Lightning_Roller
Banned
I was disgusted when I saw those tweets. Just pissed man.
Fuck Luckey. Just fuck Luckey.
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Oculus' Palmer Luckey funds white-supremacist/misogynistic/anti-lgbt harassment group
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I was disgusted when I saw those tweets. Just pissed man.
Fuck Luckey. Just fuck Luckey.
"He's not a racist, he just financially supports a racist group!"
I can't keep up with your mental gymnastics.
He is the face of the Rift. His politics have everything to do with it.
Dirtyshubb
Member
On principal I can agree with you but for something like this fuck that!
We have an influential rich seemingly racist person trying to help elect another rich influential extremely racist person to the most powerful position in the word where he will help not only shape policy and law but also public opinion, validating his horrific views and causing untold harm to millions of specific groups of people for generations to come.
But we need to worry about what kind of racist label we use for him?
How about we instead focus on what a cunt palmer and trump and every other person like them are and prevent them discriminating people based on racist, ignorant beliefs first.
I didn't know that this was a thing... : ( Huge bummer, as Boy's Club is an amazing comic.
Also, fuck Palmer. Time for your awkward, ignorant ass to shuffle into obscurity. Forever. Bye.
That's not what this thread is about.
KojiKnight
Member
If I buy his product, he makes more money. If he makes more money, he will likely use it to support his political beliefs that are the antithesis to mine.
See how it's not really that unrelated?
IlGialloMondadori
Member
But they do when they're using proceeds from the tech to fund their idiotic, hateful, destructive enterprises.
"That Hitler dude made a good app. Sure, he burned a few Jews, but I'll keep subscribing to SS Music Streaming because the tech is good, and DJ Goering really kills it at the 2AM slot"
Principate
Saint Titanfall
This is mental gymnastics he's not being labelled a white supremacist. He was discovered funding a white supremacist website. The only contention is whether you consider Nimble America white supremacist website or not and I don't know many people willing to die on that hill. The thread title is not labelling Palmer anything people are making logical jump based off the information should it prove to be correct but any assumptions are on you.
ScientificPizza
Banned
Can someone link to her twitter or screenshot some tweets? I keep reading this but haven't been able to find anything
Not that I don't believe you guys, I'd just like to see
MrFrankFontaine
Banned
What I read in the OP is that Nimble America was founded by Luckey and 2 other folks that had worked on popularizing pro-trump white supremacist crap.
Not that Nimble America was doing this and it's goal was to support Trump through shit posting and meme's.
I'm just trying to understand this. I don't agree with any of this shit, but unless I'm reading this wrong (could be) I see him being called guilty by association.
Supporting Trump (I don't) doesn't equal racist. Associating yourself with racists is a terrible idea, but also doesn't equal racist.
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There are like 10 posts in this very thread with some pretty trash tweets from her.
Thom Yorke's Wobbly Eye
Member
I've been working on a VR game for Oculus and felt a bit uncomfortable about all this and didn't know how to react.
So I made the player's hands 60% smaller in the Oculus version so Donald can achieve presence.
So I made the player's hands 60% smaller in the Oculus version so Donald can achieve presence.
Indeed.
Re the validity of the source, I don't imagine it would have been picked up by such big publications if there wasn't confirmation somewhere, even if verbal.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
So this has made it as far as the Guardian now as well so... I guess it's looking to be true?
What a monumental cretin. What an absolute shit-for-brains moron. Being a billionaire and thinking putting money into 4chan offshoot insanity and then going public about it to risk everything you've built and made. All those relationships jeopardised. The lawsuit from Zenimax also now has the perfect "Look he's obviously too stupid to live let alone invent VR" angle.
I'd called him an idiot before publicly but good god. Affluenza is real as Notch went mental as well, but I guess Palmer's idiot youth made things even more turbo charged.
What a monumental cretin. What an absolute shit-for-brains moron. Being a billionaire and thinking putting money into 4chan offshoot insanity and then going public about it to risk everything you've built and made. All those relationships jeopardised. The lawsuit from Zenimax also now has the perfect "Look he's obviously too stupid to live let alone invent VR" angle.
I'd called him an idiot before publicly but good god. Affluenza is real as Notch went mental as well, but I guess Palmer's idiot youth made things even more turbo charged.
Primethius
Banned
I've been working on a VR game for Oculus and felt a bit uncomfortable about all this and didn't know how to react.
So I made the player's hands 60% smaller in the Oculus version so Donald can achieve presence.
:Lol
ScientificPizza
Banned
It does matter. When you are giving money to somebody who can then, in turn, use said money to devalue and hurt the lives of a segment of the population, that makes you part of the problem.
It's impossible to police every company, but when something like this comes up and hits you in the face, and is so obvious, it makes it easier to move on to other products or not buy at all.
When someone funds a charity I think highly of them. That they are generous caring people, who care about a particular cause.
When someone finds white supremacists, I am going to think poorly of them, and assume they care about white supremacist causes.
I really don't think that's some leap of logic.
Don't want people thinking you're a white supremacist? Don't use your millions to fund white supremacists
What kind of response is this? This isn't a "political issue". The dude is funding hate speach. That's an issue everyone should give a shit about
When someone finds white supremacists, I am going to think poorly of them, and assume they care about white supremacist causes.
I really don't think that's some leap of logic.
Don't want people thinking you're a white supremacist? Don't use your millions to fund white supremacists
What kind of response is this? This isn't a "political issue". The dude is funding hate speach. That's an issue everyone should give a shit about
Here's their website. To me, it looks basically indistinguishable from crap like Fox Nation. Old, tired, conservative stuff. Not exactly Stormfront.
I've been working on a VR game for Oculus and felt a bit uncomfortable about all this and didn't know how to react.
So I made the player's hands 60% smaller in the Oculus version so Donald can achieve presence.
hands could be more orange
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Noneo that doesn't harbour similar views with a caise on some level financially supports them unless forced. If you funded ISIS would actually tell me with a straight face that you have no similar beliefs what do ever as their cause?
KojiKnight
Member
If my uncle is a racist, I'm not necessarily a racist... but if I slip him a $20 bill and I know he's going to buy a noose with it...
Trail Guide
Member
Memes? Like image macros and shit? That's some real passive aggressive political activism. If came came out in support of Trump that would be bad enough but to do it by asking people to work their "meme magic" is just so sad.
Well I'm voting for Donald, (is it a surprise I'm a deplorable?) .. does that mean that everybody who votes for him agrees with all his policies, or that everybody who buys a Rift support racism?
MadJackChurchill
Banned
It's our prerogative to not directly fund a man that can then use that money to spread privileged hate?
Their front page suggests migrant women should be raped, by Mexicans, because Mexicans rape people.
Yep, not racist at all!
Supporting Trump means your ok with his racist views. I'm sorry...but what other substantial argument has he made in his campaign other than fueling racist bigot fires? He gained popularity by talking about building walls and making America great again.
Please..if you're not supporting Trump based off the person he is and the comments and policies he plans to put forth...what is one actually supporting? I'd love to hear it.
Ok, strike the Political description. I'm still trying to figure out what this has to do with the newest hottest and latest VR Tech or Rift news. Seems like this is a discussion for debate class, or OT section.
IlGialloMondadori
Member
"Before they can reach the American Dream, many migrant women have to survive a Mexican nightmare. Before they can reach the American Dream, many migrant women have to survive a Mexican"
Yeah, not racist at all. "Don't travel through Mexico or you'll be raped by Mexicans because they can't control themselves."
Give me a fucking break, dude.
KojiKnight
Member
Want to try again and debate me using what I actually said instead of a strawman with a nametag on it?
I'll try again, simplified. Let's completely take donald trump out of the equation.
Palmer financially backed a group that uses anti-black memes and anti-semetic jokes.
And again, what this has to do with VR... If I buy an OR, I give Palmer money, Palmer then uses that money to support something I don't agree with. THAT is the problem. THAT is why this discussion is allowed here on gaming side.
if you have no actual interest in the discussion at hand you're not obligated to read this thread
Then leave the thread. You don't have to talk about it.
This is seriously going to impact perception and response to oculus. If someone at Sony came out as being a racist shitbag, there would also be a thread
Za-Neen-Jya
Member
If you're asking me, ANY vote not for Clinton is a vote for Trump. I know people will decry the two party system and say they shouldn't have to vote for the lesser of two evils, but it's the way the game is set up and you have to play the game. Otherwise true evil wins.
wow wow wow
Veritigo_X
Member
This really shouldn't be surprising to anyone that's taken a look at his twitter feed in the last year.
Of course it is. You can also not buy his tech because you don't like people who's name starts with a P.
I'm just having trouble understanding why mix the two.
Ethical Hedonism
Banned
Well the joke is on you if you don't think about your beliefs and what you are really supporting in the long run before you purchase things.
RavenSan
Off-Site Inflammatory Member
Exactly how I feel about it. Now I wait for someone to be mad enough to sell their used Rift for a decently cheap price
=D
If you vote for the man and don't agree with his policies, then you're a pretty terrible voter
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Well, Trump's main platform more or less is racism, so...
Luckey's generally unpleasant views have been known for a while, but this is on a whole other level.
Secretly funding a white supremacist website is next level fucked. That goes beyond political speech into political action. Action that is in favour or the very worst racism, sexism, and other bigotry.
Having this guy get bankrolled for life off of other people's money already sucked, but this is just an extra kick in the teeth.
Secretly funding a white supremacist website is next level fucked. That goes beyond political speech into political action. Action that is in favour or the very worst racism, sexism, and other bigotry.
Having this guy get bankrolled for life off of other people's money already sucked, but this is just an extra kick in the teeth.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
A truly inspirational man.
How in the world did he encourage Trump to run last election? Nobody knew who he was 4 years ago.
Theanine3D
Member
https://twitter.com/nikkimoxxi
This is the human being Luckey presumably fell in love with and spends his nights with. A racist moron. Just look at some of the tweets she's retweeted.
https://twitter.com/JaredWyand/status/764844958805331968
8chan and r/the_Donald spew exclusively racist shit all over the Internet. If you aren't seeing it, then I don't know what to tell you.
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