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Yeah I mean Dan Snyder's team literally trafficked cheerleaders overseas, confiscated their passports and forced them into sex work, so I mean yes, everything is degrees.
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Mohawk Potato posted:Not sure if worse Disney is pretty horrible but yeah sports organizations are bad just look up Dan Snyder. Dan Snyder is a loving Saint if you compare him to FIFA officials.
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Skwirl posted:Dan Snyder is a loving Saint if you compare him to FIFA officials. Quick quizz who is more corrupt? FIFA or IOC?
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Jul 20, 2022 22:44
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Let's focus on comic book stuff.
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bunnyofdoom posted:Quick quizz who is more corrupt? FIFA or IOC? Not to defend the IOC, but it's definitely FIFA. If IOC announces the next Olympics is in North Korea feel free to call me out.
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Skwirl posted:Not to defend the IOC, but it's definitely FIFA. If IOC announces the next Olympics is in North Korea feel free to call me out. C'mon Skwirl, How Wonderful literally just told you to stick to comic books. 
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https://twitter.com/MarkBrooksArt/status/1552471894267502593 Thread. Kinda terrifying
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Why are some people like this.
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Jul 28, 2022 19:32
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Samovar posted:Why are some people like this. I blame the internet honestly. It becomes very easy to dehumanize people you disagree with about whatever thing when your interactions are entirely through a screen and then you have an opportunity meet them in person. I think SA is one of the better online social sites in terms of weeding out the dangerous people and it has to ban several people a year because of increasingly violent rhetoric they post in regards to dumb opinions about comic book characters, movies, tv shows.
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Jul 28, 2022 19:55
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Samovar posted:Why are some people like this. They never get attention in the real world, so they act out to get it online. They lose the ability to tell "good" attention from "bad" attention because "bad" attention is easier to get but makes you feel bad, and they also learn to pretend to be the victim in any situation which gets them more attention. They get stuck in a feedback loop of having to push their acting out further and further to get the same reward and eventually they end up in a situation they can't lie their way out of, so they run away and pretend to be "cancelled" for more attention. It's self-radicalization, and it can happen with *anything*, see also Transphobia, and all the other Fox News bullshit. Twitter is a disease.
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Jul 28, 2022 19:58
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BooDooBoo posted:Twitter is a disease. I feel like this is particularly true now that attention is money for a bunch of folks, including many in comics.
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Jul 28, 2022 21:20
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StumblyWumbly posted:I feel like this is particularly true now that attention is money for a bunch of folks, including many in comics. Mark’s thread mentions this person has “a decent following” so it stands to reason a non-zero amount of people give this stalker financial support, enabling said stalker to physically attend a convention with the express purpose of at best intimidating his “enemy.”
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Jul 29, 2022 00:08
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SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:Mark’s thread mentions this person has “a decent following” so it stands to reason a non-zero amount of people give this stalker financial support, enabling said stalker to physically attend a convention with the express purpose of at best intimidating his “enemy.” I think I know who it is. There's this guy named Eric July who's an employee at the Blaze, and who appears to be using his ties to reactionary media to turn his forthcoming comic project into a sort of right-wing cause celebre. The colorist on the debut book is as much of a shithead as he is if not moreso, and I think that's this dude who Brooks is talking about.
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Jul 29, 2022 00:30
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Wanderer posted:The colorist on the debut book is as much of a shithead as he is if not moreso, and I think that's this dude who Brooks is talking about. Someone in the replies to Brooks' thread said as much, yeah.
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Jul 29, 2022 00:57
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It's this guy: https://mobile.twitter.com/GabeEltaeb/status/1532970867566600192
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Jul 29, 2022 01:02
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To throw one back at this sort of guy, “literally who.”
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bunnyofdoom posted:https://twitter.com/MarkBrooksArt/status/1552471894267502593 That is indeed terrifying. I'm glad nothing ended up happening, but I'm sure Brooks' weekend was ruined all same just from the stress of dealing with this. The perpetrator seems to have been outed, at least. I hope he gets blacklisted from the entire convention circuit.
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SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:To throw one back at this sort of guy, “literally who.” He was a colorist for DC comics who quit in outrage over Jon Kent smooching his boyfriend and has firmly aligned with ComicsGate.
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Jul 29, 2022 18:19
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Dawgstar posted:He was a colorist for DC comics who quit in outrage over Jon Kent smooching his boyfriend and has firmly aligned with ComicsGate. lol (thank you) Seriously, imagine having that level of skill and job opportunity to work for DC, even just as a gig to build your resume, and blow it all to hell because you’re an unrepentant bigot.
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Jul 29, 2022 20:45
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SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:lol (thank you) When DC goes broke (for going woke) he'll definitely have the last laugh!
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I know it’s all incredibly shallow and there’s no actual answer to this, but debate what? “Woke trash and CG” doesn’t mean or explain anything. It’s clear vice signalling nonsense
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Opopanax posted:I know it’s all incredibly shallow and there’s no actual answer to this, but debate what? “Woke trash and CG” doesn’t mean or explain anything. It’s clear vice signalling nonsense All of these guys have the Ben Shapiro brain rot where they really want to debate their ideological opponents, and think those opponents' disinterest somehow proves they've won in some way.
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All of these people think they're big-brained intellectuals but in reality the only language they understand is the threat of physical violence. For example, when Ben SHapiro was threatened during a tv spot and you could see the absolute terror on his face.
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Wanderer posted:I think I know who it is. There's this guy named Eric July who's an employee at the Blaze, and who appears to be using his ties to reactionary media to turn his forthcoming comic project into a sort of right-wing cause celebre. The colorist on the debut book is as much of a shithead as he is if not moreso, and I think that's this dude who Brooks is talking about. Oh THAT's the name of the guy doing the 'Rippaverse.' He's ComicsGate's "See, we have a Black guy." Apparently it's making a bunch of money but that isn't terribly surprising.
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Dawgstar posted:He was a colorist for DC comics who quit in outrage over Jon Kent smooching his boyfriend and has firmly aligned with ComicsGate. he also seems likely to have leaked the Jon plot point to right-wing outlets before it was reported on by anyone else, presumably in an unsuccessful attempt to stir up outrage
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I took a look at the book he's shilling and lol Also it's at about $160k with only around 1300 backers so I'm thinking money laundering?
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Opopanax posted:I took a look at the book he's shilling and lol Comicsgate is 100% moving money around to boost numbers to claim their campaigns are successful beyond reason.
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That and a few right-wing upper middle craft luxury watercraft dealers with a lot of money, I'm sure.
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Wanderer posted:All of these guys have the Ben Shapiro brain rot where they really want to debate their ideological opponents, and think those opponents' disinterest somehow proves they've won in some way. It's a really broken part of today's self-parody of a society where people will just stand up with a megaphone shouting "debate me!" Dude, you have a megaphone, if you have a point you should make it.
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E the Shaggy posted:Comicsgate is 100% moving money around to boost numbers to claim their campaigns are successful beyond reason. The "Rippaverse" is darkly interesting to me because it's getting a distinctly artificial push from multiple recognizable press organs. Somebody asked me about it last week, and the first four hits on Google included the New York Post, the Daily Wire, and Fox News. What I suspect is that this isn't a Comicsgate thing so much as some rich libertarian using July as a frontman to try and create a chud beachhead in superhero media. July doesn't appear to have any previous professional comics experience, his social media presence is extraordinarily polished, and this "30,000 orders worth $2.5 million" figure he's waving around does not pass any kind of smell test. It strikes me as July being the beneficiary of the same tactic that Republican talking heads use to artificially pump their book sales. He'll be able to say he's got a best-seller on his hands, but 75% of the physical copies sold will be picked up as a bulk order by some front organization, and then copies of the first issue will be given away free at CPAC or some poo poo.
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Opopanax posted:I took a look at the book he's shilling and lol Oh no, what did Colossus do? 
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Supported the Donblas offensive citing the Azov battalion. . . Plus the dictator brother.
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Wanderer posted:The "Rippaverse" is darkly interesting to me because it's getting a distinctly artificial push from multiple recognizable press organs. Somebody asked me about it last week, and the first four hits on Google included the New York Post, the Daily Wire, and Fox News. The old Loot Crate trick.
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https://twitter.com/squishubunny/status/1553505029692293126 God drat these people are vile.
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JordanKai posted:Oh no, what did Colossus do?
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Anora posted:https://twitter.com/squishubunny/status/1553505029692293126 There's a lot horrible about Anime Matsuri. It probably warrants its own thread in the anime sub-forum.
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