WHITE GUY DEFENSE FORCE GO!

[The Random One]

So finally I've found the guy who ruined fedoras.

 

[Vegosiux]

So well done for rallying behind site content to mock others of an opposing point of view.

Eh don't worry. Creative freedom is not freedom from criticism, as his Sterlingness showed us just a few days ago.

Only that the more I read the thread the more it seems to me everyone forgot about Monday already. I'll stand by my initial "no strong feelings one way or the other", I think. It's more and more like a day at the bizarre bazaar around here.

 

[DarkRyter]

I thought I lost it at "Hey baby. You mirin?" but then I lost it again at Zimmerman mode activate.

 

[Abomination]

Jeez, I wake up to this.

For all the baiting the comic did it was nothing compared to the first 5 pages of passive aggressive baiting by posters.

So well done for rallying behind site content to mock others of an opposing point of view.

Well we're always fine with others of an opposing point of view being mocked. It's just that you don't share the opposing point of view. Just go on, keep discriminating against those poor people with other points of view.

I'm sorry, how am I discriminating against anyone?

I don't remember denying anyone a job or equal treatment, I don't remember being involved in the development process of any video games and I certainly do not remember mocking someone for having an opposing point of view.

So please elaborate how I am discriminating against anyone.

 

[Gizen]

Oh what the hell? What the hell is this comic? Seriously? You guys think this comic is accurate? That it's slinging hard truths? Are you really, by some unfathomable mental gymnastics, able to rationalize it as anything other than a strawman argument based on offensive stereotypes?

And for fuck's sake, stop bringing up "euphoric". The quote that came from was a parody to begin with.

Who said it was accurate and slinging hard truths? I've read the entire thread, but I started this morning so maybe I missed that part.

I'd say it takes a bit more mental gymnastics to think this comic was actually meant to be an argument as opposed to just mocking parody.

The comic is basically on the same level as this

So what, you lot are offended by a mocking comic and have to accuse it of making an argument when it's just mocking? You seem to have nothing to say about what I actually asked and posted.

It was making an argument in the first panel. Then it suddenly brings in straw opponents of that argument to mock. So it's exactly like the cartoon I just posted.

Okay so you're incredibly offended by it and lying about it.

It showed an argument. It did not make one against those people. There being an argument in it does not mean it is making that argument. The point of the comic does not seem to be about his argument, it seems to be to mock people who react poorly to it. Not by saying it actually represents them.

But please, keep insisting repeatedly. I'm sure you'll consistently fail to give a reason to think it was trying to present anything but a mockery.

I have you just insist I haven't. That seems to be a pattern with you. If after 3 or 4 posts you haven't convinced the person they're right you start getting condescending, nitpicky and more insistent .

Notice how unlike you I actually said something about the comic and what is in it. You just complain about me instead of replying to the refutation. WGDF ftw I guess?

I've already said something about the comic. That it paints one side as calm and reasonable and then has a bunch of opponents to that view who act like idiots who shout irrelevant crap. It's like a bad political cartoon (incidentally I got that image from an article about bad political cartoons).

Yes, it's pairing a straight man with some lunatics. That's a commonly used trope in comedy. The comic could instead have had two characters having an intellectual debate, but odds are that wouldn't have been very funny... And then the White Guy Defense Force would have shown up to shout nonsense anyways because the stereotypical people they're parodying are generally more focused on derailing the debate to keep it from happening at at all rather than actually arguing a point.

 

[kenu12345]

*gasps* Dear lord I read through every comment. Don't know if it was worth it or not but by george I did it. Gotta say I like this comment. Then again I usually understand satire than alot of people. It seems like to most people here the point just flew over their heads... or they ignored it so they can try to back their opinion

 

[Abomination]

Because you're fine with mocking people with an opposing point of view at other times. Oh and disliking them and all sorts of things =O

You're going to have to run that by me again as to when I've done that.

Because I can not recall a single instance.

But the question was "how am I discriminating against anyone?".

Please stay on topic.

 

[Scarecrow]

The level of buttfrustraion pleases me greatly. Also...I think more than half of the people completely missed the point of the joke, and become the exact people in the subject of the joke. It's like we've gone full circle and no longer have any self awareness, so we can only communicate in outraged, long and pointless forum posts, trying to deny that people will make fun of us.

 

[Terminal Blue]

It never mentions privilege.

What the fuck are you talking about dude, the entire thing is about privilege.

Nice projection. Neither comic was about countering opinions though. That's the point.

Do you see all the text in the first frame?

That is an opinion.

Do you see the examples of bad arguments in frames 4 5 and 6?

Those are attempts to derail that opinion.

Do you see your post?

That is also an attempt to derail the same opinion using roughly the same method.

I bet your costume isn't half as cool though.

 

[Terminal Blue]

So do I get my ban now, or later?

Nope. You just get a fabulous costume. You might have to wait in line though, there's a bit of a queue for them forming on this thread.