YOUTUBE SUPERSTAR PEWDIEPIE HAS APOLOGIZED FOR HIS USE OF
THE N-WORD DURING A STREAM OF VIDEO GAME HE WAS PLAYING
ON HIS CHANNEL.
WE CANNOT USE HIS VIDEO FOR COPYRIGHT REASONS BUT I DO WANT
TO READ YOU THE MOST RELEVANT PORTION OF
THAT APOLOGY.
I WATCH
THE FULL VIDEO AND IT CAME ACROSS AS A HEARTFELT APOLOGY.
FOR ME IT WAS LESS ABOUT HIM SAYING THAT WORD, AT THIS POINT
I FEEL LIKE THERE IS SO MUCH HIDEOUS STUFF GOING ON THAT
I AM DESENSITIZED TO WORDS.
BUT THE PART OF THE STORY I THOUGHT WAS RELEVANT WAS JUST
LIKE THIS CONSTANT COMPLAINING FROM PEOPLE WHO CREATE CONTENT
ON YOUTUBE ABOUT ADVERTISERS PULLING OUT – YES,
ADVERTISES POLITE WHEN THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH YOUR CONTENT.
IT AFFECTS ALL OF US.
BY THE WAY MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS STORY WITH SOME
OF THE REACTION WE GOT ON TWITTER.
ONE PERSON THOUGHT I WAS MONSTROUS FOR SUPPORTING THE
VIDEOGAME DEVELOPER WHO DECIDED TO DO COPYRIGHT STRIKES AGAINST
PEWDIEPIE.
>> LET ME UPDATE YOU GUYS ON THAT POLL.
THAT WAS TYTNETWORK.COM/PIE.
ONLY 33 1/2% SAID YES.
EVEN THOUGH I DISAGREED WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT I DID NOT
THINK YOU ARE MONSTROUS STUCK
>>LOOK,
I THINK THE FRAMING OF THAT QUESTION IS A LITTLE OFF BECAUSE
WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD ISN'T THE ANSWER I WAS GIVING.
I WAS SAYING ADVERTISERS AND COMPANIES GET TO DECIDE AND
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DECIDE.
IT IS JUST LIKE TELEVISION, YOU CAN'T FORCE ADVERTISERS TO
ADVERTISE ON ANY GIVEN SHOW.
THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
ACTIONS AND WORDS AND THE WAY YOU DO YOUR SHOW HAS
CONSEQUENCES.
AND THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
>> I THINK THIS WAS A GOOD APOLOGY SO LET'S ALL MOVE ON.
AS I SAID YESTERDAY I THINK HE IS LARGELY JOKING, I HOPE HE IS.
MY SENSE OF IT IS THAT HE THINKS PEOPLE THAT ARE OVERLY SENSITIVE
TO IT.
I DON'T THINK WE ARE BEYOND
THOSE RACIAL ISSUES AT ALL.
IT SEEMS LIKE PEWDIEPIE AND THAT APOLOGY IS LIKE I GET IT.
I THINK ANA LAID OUT WHY SHE HAD OBJECTED TO HIM.
>>LIKE I SAID I DON'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, I HAVE NEVER
HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
THE ONLY THING I DO KNOW ABOUT HIM IS HE ALREADY GOTTEN IN
TROUBLE FOR ANTI-SOMATIC JOKES AND IMAGERY.
IT SEEMS LIKE HE DIDN'T LEARN MUCH FROM THAT BECAUSE HE
PULLS THIS AGAIN.
>> IT IS ALMOST LIKE HE WATCHED THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ACTUALLY WATCHED THE CLIP OR NOT, BUT THE
POINT IS IT IS A GOOD APOLOGY.
YOU SHOULD LEARN FROM YOUR PREVIOUS MISTAKES.
I WISH WE WERE DONE WITH ANTI-SEMITISM BUT WE ARE NOT.
I WISH WE WERE DONE WITH PEOPLE
USING THE N-WORD SERIOUSLY,
BUT WE ARE NOT.
MY MAIN POINT FROM YESTERDAY IS THIS IS A GOOD MOMENT TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
I BELIEVE WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM THIS CONVERSATION, I DON'T
WANT TO SHUT THAT DOWN.
I DON'T PUT HIM IN THAT CATEGORY AND IT SEEMS LIKE HE DID LEARN.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE HE HAS TO AGREE WITH OUR IDEOLOGY OR
POLITICS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS POLITICS ARE AT ALL.
IS JUST TO SAY IF IT TURNS OUT YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT IS
DEEPLY OFFENSIVE LIKE SAYING OR CALLING PEOPLE THE WORST
THING YOU CAN THINK OF AND ASSOCIATING IT WITH BLACK
PEOPLE, THAT IS PROBABLY NOT A COOL THING TO DO.
DON'T BE A DICK.
HE IS SAYING I GOT IT, EXCELLENT PROGRESS.