While I agree that it’s odd to have James Rolfe on this list (as he’s well known for avoiding politics and controversal topics), I do think there’s a separate discussion to be had about the people he keeps surrounding himself with.
Mike Matei is a perfect example of a friendship that raises some questions. Apart from sending unsolicited pics of his dick to his audience, he has a history of completely mask off racism that he has refused to apologize for when people found a bunch of his horrifically racist cartoons. James has never talked about any of this, but considering he and Mike are still close friends, I can only guess that he’s apparently completely fine with it.
James always seems to get a pass when his close friends or colleagues are deeply problematic, because of his “apolitical” external appearance.
James made an awful video on ghostbusters 2016 where he refused to review the movie and cried about muh politics. That video got 4.5 million views, many of his fans decided to sent death threats to the director and actors. Besides, he lied about the movie plot.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I guess that was him briefly going mask off to reveal his true self.
When you add all of these things together, it creates a clear picture of the guy. I don’t believe that his appearance at that anti-woke version of the game awards was some sort of an accident on his part, like some of his lib fans claim. He knew what he was doing. He’s not some random person who’s unaware of what’s happening in the gaming space. If you hang out with chuds, never counter any of the chud things they say, and then spout chud things yourself when briefly dropping the mask, you might as well be a chud too.
Because he’s James, he’s able to ignore every single controversy and pretend like they passively happen to him.
While I agree that it’s odd to have James Rolfe on this list (as he’s well known for avoiding politics and controversal topics), I do think there’s a separate discussion to be had about the people he keeps surrounding himself with.
Mike Matei is a perfect example of a friendship that raises some questions. Apart from sending unsolicited pics of his dick to his audience, he has a history of completely mask off racism that he has refused to apologize for when people found a bunch of his horrifically racist cartoons. James has never talked about any of this, but considering he and Mike are still close friends, I can only guess that he’s apparently completely fine with it.
James always seems to get a pass when his close friends or colleagues are deeply problematic, because of his “apolitical” external appearance.
James made an awful video on ghostbusters 2016 where he refused to review the movie and cried about muh politics. That video got 4.5 million views, many of his fans decided to sent death threats to the director and actors. Besides, he lied about the movie plot.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I guess that was him briefly going mask off to reveal his true self.
When you add all of these things together, it creates a clear picture of the guy. I don’t believe that his appearance at that anti-woke version of the game awards was some sort of an accident on his part, like some of his lib fans claim. He knew what he was doing. He’s not some random person who’s unaware of what’s happening in the gaming space. If you hang out with chuds, never counter any of the chud things they say, and then spout chud things yourself when briefly dropping the mask, you might as well be a chud too.
Because he’s James, he’s able to ignore every single controversy and pretend like they passively happen to him.
I think james is mostly a lib but he seems to have some reactionary brainworms from hanging out with people like mike matei.