I mean idk the face of the emote is like openly an infowars/q believer so if anything this kinda makes sense, I wouldn't want my company to be associated with that. I heard he still has a twitch account though so if they haven't removed that then it definitely is performative.
90% of Twitch users had no clue who this guy is. Removing the emote and the publicity around it has caused more exposure to his toxic views than leaving it up.
That really depends on your definition of "hateful things." It's a picture of some guy's face. He's not doing the Nazi salute or anything like that. If we define "hateful" so loosely and association-based, then I'm shocked and amazed they still allow Pepe.
That's actually a good point, although at least with pepe the meme's creation had nothing to do with the alt right. At the risk of sounding stupid and over the top (take this as hyperbole) if there was a hitler emote it would not be ok, because it's literally the face of someone directly making horrific associations, and now imagine hitler is somehow associated with the company. Obviously it isn't as bad as that but my point is that the meme is inherently representing the guy. As a probably better example I completely agree with Microsoft's decision to scrub notch from the minecraft credits.
I mean idk the face of the emote is like openly an infowars/q believer so if anything this kinda makes sense, I wouldn't want my company to be associated with that. I heard he still has a twitch account though so if they haven't removed that then it definitely is performative.
90% of Twitch users had no clue who this guy is. Removing the emote and the publicity around it has caused more exposure to his toxic views than leaving it up.
But like, does that mean we can justify leaving up hateful things as long as they aren't getting much attention? Ethical question, I'd say
That really depends on your definition of "hateful things." It's a picture of some guy's face. He's not doing the Nazi salute or anything like that. If we define "hateful" so loosely and association-based, then I'm shocked and amazed they still allow Pepe.
That's actually a good point, although at least with pepe the meme's creation had nothing to do with the alt right. At the risk of sounding stupid and over the top (take this as hyperbole) if there was a hitler emote it would not be ok, because it's literally the face of someone directly making horrific associations, and now imagine hitler is somehow associated with the company. Obviously it isn't as bad as that but my point is that the meme is inherently representing the guy. As a probably better example I completely agree with Microsoft's decision to scrub notch from the minecraft credits.
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Notch was someone important. This guy isn't.