YOUTUBER PEWDIEPIE HAS GOTTEN HIMSELF INTO MORE TROUBLE
WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HE'S MADE.
MORE RECENTLY, HE DID A LIVE STREAM OF A VIDEO GAME HE WAS
PLAYING AND DURING THAT LIFESTREAM, HE DECIDED TO USE
THE N WORD TO INSULT SOMEONE WHO DID SOMETHING DURING THAT GAME
THAT HE DID NOT LIKE.
THEN HE ALSO LATER ON CONTINUED TO KIND OF MAKE EXCUSES FOR
USING THAT WORD.
HE HAS GOTTEN IN TROUBLE IN THE PAST.
HIS VIDEOS HAVE GOTTEN TO MONETIZED THAT HE WAS KICKED OFF
OF YOUTUBE READ WHICH IS A SUBSCRIPTION COMPONENT OF
YOUTUBE BECAUSE OF ANTI-SOMATIC JOKES THAT HE WAS MAKING AND YOU
KNOW, HE WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND HE SEEMED A LITTLE
APOLOGETIC AND REMORSEFUL BUT THEN HE PULLS THIS AND HE IS
FURTHER GETTING PUNISHED AS A RESULT OF HIS LATEST ISSUE IN
FACT, SEAN VANAMAN WHO IS PART OF CAMPOS SANTOS GAMES
HAVE DECIDED TO PULL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS, THE VIDEOGAME
VERSION OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AGAINST HIM IN THE
VIDEOS WHERE HE USES THEIR VIDEO GAMES.
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME OF HIS TWEETS.
HE SAYS:
IF YOU CHECK, YOU'LL SEE THAT HIS FULL PLAY THROUGH OF
FIREWATCH IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE.
NOW VIDEOGAME DEVELOPERS ARE TAKING ACTION AGAINST HIM
AND IT IS AN INTERESTING CASE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IT'S VERY INTERESTING.
I MET HIM.
I'M GOING TO THAT IN A 2ND.
WE'RE DOING A POLL BECAUSE I
THINK THAT'S A SUPER INTERESTING QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THEY
SHOULD'VE DONE THAT WITH FIREWATCH.
THE POLL IS TYT NETWORK.COM/PIE.
ALL APOLOGIES TO JOHNNY PIE, THIS IS PEWDIEPIE.
SHOULD VIDEOGAME DEVELOPERS ISSUE COPYRIGHT THINGS
AGAINST PEWDIEPIE?
I MET HIM AT ONE OF THESE YOUTUBE GATHERS AND ME SEEMED
LIKE A PERFECTLY LOVELY GUY.
DID I SPEND HOURS AND HOURS WITH HIM?
NO.
DO I KNOW PERSONALLY?
NO.
NOT WELL ENOUGH.
IT'S A NORMAL MIDSIZE CONVERSATION, BUT I GIVE YOU
THAT CONTEXT BECAUSE WITH SOME FOLKS, YOU CAN TELL RIGHT OFF
ABOUT THAT THEY ARE A DICK AND IF YOU SAID TO ME, THAT GUY
HAD AN ISSUE WITH USING NAZI IMAGERY, AND SAYING THE N
WORD, I WOULD BE LIKE NOT SURPRISED UP BUT PEWDIEPIE,
I'M SIGNIFICANTLY SURPRISED.
NOW, I HAVE A THEORY AS TO WHY.
AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE, HE SAID HE WON'T BE USING THE NAZI
IMAGERY AND STUFF ANYMORE BECAUSE HE SAW THEY ARE
REAL AND IT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
WHICH I GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR.
I MIGHT BE TOTALLY WRONG ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T GET A
SENSE OF BAD INTENT FROM HIM.
WHEN I GET A SENSE OF AS WE ARE PAST THE STUFF SO I'M
JOKING AROUND ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS NO BIG DEAL AND THAT
IS WHY HE SAYS, NOBODY WATCHING IS GOING TO CARE.
HE ASSUMES THAT EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS LIKE HE DOES.
I'M REALLY GIVING HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT HERE .US
MCCRONE: IT BUT HE ASSUMES I THINK THAT THEY THINK LIKE HE
DOES WHICH IS, YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HATE BLACK PEOPLE
ARE JEWS.
NOW SINCE WE'RE PAST THAT, I CAN MAKE ANTI-SEMITIC JOKES OR
USE THE N WORD.
DON'T GET ME WRONG.
HE SHOULDN'T.
IT ISN'T RIGHT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT PAST IT.
EARLIER TODAY WE DID A STORY ABOUT A BLACK KID WHO GOT
HUNG OR BIRACIAL KID IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHO GOT HUNG WITH
A ROPE AND THE KIDS WHO HUNG HIM WOULDN'T EVEN RESCUE HIM.
THEY LEFT THEM THERE TO DIE.
LUCKILY HE DIDN'T.
WE ARE NOT PAST IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO ANECDOTAL, WE CAN GIVE YOU EXACT STATISTICS
ABOUT RACIAL DISPARITIES IN THIS COUNTRY LET ALONE ACROSS THE
WORLD AND EVEN IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS HE SAID WELL, I SAID
THE INWORD ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE IS AN ASS HOLE BUT THINK
ABOUT THAT.
HIS REAL NAME IS FELIX.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT'S PUBLIC.
WELL, THEN YOU ARE USING THAT AS A CLEARLY VERY DEROGATORY WORD
AND IS ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.
HE KNOWS INTERROGATORY.
HE ADMITTED IT HIMSELF LATER ON IN THAT SAME STREAM WHERE
HE SAID, I WANTED TO THINK OF THE WORST WORD POSSIBLE AND
I USE THAT WORD.
I THINK WHAT HE MEANS THERE IS LIKE THAT'S A WORD YOU
KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T USE ABOUT PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S SO BAD BUT
THEY USE IT AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE AND SO WHEN YOU SAY, THAT'S
THE WORST WORD IN THAT CONTEXT, YOU ARE CALLING SOMEONE THAT.
YOU CAN TAKE THAT POINT WHERE YOU SAY, YOU SHOULDN'T CALL
ANYONE AND TAKE BECAUSE THAT IS DISPARAGING TO MALES.
YOU COULDN'T CALL THEM A PUSSY BECAUSE IT'S DISPARAGING TO
WOMEN AND SOME PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT.
I GET THAT ARGUMENT, BUT I'M NOT PULLING ANYONE'S VIDEOS OFF
OF THAT ARGUMENT.
BUT THE N WORD IS DIFFERENT.
NAZI IMAGERY DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.
BUT DO YOU PULL IS VIDEOS?
FIRST OF ALL, YES.
IF YOU ARE A VIDEOGAME DEVELOPER WHO FINDS HIS BEHAVIOR AND
HIS RHETORIC OBJECTIONABLE THAN YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT IN THE
WORLD TO DO THOSE COPYRIGHT STRIKES AND THAT IS WHAT
THAT VIDEOGAME DEVELOPER DECIDED TO DO.
IT IS WITHIN HIS RIGHT.
I ACTUALLY WANT TO TACKLE THIS STORY FROM A DIFFERENT
ANGLE RATHER THAN TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE
IS RACIST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HIM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE WHAT GOES THROUGH HIS
HEAD SO WHATEVER.
BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO MENTION IS THIS EMERGENCE OF PEOPLE WHINING
AND CRYING BECAUSE YOUTUBE DEMONETIZED SOME OF THEIR VIDEOS
OR SOME PORTION OF THEIR VIDEOS AND LOOK, THE REASON WHY THAT
HAPPENS IS BECAUSE ADVERTISERS ALL OF A SUDDEN REALIZED THAT
THERE ARE A BUNCH OF ASSHOLES ON YOUTUBE THAT SAY A BUNCH OF
TERRIBLE RACIST THINGS AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IN A FREE MARKET?
EVERYONE IS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE FREE MARKET.
IT IS NOT JUST HEY, WE GET TO DECIDE WHERE WE WORK AND
WHERE WE BUY STUFF.
IT ALSO INDICATES THAT COMPANIES DECIDE WHAT THEY DO WITH
THEIR MONEY.
ARE THEY GONNA ADVERTISE ON CONTENT THAT THEY FIND
OBJECTIONABLE?
NO.
SO WHAT HAPPENED IS ALL THE SUDDEN ADVERTISERS ARE
AFRAID OF EVERYTHING ON YOUTUBE.
AND SO EVERYONE GOT DEMONETIZED.
EVERYONE'S BUSINESSES GOT AFFECTED.
IF YOU WERE GONNA RUN AROUND SAYING THE N WORD AND USE
NAZI IMAGERY, YEAH, SOME OF YOUR VIDEOS ARE GOING TO
GET DEMONETIZED.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO TUCKER
CARLSON AND WHINE AND CRY BECAUSE YOU LOST MONEY BECAUSE
YOU
PUT OUT RACIST SHIT, THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS IN TELEVISION AND THAT'S HOW IT
WORKS IN RADIO.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SAY
OBJECTIONABLE THINGS THAT COMPANIES ARE UNCOMFORTABLE
WITH, THEY'RE NOT GOING ADVERTISE ON YOUR VIDEOS.
ACTUALLY, IT SCREWS OVER ALL OF US BECAUSE THEN VIDEOS GET
DEMONETIZED FOR FIGHTING AGAINST RACISM BECAUSE IT TALKS
ABOUT RACISM.
I HAVE TO FINISH THIS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, MY OPINION IS, DON'T DO A COPYRIGHT
STRIKE AND TAKE DOWN THE ENTIRE VIDEO.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF SITUATION, HE'S NOT AN
UNREASONABLE PERSON.
WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION AND MAYBE FIX IT.
MAYBE GET TO HAVE THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND THE YOUTUBE
COMMUNITY LEARN FROM IT INSTEAD OF SHUTTING DOWN THIS
SPEECH ALTOGETHER.
I GET THAT THE COMPANY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AND IT'S
THEIR CALL NOT MINE, BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT.
INSTEAD I'D ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
I THINK SOMETHING FRUITFUL CAN COME OUT OF THAT.
I DISAGREE.
I THINK THEY HAVE ALL THE RIGHT IN THE WORLD.
I WOULD'VE DONE THE SAME THING.
I WOULD'VE PULLED MY CONTENT FROM HIM AND HIS CHANNEL.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE POLL SO YOU GUYS CAN TELL US
WHAT YOU THINK.