Notch is absolutely right. Shame on Microsoft.
He is right about Pizzagate being true and Q being legit? Enlighten us.
Minecraft’s creator excluded from event over his ‘comments and opinions’
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Re: Minecraft’s creator excluded from event over his ‘comments and opinions’
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
He's self-made and not afraid to express his opinions even if they aren't politically correct. People like him should be applauded as they are increasingly rare in today's society.
Do you think the reasons most people don't express opinions like the ones notch has expressed recently is due to a fear of backlash over being considered 'un-PC' as opposed to not actually holding those opinions? This rhetoric plays into a common theme among extremists which is quite dangerous: "Everyone actually thinks the same way I do, they are just afraid to say it".
Yes, I know many, many people who don't express their non-far left opinions for fear of losing their jobs. They are not extremists, quite the opposite, they view the current cultural zeitgeist of tech companies to be extremist but can't speak up against it.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
He's self-made and not afraid to express his opinions even if they aren't politically correct. People like him should be applauded as they are increasingly rare in today's society.
Saying "Pizzagate is real" or that Q is legit isn't an opinion, it's making up false facts. And that statement has been used to push Pizzagate among the masses.
I haven't been following him and his comments. And I agree it's important to call out false statements.
But believing in and promoting demonstratively false and damaging ideas is much more common than people realize.
For example, many good people who are more important and educated than game developer falsely believe that President Trump said that white nationalists and neo-nazis are fine people.
Re: Minecraft’s creator excluded from event over his ‘comments and opinions’
#24If I felt that Microsoft was delivering high quality software and was a meritocracy I would cut them a lot of slack, no matter what opinions they espoused and who they favored or excluded.
Unfortunately I have to use Skype for Business literally every working day and it's symptomatic of a company that is fat dumb and happy, secure in its cash flow.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
He's self-made and not afraid to express his opinions even if they aren't politically correct. People like him should be applauded as they are increasingly rare in today's society.
Saying "Pizzagate is real" or that Q is legit isn't an opinion, it's making up false facts. And that statement has been used to push Pizzagate among the masses.
Should people who believe in Russiagate be excluded from events?
Re: Minecraft’s creator excluded from event over his ‘comments and opinions’
#26It's sad how wealth affected Notch or perhaps magnified his character. A long time ago, I started following him on Twitter and I think I lasted about 2 weeks before I unfollowed him. The sheer negativity and woe is me is bananas. If there's a prime example that money doesn't buy happiness, he is one.
Notch's twitter, for reference:
Re: Minecraft’s creator excluded from event over his ‘comments and opinions’
#27Seriously what the fuck happened to Notch. I don't blame Microsoft from excluding him at all.
He's self-made and not afraid to express his opinions even if they aren't politically correct. People like him should be applauded as they are increasingly rare in today's society.
> He's self-made
Well, Microsoft made him a billionaire—and they're also the ones choosing not to include him in the Minecraft event.
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#28I tried clicking the links about Notch's non-pc comments. Those took me to newsweek articles which also talked about twitter but didn't link to the offending tweets themselves. Only one article linked (someplace called "the root") actually referenced any of his words per se. Among the problematic quotes were:
"Privilege is a made up metric used to silence and repress. We are all different, and that is ok. We listen to individuals and help each other based on individual strengths and needs.
We do not generalize based on skin color, bigot."
That's a far cry from the sensationalized title of "Notch hates diversity".
So in answer to your question, my guess is Notch basically a DeMoore type character and is being crucified by the media.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
He's self-made and not afraid to express his opinions even if they aren't politically correct. People like him should be applauded as they are increasingly rare in today's society.
Alternatively, we could not applaud racist assholes.
All I've found regarding notch's racist comments is this GQ article:
https://www.gq.com/story/notch-whiteness-tweets
I would probably not interpret his comments as racist, at least not in an obvious definition of the word.
I've also read his twitter feed a fair amount, and have not spotted any clearly racist statements.
I've also heard he is anti semitic, but haven't seen any citations.
As for the links in the parent article, saying transwomen aren't women sounds like an opinion, not hate speech.
Calling women the c word is very rude, and That could be grounds for disinviting notch. But if so, I hope MS is consistent and bars people who call men the d word, african americans the n word, and so on.
Believing in conspiracy theories seems pretty innocuous. Hardly grounds for disinviting someone, unless again MS is consistent.