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BlizzCon Hate-Speech Criticized

[Oct 27, 2011, 09:48 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The closing performance at BlizzCon 2011 by Level 90 Epic Tauren Chieftain has drawn fire from GLAAD for anti-gay slurs in a lead-in video from guest singer George 'Corpseater' Fisher from Cannibal Corpse, reports GayGamer. Word is: "The problem? His hate for the Alliance. Specifically, the anti-gay language used to describe them. Though bleeped-out, Fisher's diatribe calls Alliance players a number of anti-gay slurs, and declares that they should die." They say this "has prompted GLAAD to initiate an outreach to Blizzard." VG247 notes the following official comment on this from Blizzard:

Thank you everyone for your feedback regarding the closing night performance at BlizzCon. While we had some other messaging worked up we were going to post, the members of band wanted to instead address it themselves:

Hey guys, we read and heard all the feedback from BlizzCon this year. The Corpsegrinder bit was never intended to be taken seriously. We are sorry that we offended anyone; everything at our shows is just meant in fun. Thank you all for speaking up. We’ll definitely keep this in mind for future shows.

Our humblest apologies,

Level 90 Elite Tauren Chieftain

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Re: BlizzCon Hate-Speech Criticized

Oct 28, 2011, 21:11

jdreyer

AnointedSword wrote on Oct 27, 2011, 10:35:
The bible and nature says homosexuality is wrong...Does that mean I cannot believe and have religious freedoms any longer? I am all for everyone being able to speak their mind. That includes the Christian, the muslim, etc...

Not sure anyone will read this, but here goes.

1. Let’s see what else the bible says:
- Not a virgin upon marriage? Death (Deuteronomy 22:13-21)
- Disobey parents? Death (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
- Adultery? Death (Deuteronomy 22:23-24)
- Working on the Sabbath? Death (Numbers 15:32-56)
- Set up a Christmas tree? Forbidden (Jerimiah 10:2-5)
- Swearing? Forbidden (Ephasians 5:4)
- Gossip? Forbidden (Leviticus 19:16)
- Do you wear poly/cotton blend clothing? Forbidden (Leviticus 19:19)
- Wear gold? Forbidden (1 Timothy 2:9)
- Tattoos? Nope (Leviticus 19:28).

I am sure you follow all these laws because the bible says so.

2. There are more than 1500 species that practice homosexuality. How is that unnatural? There is only one species that practices homophobia. Now that's truly unnatural.




Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.

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