• Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
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    2 days ago

    I don’t agree that he’s a nazi but he did some pretty heinous things, like tricking these people into writing this horrible sign:

    https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/13/14605060/pewdiepie-disney-deal-lost-nazi-anti-semitic-imagery

    and he did a hard-r on stream.

    I don’t think this qualifies for being a nazi (he doesn’t advocate for an authoritarian dictatorship or a protectionist economy, nor does he want to scapegoat a group for all of his countries problems), but it is awful, racist, and disgusting.

    But I don’t really care if people do call him a nazi, to be clear, it’s probably more effective messaging anyway.

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      2 days ago

      All of that was over half a decade ago. At this time on YouTube, everyone was doing edgy jokes. He has spent the meantime bettering himself.

    • Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🌈@lemmy.wtfOP
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      2 days ago

      Plus PewDiePie has openly supported the Pirate Party, witch is far from Authoritarian, in fact, anti-corruption, anti-authoritarianism, and advocates for direct democracy, internet freedom, privacy, etc…

      Edit: @Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca I have to agree, what he said, on that bridge, he should not have said, but labeling him a Nazi is not right!

      Edit 2: It takes 1 brain-cell to check if Felix is a Nazi!

      • Flax@feddit.uk
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        2 days ago

        That’s not how the internet works. You make one mistake and the online leftists never forgive you.