I keep getting told that being offended at things is the literal worst. Cant be offended at Mohammed cartoons, cant be offended at Jewish caricatures, cant be offended at people grabbing women by the pussy, cant be offended at Nazi pugs, cant be offended at racial realism or knees in the back of necks etc.
When did being offended at something become okay again?
It's always been OK.
The issue is the reaction to it and the push (once again) that because some-one doesn't enjoy it it shouldn't exist.
In the case of Gillette people voiced their displeasure and if the what was it 7 Billion loss is anything to go buy at least in part stopped buying the thing. They didn't try to get the CEO fired as a sexist. They didn't try to drum people out of the industry
Just going to put it out there. Solo was a deliberate attempt to reserve the 'Go Woke, Go Broke' thing. It was the least progressive thing Disney put out in a long time. Did it work? Nope
But thanks for showing us how Cherry Picking works. Because things like Black Panther, Spiderverse, Captain Marvel and Endgame were all very woke. And didnt make them go broke
Black Panther = That had a huge push for it and a lot of gas-lighting in the media about being the first Black superhero film. It's a trick that can only be pulled once.
Spiderverse = People actually like Miles as he's seen as a character first and a skin colour second. Also his Dad's a Cop.
Captain Marvel = We may never know fully with that one with reports of empty screenings (how true they are who knows) and being sold as "the start of Endgame" or "A prequel bit with info relevant to Endgame"
Endgame = yes the final film in a huge phase of the MCU, other than a few moments it really wasn't that woke
Also Solo got a fair bit of media attention was due to Pansexual Lando and his Robot revolutionary girlfriend mostly.
But Ok lets play a game.
I won't even pick the games myself
For this lot of evidence I hall use New Normative a self proclaimed progressive gaming website and their list of claimed right wing boycotts against what are presumably meant as progressive games.
newnormative.com
Ready?
Destiny = No evidence it impacted sales, though no actual evidence of an organised boycott either.
Wolfenstein 2 = Well
PC Games N claimed sales were sluggish though
Totalbiscuit did say the game was actually worse than the first
Bioware / Mass Effect Andromeda = Well they
abandoned DLC plans so it likely wasn't profitable enough though better sales info is hard to come buy.
Gamefreak because of Pokemon Jinx changes = No but no real evidence of a boycott called for either
Insomniac Spider man over Trump Travel ban comments = No evidence of an actual call to boycott again.
Fire Emblem, removing one of the minigames = No evidence of an actual call to boycott again.
Life is Strange 2 = As found by users on
Reset Era is launched with only 1/4 the number of people bothering to play it that most recent entry saw and 2,000 less people than even the first game
EA over BAttlefield V =
The Layman covered the numbers on that one though my impression of the game was it hadn't advanced much since Battlefield 3 in terms of gameplay or engine capabilities.
Rockstar because in Red Dead you can Kill KKK members = No evidence of an actual call to boycott again. Funnily enough there was more anger and articles about a guy feeding a suffragette to crocodiles
Campo Santo for abusing DMCA against Pewdiepie = Well I dunno but
Vale were able to buy them up and the new game they were working on is now on hold indefinitely.
Stardew Vallye = No but no real evidence of a boycott called for either
CDPR for apologising for a tweet = No but no real evidence of a boycott called for either but plenty of people keep yelling CDPR are transphobic online even to this day.
2K games due to communism = No but no real evidence of a boycott called for either