Just like how my right to swing my fist unhindered ends where your face begins, my right to spew racist bullshit unfiltered ends where my opinion becomes public.
Just like how my right to swing my fist unhindered ends where your face begins, my right to spew racist bullshit unfiltered ends where my opinion becomes public.
This is not true, I honestly don't know any country where hate speech is illegal.
I'm more appaled by how many of you people in here have apparently never read another Twitch chat in your lives, judging by how surprised you all are that it was absolute cancer.
I think the issue is that at least during public events there should be some sort of control over what appers in the chat.
If "RandomEdgySaltyStreamer#219" allows all sort of crap during his streams or "RandomCamGirlThatPretendsToPlayGamesWhileFlashingBoobs#9372" moans in front of the camera to have more viewers, it's their business. But during a tournament I'd expect the chat to be less cancer. There are some streamers who have managed to develope reasonable chats, so I'd expect that to be the same case for a tournament.
TerrenceM is black, and Twitch-chat made black people jokes. So what? People think it's "funny" to say racist things, especially on the internet. Not everyone has to agree with it, and most people don't even find it funny. But why is there such an outbreak of people thinking half of the Twitch users are racists all of a sudden? I don't see users getting banned when the chat is making fun of fat people, socially awkward people, female gamers etc and that happens daily. Just be mature and ignore those comments rather then making a fuss about it. If you find this offense, this must've been your first time in the internet.
Getting triggered by racism in 2016? TriHard It's twitch chat dudes, it's not racist, it's just retarded: they would hate anything for whichever reason and often times they just bait you with anything that may hurt you just for the sake of triggering you. If you're black they're gonna N word you, if you're fat expect OpieOP NA jokes, if you're female expect free sexism: whatever you get you shouldn't feel entitled to feel like a special case: you're not that unique snowflake, you're basically getting the generic twitch chat treatment, just slightly adjusted to your very target.
Unironically using Twitch Emotes in a forum and saying "Triggered" in 2016? Yep, you're 12.
TerrenceM is black, and Twitch-chat made black people jokes. So what? People think it's "funny" to say racist things, especially on the internet. Not everyone has to agree with it, and most people don't even find it funny. But why is there such an outbreak of people thinking half of the Twitch users are racists all of a sudden? I don't see users getting banned when the chat is making fun of fat people, socially awkward people, female gamers etc and that happens daily. Just be mature and ignore those comments rather then making a fuss about it. If you find this offensive, this must've been your first time in the internet.
Your argument failed when you claimed that calling black people monkeys and niggers was a joke.
Insulting someone based on an aspect of themselves they can't change isn't joking, it's the very definition of a personal attack. This doesn't stop at black, gay, trans, women, etc. This kind of thing is not acceptable in a public chat for a major event. There are places and times for everything, and in private with your friends or on more obscure forums would be the time and place for that kind of expression.
Remember, there's a pretty big difference between typing "FOR TriHardWING" and typing "NIGGER" in chat.
Well, those terms are often used to offend black people. It's like MingLee or Ching Chong for asians, or virgin etc for socially awkward users. Some people think it's funny for some reason. Have you ever experienced real racism? It's much worse then some offensive words on the internet.
If you think that people in twitch chat are that racist in real life, either you don't know twitch chat or you are racist yourself. Sorry to inform you bro, but Terrence is like every other person and twitch chat will make fun of him.
To me, not having enough of a conscience to control yourself online is a real problem. It makes you sociopathic in my eyes. A sociopath would use racist terms, words, and actions to get under your skin whilst keeping the delusion that they themselves are not racist. Any bare minimum level of sympathy or empathy is all it would take to get someone to understand that.
i'm just tired of twitch chat. I've been on the site since the beginning, on justintv. My friends and I would go around trolling all of the social streams. It just genuinely sucks to see a site you love so much turn into the worst kind of cesspool. Where spamming the same thing over 1 million times is actually funny to you. Where calling anything and everything the most offensive thing you can is actually funny to you. It makes me sad, and it's why I've got the chat closed most of the time.
To anyone who is against this message. Im the original poster. I say to you:
At least we are talking about it. At least it's on the front page of gamings biggest news sites(polygon). Hundreds almost thousands have already viewed this thread. At least people reacted with sympathy when hearing the news. Dreamhack and Twitch need to listen to us fans and realize this is an issue we want addressed.
with trump becoming the republican nominee, and in the face of a recent surge of xenophobia, I'm just happy seeing so many rational kindhearted people on this thread. Your replies genuinely mean a lot to me. Thanks for taking time out of your day and speaking up for the cause
This is something that negatively affects the general public's view of game players. Imagine someone new to gaming and/or Twitch checking out a Twitch channel. Yikes.
I actually completely agree on the movement to (best try) remove all racial slurs and negative behavior of the like from the HS community, but could you have chosen any other username to be an hero?
That is such a toxic mindset. These are not random "trolls". We're talking about people choosing to be racist and harm (either be it physically or mentally) other people because of their outer appearance.
This is people dealing with it. The push to better educate ignorant children, and step one is voicing it out and letting it be known that this is not a minor problem.
try to now make a big deal out of it since it was about a black guy
Your white privilege is showing. Do you read the newspaper or watch the news, if ever? A black child goes missing and no one gives a shit, but god forbid a white child goes missing and you are guaranteed to see it on television.
Those players aren't exposing themselves because they opened their own stream. The Dreamhack should protect players against hate comments. If you want to say s***t to a random streamer and throw money to his face that's up to you, but don't do it to people that you don't know.
Do you read the newspaper or watch the news, if ever? A black child goes missing and no one gives a shit, but god forbid a white child goes missing and you are guaranteed to see it on television.
Real talk? Are you posting this directly from Alabama in the 50's?? Well, can you lend me your time machine sometimes?
Real talk. I guess I shouldn't be surprised a majority of the users on here are on that end of the spectrum.
Typical SJW, whining about Trump, MUH RACISM in twitch chat (REALLY?). And using "good intentions" he's actively pushing for censorship. Guys, if you see such persons - they are worse than twitch chat. Twitch chat is just banter - but this guy want to impose his political agenda on you. And - moreover - such persons are usually VERY RACIST, but just it directs to white part of America.
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Just like how my right to swing my fist unhindered ends where your face begins, my right to spew racist bullshit unfiltered ends where my opinion becomes public.
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Biggest racists on Twitch, Trump and Eloise, I wouldn't be surprised if all those racists who spammed during DH were also Asian.
i'm just tired of twitch chat. I've been on the site since the beginning, on justintv. My friends and I would go around trolling all of the social streams. It just genuinely sucks to see a site you love so much turn into the worst kind of cesspool. Where spamming the same thing over 1 million times is actually funny to you. Where calling anything and everything the most offensive thing you can is actually funny to you. It makes me sad, and it's why I've got the chat closed most of the time.
To anyone who is against this message. Im the original poster. I say to you:
At least we are talking about it. At least it's on the front page of gamings biggest news sites(polygon). Hundreds almost thousands have already viewed this thread. At least people reacted with sympathy when hearing the news. Dreamhack and Twitch need to listen to us fans and realize this is an issue we want addressed.
with trump becoming the republican nominee, and in the face of a recent surge of xenophobia, I'm just happy seeing so many rational kindhearted people on this thread. Your replies genuinely mean a lot to me. Thanks for taking time out of your day and speaking up for the cause
This is something that negatively affects the general public's view of game players.
Imagine someone new to gaming and/or Twitch checking out a Twitch channel. Yikes.
I actually completely agree on the movement to (best try) remove all racial slurs and negative behavior of the like from the HS community, but could you have chosen any other username to be an hero?
Those players aren't exposing themselves because they opened their own stream. The Dreamhack should protect players against hate comments. If you want to say s***t to a random streamer and throw money to his face that's up to you, but don't do it to people that you don't know.
Typical SJW, whining about Trump, MUH RACISM in twitch chat (REALLY?). And using "good intentions" he's actively pushing for censorship. Guys, if you see such persons - they are worse than twitch chat. Twitch chat is just banter - but this guy want to impose his political agenda on you. And - moreover - such persons are usually VERY RACIST, but just it directs to white part of America.