe it is an overreaction because I highly doubt he intended to spread hate speech, but just wanted to troll and be inflammatory. I say that because the phrase he said is common on many sites like 4chan. Like I said, I feel there _should_ be reprocussions, but cancelling his show is too much.
  - dragonwriter 10y ago
    > I highly doubt he intended to spread hate speech, but just wanted to troll and be inflammatory He wanted to do the latter by doing the former. It's not like he didn't realize that the mechanism by which the shock he sought was being created was the message of hate the words would convey.
shepardrtc 10y ago
His intent is only known to him, however his repeated focus on this particular topic leads me to believe that it is of deep importance to him. Its not particularly funny or insightful or troll-ish. It doesn't frustrate people and make them growl. It makes people recoil back and remember a time when humanity was at it's worst. The only people laughing and patting him on the back are anti-Semites. Barring any other commentary from him on his motives, that would lead me to believe that he shares views with those people.

aanm1988 10y ago

Why is it a PC overreaction? If a parent sees their 8 year old watching they will get upset. They will look into it and find out Disney is supporting the show. Disney now has to deal with pissed off parents who can say (justifiably) they support anti-semitic content. This is primarily a children's entertainer.

dukeluke 10y ago
I believe it is an overreaction because I highly doubt he intended to spread hate speech, but just wanted to troll and be inflammatory. I say that because the phrase he said is common on many sites like 4chan. Like I said, I feel there _should_ be reprocussions, but cancelling his show is too much.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > I highly doubt he intended to spread hate speech, but just wanted to troll and be inflammatory He wanted to do the latter by doing the former. It's not like he didn't realize that the mechanism by which the shock he sought was being created was the message of hate the words would convey.

shepardrtc 10y ago

His intent is only known to him, however his repeated focus on this particular topic leads me to believe that it is of deep importance to him. Its not particularly funny or insightful or troll-ish. It doesn't frustrate people and make them growl. It makes people recoil back and remember a time when humanity was at it's worst. The only people laughing and patting him on the back are anti-Semites. Barring any other commentary from him on his motives, that would lead me to believe that he shares views with those people.