Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Good, an influencer in the millions of followers is bringing visibility to FOSS and independent technology.
Bad, he said the n word once and joked about jews when he was in his early 20’s.
Hmmmmmmmmm…
The scale is balanced.
zqps@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You don’t have to be a committed fascist to be criticized for normalizing fascist dogwhistles and symbolism.
That being said, it was a long time ago and while he hasn’t apologized, I do think he understands it was stupid and wouldn’t do it again.
nefonous@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Joking about jews or saying the n word never made anyone a fascist. Fascism didn’t even include antisemitism, it was just added later on because of Germany’s policies. Calling pewdiepie a fascist is wrong intellectually, historically, politically and ideologically.
The only people normalizing fascism are the ones calling everything fascist and making the word lose power and giving new blood to the idea of fascism.
Fascism is a very specific thing, born in a very specific country and with a very specific ideology. Not every authoritarian country is fascist. Not every racist idea is fascist.
People were idiots before fascism. And they can be idiots without being fascists now too.
It’s the same as calling communist everyone that ask for minimum wage or free/cheap healthcare. It’s dumb.
zqps@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
And you don’t have to be a fascist to spread fascist propaganda and dog whistles. Nobody said “PewDiePie is a fascist”.