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Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Jiggle_Physics 42 points 4 days ago (14 children)

They didn't just use it sometimes, they were using it as an intentional dog whistle, that is the difference. Part of dog whistling is choosing something that, otherwise, has had no real relationship to the thing it is being used as a dog whistle for.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 days ago (13 children)

so they can choose anything and we just have to stop using it because its their dogwhistle now?

[–] thedirtyknapkin -5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

to me it's kind of kind the nazi bar thing. if you're at a bar with 2 Nazis, and you're not a nazi, you're still hanging out at a nazi bar.

they fucking adore this frog. no other group has embraced it as strongly or consistently. I'm quite happy to let an old ass meme die because i find it distasteful now that it's the favorite meme of nazis.

[–] Voyajer 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except in this instance the bar is the meme and you can't stop the Nazis from using it no matter what you do. Even if you move on to some other meme they can just as easily follow you, now no one knows what's acceptable or not and for how long.

[–] thedirtyknapkin -1 points 1 day ago

you may not know which one is next, but this one is clearly there.

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