BlizzCon Hate-Speech Criticized

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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And with that here comes the R&P debate, that doesn't belong on a gaming site.

AS is on the ignore filter for a reason, he likes to hijack threads like that.

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Xombie wrote on Oct 27, 2011, 10:33:
George Fisher doesn't actually believe that Alliance players are "gay" any more than he wants to actually "Shatter Their Bones" or have them "Skewered from Ear to Eye" (those are just two song titles off of one of the latest albums).

You realize it's more offensive because he doesn't think they're gay, right? Or do you really misunderstand the whole fundamental concept?

Also, Cannibal Corpse are hacks.
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What?
He only quoted a few sentences from everyday Trade Chat business.

Oh and hes right, I also fucking hate gnome mages!
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AnointedSword wrote on Oct 27, 2011, 10:35:
Ohhh yes, we cannot disagree with people's views anymore and get away with it. You know what, I am a Christian, we get bashed a lot as well. Yup, but I would not call it hate speech. For example, if someone kills a christian, they should be charged for murder. We start adding all this other bs to the mix and you will see homosexuals getting locked up for speaking their mind against Christians. I am not for hate speech regulation because guess who defines what hate speech is? You guessed it...the government and states...What exactly is hate speech? 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...

And with that here comes the R&P debate, that doesn't belong on a gaming site.

Just lock the thread now Blue, I'm sure it will not take long for this topic discussion to go from games centric to Religion & Politics.
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"Lighten up, it was just a joke." = Not OK
"It was a stupid joke and we're sorry for making it." = OK
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Ohhh yes, we cannot disagree with people's views anymore and get away with it. You know what, I am a Christian, we get bashed a lot as well. Yup, but I would not call it hate speech. For example, if someone kills a christian, they should be charged for murder. We start adding all this other bs to the mix and you will see homosexuals getting locked up for speaking their mind against Christians. I am not for hate speech regulation because guess who defines what hate speech is? You guessed it...the government and states...What exactly is hate speech? 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...
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Yes, and they did not complain about Cannibal Corpse, they complained about what Fisher said at the event. He did not sing a Cannibal Corpse song. He did not discuss necrophilia or rape. But he called people a lot of homophobic slurs.

That didn't happen either. They just played a censored video of him, from 4 or 5 years ago. In the uncensored video he uses homophobic slurs in the same way that he uses every other worse thing on earth in his songs: not seriously.

George Fisher doesn't actually believe that Alliance players are "gay" any more than he wants to actually "Shatter Their Bones" or have them "Skewered from Ear to Eye" (those are just two song titles off of one of the latest albums).
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Xombie wrote on Oct 27, 2011, 10:09:
Of everything that Cannibal Corpse sings about, it's the "anti-gay slurs" from an interview about a video game that people think steps over the line? Not the necrophilia, rape, and mass murder?

Cannibal Corpse has around 150 studio tracks. Every single one of them is about killing people.

Yes, and they did not complain about Cannibal Corpse, they complained about what Fisher said at the event. He did not sing a Cannibal Corpse song. He did not discuss necrophilia or rape. But he called people a lot of homophobic slurs.
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So, we have George 'Corpseater' Fisher, an aspirational cannibalistic necrophile insulting homosexuals/Alliance players and hoping that they will die, presumably so that he may then eat their corpses? What parts of the corpses will he be eating? Is cock off the menu?
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Of everything that Cannibal Corpse sings about, it's the "anti-gay slurs" from an interview about a video game that people think steps over the line? Not the necrophilia, rape, and mass murder?

Cannibal Corpse has around 150 studio tracks. Every single one of them is about killing people.

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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.

That's right! When they called you those slurs, they were simply kidding!

Wait, what?

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