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Author Topic: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again  (Read 118831 times)

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #315 on: March 09, 2021, 11:54:43 AM »
More to the point, they have to be. One, they're addicted to the dopamine hit of outrage. Two, there is no 'end condition' for social justice. It's a perpetual monster looking for its next target to mutilate and macerate.

I still fear the day when they will ask for the total erasing of "The Big Bang Theory" from existence. That show was wall-to-wall unPC and I can't find something or someone that it didn't manage to offend.

(Of course no one will ask the correct question: "How comes that a show that managed to offend everybody was so immensely successful? Is there a clue in-there?" Reality can be scary).
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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #316 on: March 09, 2021, 02:20:48 PM »
More to the point, they have to be. One, they're addicted to the dopamine hit of outrage. Two, there is no 'end condition' for social justice. It's a perpetual monster looking for its next target to mutilate and macerate.

I still fear the day when they will ask for the total erasing of "The Big Bang Theory" from existence. That show was wall-to-wall unPC and I can't find something or someone that it didn't manage to offend.

(Of course no one will ask the correct question: "How comes that a show that managed to offend everybody was so immensely successful? Is there a clue in-there?" Reality can be scary).
Personally, I didn't like Big Bang Theory at all. Doesn't mean other people can't enjoy it.

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #317 on: March 09, 2021, 02:50:20 PM »
Are people really worried about a fucking 70 year old cartoon skunk?

Go read some time about how Cartoon Network took out all of the Speedy Gonzales cartoons because of "racial stereotypes".  Then they had to rapidly reverse course because of a mass outcry by their Spanish-speaking watchers that wanted to know why their hero had been banned. :D

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #318 on: March 09, 2021, 04:37:39 PM »
More to the point, they have to be. One, they're addicted to the dopamine hit of outrage. Two, there is no 'end condition' for social justice. It's a perpetual monster looking for its next target to mutilate and macerate.

I still fear the day when they will ask for the total erasing of "The Big Bang Theory" from existence. That show was wall-to-wall unPC and I can't find something or someone that it didn't manage to offend.

(Of course no one will ask the correct question: "How comes that a show that managed to offend everybody was so immensely successful? Is there a clue in-there?" Reality can be scary).
Personally, I didn't like Big Bang Theory at all. Doesn't mean other people can't enjoy it.

But no, anything that deviates from the Cult of Woke will be targeted.

I liked the first couple of seasons. But the schtick got old and my attention drifted away.
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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #319 on: March 10, 2021, 02:46:48 AM »
Are people really worried about a fucking 70 year old cartoon skunk?

Go read some time about how Cartoon Network took out all of the Speedy Gonzales cartoons because of "racial stereotypes".  Then they had to rapidly reverse course because of a mass outcry by their Spanish-speaking watchers that wanted to know why their hero had been banned. :D

I hadn't heard that.  That's hilarious

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« Reply #320 on: March 10, 2021, 11:09:49 AM »
I liked the first couple of seasons. But the schtick got old and my attention drifted away.

I liked it a lot myself but even I can't pretend I didn't see flaws looking back on it, especially, as you say, in the later seasons. I generally think most TV shows shouldn't run more than 5-7 seasons with the same cast, unless you've got a concept that isn't dependent on specific character arcs for its interest (e.g. Law & Order).

If the show does eventually meet with the wrath of the Woke, I admit to some morbid curiosity about what exactly they'd object to. Offensive stereotypes about Jewish mothers or Christian fundamentalists never seem to evoke much SJ indignation.
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« Reply #321 on: March 10, 2021, 11:37:41 AM »
Are people really worried about a fucking 70 year old cartoon skunk?

More to the point: if we're cancelling Pepe to "protect the children", where is he that children are being exposed to him? 

"Well, he was going to be in Space Jam 2." 

As an ostensible rapist? 

"I dunno'.  Better to make a pre-emptive censoring." 

Okay, and where else is he that kids can see him? 

"Cartoon Network?  HBO Max?  I don't know.  I haven't watched any kids cartoons since over a quarter century ago."

So if you haven't seen the character in decades, do you know what his current portrayal is like?

"No, and it doesn't matter.  I want society protected."

From a cartoon character.  That's been redesigned to be less rapey decades ago.  And isn't anywhere on TV anyway.

"Yes."

Well, as long as your priorities are in place. 

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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #322 on: March 10, 2021, 03:35:01 PM »
If the show does eventually meet with the wrath of the Woke, I admit to some morbid curiosity about what exactly they'd object to. Offensive stereotypes about Jewish mothers or Christian fundamentalists never seem to evoke much SJ indignation.
Well, it has everything: body-shaming, mental health problems-shaming, sexism, scientists practicing vivisection/cruel experiments on animals and having fun at it, offensive jokes against sub-cultures ranging from RPG players to comic book readers to quantum physicists...

...Which is the very reason why, when it works, it works so well. However, I'm rewatching some old favourites, and I can't but wonder why the set was never invaded by SJWs with pitches and torches...  ???
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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #323 on: March 10, 2021, 03:40:42 PM »
Are people really worried about a fucking 70 year old cartoon skunk?

More to the point: if we're cancelling Pepe to "protect the children", where is he that children are being exposed to him? 

"Well, he was going to be in Space Jam 2." 

As an ostensible rapist? 

"I dunno'.  Better to make a pre-emptive censoring." 

Okay, and where else is he that kids can see him? 

"Cartoon Network?  HBO Max?  I don't know.  I haven't watched any kids cartoons since over a quarter century ago."

So if you haven't seen the character in decades, do you know what his current portrayal is like?

"No, and it doesn't matter.  I want society protected."

From a cartoon character.  That's been redesigned to be less rapey decades ago.  And isn't anywhere on TV anyway.

"Yes."

Well, as long as your priorities are in place.

Bonus points: it's the same person.  The same NYT "reporter" who tried to tear down Speedy Gonzales, succeeded in tearing down Pepe LePew. 
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« Reply #324 on: March 10, 2021, 04:13:59 PM »
The thing that flips my lid with Pepe is that he is the perfect and obvious example of cringe-worthy behavior.  The cartoon teaches us that this is not the way to behave.  Even children understand that Pepe is a dummyy.  In many of the shows, they also present the problem of mistaken identity and warn you to not judge based on looks alone.  Damn, Pepe should be in the Woke book as an example of what not to do.
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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #325 on: March 10, 2021, 04:28:18 PM »
The thing that flips my lid with Pepe is that he is the perfect and obvious example of cringe-worthy behavior.  The cartoon teaches us that this is not the way to behave.  Even children understand that Pepe is a dummyy.  In many of the shows, they also present the problem of mistaken identity and warn you to not judge based on looks alone.  Damn, Pepe should be in the Woke book as an example of what not to do.

He is, but the "problem" is that Pepe is endearing, amusing, and blithely self-confident in his ineptitude, which (so say the SJPs) sends the conflicting message that unrelenting sexual aggressiveness is likewise endearing and amusing and a hallmark of blithe self-confidence.

Essentially, SJ criticism rests on the assumption that the audience's subconscious minds are far stupider and more easily influenced than their conscious minds, especially if they're mostly children. In practice I should think a simple diagram showing how few fans of Pepe le Pew in childhood go on to be antisocial sexual aggressors in adulthood should put paid to this thesis, but SJPs aren't the only group who only believe statistics when they reinforce their preferred conclusion.
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« Reply #326 on: March 10, 2021, 04:35:10 PM »
I'm rewatching some old favourites, and I can't but wonder why the set was never invaded by SJWs with pitches and torches...  ???

Timing. The SJTs didn't go completely bugfuck crazy on their cancellation tirades until after Trump was elected, and the show was into its 10th season by then.
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« Reply #327 on: March 10, 2021, 04:51:49 PM »
Bonus points: it's the same person.  The same NYT "reporter" who tried to tear down Speedy Gonzales, succeeded in tearing down Pepe LePew.

Enh.  Looney Toons are like The Muppets: beloved to Gen Xers, kinda' familiar to Millennials, deson't really exist for zoomers and alphas.

Our intrepid reporter has managed to vanquish a bit of culture that won't be collectively remembered in another 20 years and a historical footnote in another 20 after that.

But hey, if people won't pay attention to your* work maybe they'll listen to you bitch about social justice issues involving cartoon animals.

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« Reply #328 on: March 10, 2021, 05:06:25 PM »
So cartoon character Pepe le Pew is banned, but when Biden exhibits the same kind of creepy behavior he becomes president?

I'm confused.....
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Re: The RPG.Net SJW ban nazis are at it again
« Reply #329 on: March 10, 2021, 05:53:23 PM »
So cartoon character Pepe le Pew is banned, but when Biden exhibits the same kind of creepy behavior he becomes president?

I'm confused.....
Biden just forked 1.9 trillions, Pepe didn't.

The answer to confusing question is usually "money".
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