Tag: pewdiepie
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Surprise! PewDiePie is Still Racist
I’m not going to embed the video, here’s a link to it if you must see it, but Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg once again confirmed his status as a belligerent racist by calling someone the N-word. This guy has about 57 million subscribers on YouTube, he does this again and again, it should not be a surprise…
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YouTube Celebrities Don’t Understand Journalism
Jim Sterling writing about the reactions YouTube celebrities have had to their racism being reported on: The Internet has warped the idea of “free speech” to mean “speech without consequence” and that’s simply not what it is. Absolutely, JonTron can share a Trumpian view on immigration and claim discrimination isn’t a problem, but other people…
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PewDiePie And YouTube Are Still Getting Paid
Jacob Clifton writing about the recently publicized (on the WSJ) anti-semetic videos from Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg: With a celebrity like Kjellberg, it also invokes the idea that, if being a “fan” is part of your identity, any questioning of him is an indictment of you on at least two levels: both as a heroic independent thinker,…