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Jeff Bergen of The Gaming Goat escorted from Gencon

Started by Joey2k, September 15, 2021, 02:44:05 PM

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VengerSatanis

#15
September 16, 2021, 01:24:08 PM

This story was picked-up just this morning by the engaging and factual gaming news blog Your Dungeon Is Racist: https://yourdungeonisracist.blogspot.com/2021/09/white-supremacist-frog-not-welcome-at.html

Enjoy,

VS

Ghostmaker

#16
September 16, 2021, 01:50:24 PM
Quote from: VengerSatanis on September 16, 2021, 01:24:08 PM

This story was picked-up just this morning by the engaging and factual gaming news blog Your Dungeon Is Racist: https://yourdungeonisracist.blogspot.com/2021/09/white-supremacist-frog-not-welcome-at.html

Enjoy,

VS
A bit clunky, but a good start (it could use some polish in the story). Amusing. Do you have any word on if the company was ejected as well as Bergren?

Marcelus14

#17
September 16, 2021, 07:26:33 PM
I could be mistaken here, but the frog thing may just be heresay.

I am not denying people got angry about the frog but am saying that gencon may have other issues with Jeff. One issue that's been pointed out was him taking pictures of himself in The GenCon space setting up without a mask, which is against their policy.

Again I'm not entirely sure and I'm not here to say anyone is wrong as much as point out that there is a bit more to the story than just the frog.

VengerSatanis

#18
September 16, 2021, 08:08:47 PM
Quote from: Ghostmaker on September 16, 2021, 01:50:24 PM
Quote from: VengerSatanis on September 16, 2021, 01:24:08 PM

This story was picked-up just this morning by the engaging and factual gaming news blog Your Dungeon Is Racist: https://yourdungeonisracist.blogspot.com/2021/09/white-supremacist-frog-not-welcome-at.html

Enjoy,

VS
A bit clunky, but a good start (it could use some polish in the story). Amusing. Do you have any word on if the company was ejected as well as Bergren?

Thanks, hoss.  I don't know.

Jam The MF

#19
September 16, 2021, 08:45:41 PM
This is a bunch of silly BS.  Apparently, GenCon is a lost cause; down on their knees, polishing the knobs of the SJW fruitcake crowd.
Let the Dice, Decide the Outcome.  Accept the Results.

GeekyBugle

#20
September 17, 2021, 11:44:09 AM
Kickstarter joined the lynching mob too:

Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

GeekyBugle

#21
September 17, 2021, 01:01:43 PM
Wrongthink seems to be their justification. I don't know the dude or the company but this smells fishy. Divest from Kickstarter and boycott GenCon.

https://www.gencon.com/forums/78-general-info-2021/topics/16956-tgg-games-the-gaming-goat-jeff-bergen-conduct?fbclid=IwAR1QsV7fsgCQC0CGZEEAwDMkw4NrvDq2ygWDLmzikTN5oOgeq1St6XmUpSs
Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

trechriron

#22
September 18, 2021, 05:29:48 PM
Yeah. Nobody knows about how Pepe the frog was appropriated by conservative and white nationalist groups to troll the internet. Why would anyone mistake a Pepe the frog cartoon as conservative anti-woke symbol? Such a HUGE mystery. Man, these people are truly over-reacting... [/sarcasm]
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GeekyBugle

#23
September 18, 2021, 05:35:33 PM
Quote from: trechriron on September 18, 2021, 05:29:48 PM
Yeah. Nobody knows about how Pepe the frog was appropriated by conservative and white nationalist groups to troll the internet. Why would anyone mistake a Pepe the frog cartoon as conservative anti-woke symbol? Such a HUGE mystery. Man, these people are truly over-reacting... [/sarcasm]

One that's not a pepe cartoon
Two the OK symbol was a 4chan troll and you all fell for it.
Three by your logic anything that has been used/liked by ethnonationalists should never be used by anyone else even in the most remote likeness.

Hitler liked dogs and was a vegetarian. Now go pester dog owners and vegetarians for their nazi association...

Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

Shasarak

#24
September 18, 2021, 06:01:05 PM
It's a picture of a frog

Who da Drow?  U da drow! - hedgehobbit

There will be poor always,
pathetically struggling,
look at the good things you've got! -  Jesus

ChrisFox

#25
September 18, 2021, 10:37:43 PM
This is terrifying. I remember the day the okay hoax went live. 4Chan trolled the world, and Reddit sat back and laughed. We thought it was hilarious. I am not laughing now. I thought no one could actually believe it.

The kickstarter they just canceled? Last year a Jeopardy champion who'd won 3 games put up the same "symbol", and was mobbed online. He apologized profusely, as he didn't even know what they were talking about, but we all know that's gasoline on the fire.

How did a prank become a real thing that is being used to end people's careers? Killing a kickstarter over this? That's just...you can literally google frog hands and see how ridiculous this is.

I would like to go back to my own timeline now, please.

Tubesock Army

#26
September 18, 2021, 10:46:59 PM
When actual white nationalists, including a murderer with racist motives, started using it unironically, it stopped being "a joke".

GeekyBugle

#27
September 18, 2021, 10:52:24 PM
Quote from: Tubesock Army on September 18, 2021, 10:46:59 PM
When actual white nationalists, including a murderer with racist motives, started using it unironically, it stopped being "a joke".

White nationalists breath, drink water, eat, shit and use mass transport too.

And they do it "unironically".
Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

Shasarak

#28
September 18, 2021, 10:55:50 PM
Quote from: Tubesock Army on September 18, 2021, 10:46:59 PM
When actual white nationalists, including a murderer with racist motives, started using it unironically, it stopped being "a joke".

He says ironically
Who da Drow?  U da drow! - hedgehobbit

There will be poor always,
pathetically struggling,
look at the good things you've got! -  Jesus

Ghostmaker

#29
September 19, 2021, 12:12:16 AM
Quote from: trechriron on September 18, 2021, 05:29:48 PM
Yeah. Nobody knows about how Pepe the frog was appropriated by conservative and white nationalist groups to troll the internet. Why would anyone mistake a Pepe the frog cartoon as conservative anti-woke symbol? Such a HUGE mystery. Man, these people are truly over-reacting... [/sarcasm]
Except that wasn't a Pepe the frog cartoon.

Ordinary, bog standard frog.

So frogs are now a symbol of white supremacy? Does Kermit know?
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