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 Strg Alt wrote:
I haven´t understood a thing. So a guy went to a tournament in spain and did what? He wore an attire covered in swastikas?

Swastikas and Falangist iconography, yes.

 Strg Alt wrote:
I haven´t understood a thing. So a guy went to a tournament in spain and did what? He wore an attire covered in swastikas?

Frankly, yes. Technically not "covered," but he was wearing multiple actual hate symbols, including a weird swastika mosaic, and called himself "Austrian Painter" while there.

Naming yourself after a failed artist? How badly painted were his space marines?

He's presumably a painter, is he Austrian?

Sarouan wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:

And do you really want a company to be able to define what is socially acceptable?
Afterall the only thing companies are after is money and their blatant double standards are well observed, take f.e. hollywood and how they censor stuff for the chinese market.

No, but we're at this point where having a company saying that is already a great thing. Since our right-wing leaders would rather do the opposite, strangely.

Or what, do you think having neo-nazis around with neo-nazi symbols and saying LGBT guys are trash and should be killed on sight with muslims and leftists is socially acceptable ? If your answer is "yes", well, that's all I need to know to do what is really "socially acceptable" here.

No, i just think that we don't need to further detiriorate the situation by giving a company that potentially even used slave labour via printing in china the right to decide what is socially acceptable.

Cronch wrote:
amazing how "we dont' want neo-nazis and neo-fascists in our stores and events" generates enough...comments to run 5 pages

I mean, just on this page we have a handful of probable Nazi sympathisers, amateur theologians, and straight up edgelords all trying to find a way for this not to just be GW saying "Hey, this guy at this event that has our name on it is such a huge donkey-cave and such a fundamentally monstrous person, that we, as a soulless corporation STILL aren't as bad as him and we want you to know that."

Yeah, everyone that's laughing at the guys taking moral guidance from GW is likely a Nazi sympathiser. This is either 0 or 1, there's no inbetween here.

Not Online!!! wrote:

Sarouan wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:

And do you really want a company to be able to define what is socially acceptable?
Afterall the only thing companies are after is money and their blatant double standards are well observed, take f.e. hollywood and how they censor stuff for the chinese market.

No, but we're at this point where having a company saying that is already a great thing. Since our right-wing leaders would rather do the opposite, strangely.

Or what, do you think having neo-nazis around with neo-nazi symbols and saying LGBT guys are trash and should be killed on sight with muslims and leftists is socially acceptable ? If your answer is "yes", well, that's all I need to know to do what is really "socially acceptable" here.

No, i just think that we don't need to further detiriorate the situation by giving a company that potentially even used slave labour via printing in china the right to decide what is socially acceptable.

We already know what's socially acceptable. They're repeating that they agree about the pre-determined 'feth Nazis' stance of the civilized word. They're not determining it. Stop using semantics to support Nazis.

ERJAK wrote:
Let's not pretend GW's opinion on hummus and GW's opinion on Nazis are equally frivolous, even if they are both totally profit driven.

I would certainly consider a profit driven opinion on hummus much less frivolous than a profit driven opinion on Nazism.

Nobody wants to associate with nazis. We don’t have to say it, it’s just common sense.

ERJAK wrote:

Cronch wrote:
amazing how "we dont' want neo-nazis and neo-fascists in our stores and events" generates enough...comments to run 5 pages

I mean, just on this page we have a handful of probable Nazi sympathisers, amateur theologians, and straight up edgelords all trying to find a way for this not to just be GW saying "Hey, this guy at this event that has our name on it is such a huge donkey-cave and such a fundamentally monstrous person, that we, as a soulless corporation STILL aren't as bad as him and we want you to know that."

I go one further and say in this HOBBY we have a lot of Nazi Sympathizers and edge lords trying desperately to shock people. How many times do we hear about shiftyness like this at majors in 40k every year. Someone is ALWAYS trying to push this envelope. Good on this clown for just coming out and being honest at least.

Better than Friggin Reece and his Nazi icon Knights, or the guy from 2017 with the literally 13th SS painted Lehman Russ tank Battalion. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go scream on a forum about how a nazi sympathizer is trying desperately to win presidential election in my country.

In the words of Steve Rogers: "Punch all Nazis. In the face."

Apparently it's a hot snowflake take now tho. Possibly cancel-culture to say you don't want fascists in your store.

JWBS wrote:
Yeah, everyone that's laughing at the guys taking moral guidance from GW is likely a Nazi sympathiser. This is either 0 or 1, there's no inbetween here.

If you're more concerned with not accidentally aligning your morals with GW than whether or not your behavoir supports Nazi ideals you're A more likely than not already predisposed to support nazis or B. ALLOWING GW TO DETERMINE YOUR MORAL STANCE VIA CONTRARIANISM.

If a corporation says "Hey, raping puppies is bad!" You're not some elite free-thinker because you say 'hey man, corporations don't get to determine what's socially acceptable. Maybe it IS good to rape puppies!'

This thread is done as it is not going anywhere constructive.