Many thanks to Linda for providing this transcript!
[0:00] Thunderf00t: So there was this special snowflake petition: “Target: Withdraw Grand Theft Auto 5 – this sickening game encourages players to commit sexual violence and kill women” (https://www.change.org/p/target-withdraw-grand-theft-auto-5-this-sickening-game-encourages-players-to-commit-sexual-violence-and-kill-women)
[0:12] Actually, no. But whatever. Apparently motivated by this petition, the Australian shops “Target and Kmart have decided to stop selling the game, GTA5. Target and Kmart stores pulled the game after a petition launched by three female survivors of violence gained more than 40,000 signatures. Target said the decision “was in line with the majority view of customers” (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30328314)
[0:39] Yeah. Let’s ignore the fact that there is no more evidence that videogames with a sexual element to them cause real-world sexual violence, than games with violence in them cause violence in the real world. After all, as many will tell you, it’s actually quite easy to tell the difference between the fantasy of a computer game, and reality:
[1:00] Total Annihilation: “What began as conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds”
[1:09] Thunderf00t: And, just because someone has experienced sexual violence in their life—which I’m sure is a traumatic enough experience—that doesn’t give them a blank card to veto any media that anyone else might want to watch.
[1:24] I mean, look, there are plenty of war survivors out there—which is also very traumatic. But oddly enough, Target didn’t seem to have a problem with selling war games where you can kill thousands of- men- in brutal and gruesome ways. WHY the selective outrage?
[1:43] But maybe the most devastating reply to this came in the form of a second petition requesting that due to all the sexual violence in it, that Target should ban the Bible (https://www.change.org/p/target-withdraw-the-holy-bible-this-sickening-book-encourages-readers-to-commit-sexual-violence-and-kill-women/share?just_signed=true).
[1:54] And what do you know, it’s already got more signatures than the petition to ban GTA5. And with good reason. ANYthing in GTA5 is vanilla compared to the Bible. A book that not only advocates burning witches—it commands it and in real life. A book that advocates killing all men, women, and children, but keeping the virgins for yourself:
[2:21] “And Moses said to them, ‘Why have they saved all the women alive? . . . Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women and children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep for yourselves.’”
[2:41] Thunderf00t: DAMN the selective outrage of you social justice warriors just has to be seen to be believed.
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January 22, 2015 at 11:46 pm |
May 14, 2015 at 4:25 pm |
Something to point out about PZ Myers. Apparently, he humble bragged about how women proposition him for sex at conferences:
Assuming he wasn’t flirting with these women and leading them on, these sound like unwanted, bold propositions for sex at a conference. Isn’t this the same thing he was freaking out about with Rebecca Watson? He sounds delighted, and non-judgmental that these things happened to him. Seems like a huge double standard to me.
May 22, 2015 at 7:57 am |
I still believe her talk about Just Cause 2 was the worst one. She talks about the female strippers, while in the same strip club there are male strippers too. This is the most simple and obvious twisting of reality you can show.
May 24, 2015 at 10:18 am |
if you redefine racism and sexism to require both power and prejudice (perhaps to excuse the prejudice of the ‘less privileged’), then isn’t the goal of empowering the ‘less privileged’ equivalent to trying to turn them into racists and sexists?
January 8, 2016 at 4:36 pm |
(I’m putting this here because it’s the only way I can contact you)
Dr Mason. Sir. What’s happened? Has you YouTube been taken over by a group of mean fourteen year old girls?
Tee hee! Feminists! Tee hee! Social Justice Warriors! Tee hee! See how witty I am!
I can see it rakes the pounds in, and I know a while back you decided to give up the day job and become a YouTube partner but really, is the loss in prestige really worth the money?
A mind is a sad thing to waste and your inquiring mind has been swamped by the cloggy sea of conspiracy theorists. It’s sad, because I still believe there is some good science and understanding in you. Still, I suppose it pays the bills, and that is what it’s all about.
Take care, and may your future be bright, like the future you are sure will happen.
Thank you.
April 20, 2016 at 9:51 am |
Hey, I hate to comment about a different topic but I just ran across something so stupid that has serious need for exposure and I hope you could shine your light on it. The state of Utah just took steps to ban porn. In an article on the Christian Monitor it discusses how feminist argue that boys are seeing women naked at younger and younger ages and that is causing problems for women in the form of violence! My problem is that this is the worst slippery slope argument I have ever heard, and this will set a terrible precedent for the government in future cases. I know you’re busy, but even if you dont do a video on this I thought it was worth pointing out. I dont agree on all of your views, but I respect the work you do and wish you the best in your future endeavours.
July 27, 2019 at 10:50 am |
Helo, thunderfoot! I m from Russia and I have a small problem. I have been discussing global warming with a friend, who emigrated to Germany. It s not like he is stupid and he does acknowledge the existence of global warming. However he has his own doubts about the anthropomorphic character of global warming. Since temperature fluctuations did happen in the past and nature does impact the weather much more than humankind, he thinks the hype about global warming today might just be a scam. Unfortunately, I don t have the necessary knowledge to convince him otherwise. Could you give me some advice on how to proceed in my discussion? Or better yet to release a video on your channel, which would explain that mankind is responsible for global warming and not nature?
October 23, 2019 at 6:30 am |
so bad
April 6, 2020 at 2:16 am |
you created virus in wuhan geezer scum.