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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

he said the N-word, hard R and all

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Yeah that wasn't a great moment, but if you look at the context for that you'll see that it wasn't even talking about a black person. It was just an expletive, like saying "motherfucker" or "son of a bitch" etc.

Keep in mind that outside of USA the N word is not nearly as charged politically and racially as it is within the USA. And PDP is Swedish IIRC, not American.

Edit: my point is that his usage of that word - which AFAIK only happened once - is not indicative of his character. It's just indicative that he was really angry at that moment and human brains for some reason use expletives in those cases.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You only use expletives that are already in your brain as words to use. You don't just slip into using the n word

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

To which I reiterate: outside of USA that word isn't the same. It's just another curseword among many.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

he had a heated gamer moment

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Nah, you're excusing his behavior. He could have cursed in Swedish instead of using a racially charged word. The fact that he knew the word, knew it was bad, it came to his mind and used it is too much to be a "heated" moment.

And even if it was, there's literally no excuses. His content is in English and his main audience is USians.