PewDiePie Rescinds 50K Pledge to Anti Defamation League After Fan Backlash

[zodgory]

PewDiePie pulls $50,000 pledge to Jewish anti-hate group after fan backlash https://t.co/moqWiMtp46 pic.twitter.com/Ej6WWVi7qH
- The Verge (@verge) September 12, 2019
In a recent video to celebrate 100 million subscribers, YouTuber Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg initially announced he'd be donating $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, which he praised

Comments

[coquettishkat]

.... lol. when I heard about this I was surprised and thought it was actually the right thing to do, whether or not he really is sorry for being a shitty person, it's good for the organization. people on reddit were saying he might've actually reflected on his past bc apparently he was making the donation on the one year anniversary of the livestream n word incident but lmao.

sucks that his annoying toxic fanbase will be celebrating him pulling out of donating/never having donated at all

[ellumination]

The fact that his fans are running around explaining to anyone who will listen that that is not ACTUALLY a “Nazi cross” is quite telling. Maybe don’t wear shit like that if you’re already seen as a racist anti-Semite, but he knows that, and chose to wear it anyway.

[nadavision]

He's not a nazi he's just totally dependent on the approval of nazis.

[sirlolsworthy]

This is where I'm at with him. He doesn't believe in anything beyond making money, and those people are where his money comes from

[nadavision]

I was being sarcastic sry, I do think he's a nazi. He knowingly platforms white supremacists and funnels kids into the alt-right pipeline. Whether or not he believes the awful shit himself isn't an important distinction to me when he's helping nazis increase their membership.

[sirlolsworthy]

I can agree on that, I think I'm just wording myself poorly because I need sleep. If it walks like a duck etc. What he personally believes doesn't matter when the end result is the same and he's not doing anything to try and neuter it, he encourages it with 'ironic' winks like that fucking shirt

[nermal_kat]

what is the origin of his stupid name?

[tetrazzinichikn]

It’s pronounced die and not dee?

[solsty]

When I just see his name I'm triggered. It's so idiotic and ugly. Goes great with his face tho.

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