Bungie explains how white supremacist symbol ended up in Destiny 2

[ArseTechnica]

[url]https://arstechnica.com/?p=1167451[/url]

[Protocol7]

Do we need an explanation? It's not like the flag of Kekistan is some super-original design. I think the artist just got unlucky by picking green and using some lines and chevrons.

[Dreyzie]

Still blows my mind that's considered a white supremacist logo now. Shit blows up so fast.

[dai]

[QUOTE=simzboy;52684384]Still blows my mind that's considered a white supremacist logo now. Shit blows up so fast.[/QUOTE]

the kek flag design itself is just a recolored nazi flag, born of ironic "we're making fun of identity politics" shock-humor or not, it dove headfirst into that territory

but I'm glad bungie put out this statement, because despite me saying it was dumb for them to mention they were doing it at all, this DOES shed some light on how the meaning behind kek had evolved over a recent period of time, and they greenlit it already knowing it was 'kek' but under prior pretenses

[quote=bungie]Unfortunately, that review was conducted to explore whether or not we were comfortable with the connection to [B]the original, innocuous 'kek' internet meme[/B]. The more [B]contemporary, vile derivation that has been repurposed by hate groups was not surfaced through this process[/B], and therefore, the armor was approved for ship[/quote]

[Egevened]

is every internet meme going to be a white supremacist symbol at this rate? I remember when fucking pool's closed was a widely accepted meme that everyone could laugh at and it was inherently "racist"

[Zadrave]

[QUOTE=Egevened;52684525]is every internet meme going to be a white supremacist symbol at this rate? I remember when fucking pool's closed was a widely accepted meme that everyone could laugh at and it was inherently "racist"[/QUOTE]

I swear people are really soft nowadays. They take anything as a personal attack even if it isn't remotely related to them.

[Marik Bentusi]

I mean, that's kind of how extremism seems to work nowadays tho, doesn't it? People don't want to straight-up sound racist/hateful/whatever, so they package their views as a "joke" so that if pressured they can easily forfeit responsibility of their statements.
It's basically how the "it's just a prank bro" defense works.

And then there's also probably a number of people that are in an experimental phase where they're using jokes to safely prod whether it's okay to express a certain view. Kind of how some companies will put up April Fools trailer for products that they may actually start developing if people show enough genuine interest.

[dai]

[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;52684579]I mean, that's kind of how extremism seems to work nowadays tho, doesn't it? People don't want to straight-up sound racist/hateful/whatever, so they package their views as a "joke" so that if pressured they can easily forfeit responsibility of their statements.
It's basically how the "it's just a prank bro" defense works.[/QUOTE]

it's also how you groom new recruits, you make extreme concepts just silly banter and you can safely draw out the people who actually agree with the sentiments, and desensitize impressionable people into either following suit, or at least being meatshields who aren't in on the true joke. Using shitty meme culture is deceptively clever because there's many people who'll defend your shit because they've only ever seen it as a trollish joke within their own circles