Lil_Revolitionary

joined 5 years ago
 

A little bit of context (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzchung_controversy)

In 2019, competitive Hearthstone player Blitzchung was removed from a tournament and banned from future tournaments for displaying a sign saying "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" in accordance with Blizzard's policy against political protest during events

Now that they've Targeted Gamers, there was a massive outrage, and the hearthstone community got pissed, so they protested in the following ways:

-Pretending to delete their account

-Preparing for some big protest at Blizzcon

-Some weird scheme to associate Overwatch's Chinese character Mei with Hong Kong protests, in hopes of getting Overwatch censored in China (obviously didn't do anything, based on the myth that Winnie the Pooh is banned in China)

-And most importantly, making big posts about how mad they are

Eventually, Blizzcon rolled around, no protest materialized, and they announced Overwatch 2, so everyone let this die, everyone let Hong Kong be forgotten. A stunning example of Reddit activism, I'll never forget it

 

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What's unrealistic about this scene? I'm sure any teenager would act the same way when faced with a mounted turret

[–] Lil_Revolitionary@hexbear.net 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Isekai anime are stories where a person is transported from the normal world into a fantasy one, where they are often incredibly powerful and have many girlfriends

[–] Lil_Revolitionary@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

It makes sense. "What about the children in Africa" was a very popular topic for activism and charities until fairly recently (I feel like the cause has lost momentum since 2016-ish)

Imagine suffering from decades of oppression from the Japanese and then your "liberators" force you to speak English, a language you've never heard in your life. Just horrible

 

I think in elementary school I was taught that Jefferson "fell in love with a slave" but it was framed as a positive trait, proving he's not that racist. The fact that he had 6 kids with her and enslaved them until his own death was not mentioned. This is probably common knowledge around here but wtf that's probably one of the most evil things you can do

[–] Lil_Revolitionary@hexbear.net 0 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Not to be a downer, but him and what army? Does he have the support of other groups, does he have candidates to run in a new party? Otherwise hes just created a 17th 3rd party, no better than the Greens or the PSL or anyone else

 

Ive mostly been emulating rpgs but im looking for some new slop to play at work

[–] Lil_Revolitionary@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago)

In Xcom1 you basically play as a swat team against alien "terrorists", and then i think you play as cops in Chimera Squad. Xcom2 is that real shit

 

You play as a multiethnic resistance group that performs guerrilla warfare against an overwhelmingly powerful oppressor. Feels like a leftist dogwhistle, even if realistically its normal #resistance

[–] Lil_Revolitionary@hexbear.net 1 points 4 years ago (2 children)

Dang good point. The social fascists really did ruin the whole world didnt they

[–] Lil_Revolitionary@hexbear.net 0 points 4 years ago (4 children)

Everyone keeps falling for the Great Man Theory, really pisses me off. Anyway see you later im going back in time and saving Rosa