He said he found gay pride parades offensive, suggested that there should be hetero parades in response, and then said that anyone that disagrees with him should be shot. He's certainly entitled to his opinions on being offended by pride parades, but suggesting those that don't agree should be shot certainly crosses the line.
That is just one example. He also has been very anti-trans.
> In 2017, he voiced his support for Gamergate, an alt-right and sexist movement that largely targeted women, LGBTQ, and other minority groups in the industry. At the time, he referred to feminism as a “social disease,” claiming on Twitter that feminists were “overtly sexist against men.” At one point, Persson said that anyone who opposed “heterosexual pride day” should be “shot” and also tweeted “It’s okay to be white” after claiming groups pushing for more diversity and calling out white supremacy were being racist against white people.
> Persson followed that up just a few days later with a series of transphobic comments in which he suggested that trans men and women were “mentally ill.”
Aside from the thing about "should be shot", which is stupid, I agree with a lot of those takes from him. Heterosexual day is cringe though just like homosexual day is. His Q comments were cringe too, aside from his related comments telling people they shouldn't trust the media.
In other words he's just a normal person who holds views everyone in the world held until 5 minutes ago.
> In other words he's just a normal person who holds views everyone in the world held until 5 minutes ago.
You're either being disingenuous or live in a very small information bubble, because the majority of the world never held those opinions in the entire history of the planet.
I disagree with his opinion too, but he's not lying. The majority of the world has and still does hold those opinions. The world is still very anti-LGBT outside of the western culture bubble. And even in countries that are westernized, they are often still anti-LGBT even if their governments and media are pushing people not to be.
It's a very sad state of affairs. I mean, just 16 years ago I was marching for the right for gay people to get married in the US. We've come a long way but there is a long way to go.
Do you seriously believe that? Your comment is incredible euro/western centric. Wildly so, too. Especially w.r.t LGBTQ rights. (Not saying I agree with notch, just completely disagree with your point about the majority).
The majority of the world held those opinions for the entire history of the planet. In fact, the majority of the world still does. On the topic of bubbles, maybe western liberalism isn't as ubiquitous as it feels from within.
"Should be shot" is not just stupid, it's hateful. The regime where you kill for holding opinion is authoritarianism.
The other comments of his don't look like they mean much, but only if you look at them at a surface level, which with human communications, you basically never should. Context matters a lot, and the context of his messages is not a world where people get fair treatment, but a world full of issues. "Homosexual day" might sound random, or unwarranted, if you're not familiar with the issues of queer folk, but they are still not safe in the world, despite decades of social advancements.
Finally, being "normal", or belonging to a majority, doesn't make something morally valid. Because the majority is also comprised of individuals, humans, they can also fail, and they can, and can be made, to fail on a major scale as well.
Yep, I don't agree with his views but I don't think they're such a big deal. If that's his opinion then, so what really. No need for anyone to get so riled up about it. I'm sure we're all mature enough to tolerate differences in belief.
