I am actually even in a similar position to him. I couldn’t imagine being upset in the way they are over something so serious. If my partner was in this position we’d have a serious discussion over how important and/or manageable is watching Hearthstone content. We take responsibility for our own lives, we don’t…

The whole point of criticism of Blizzard, protests, and boycotts is to make the corporation’s punishing of Blitzchung (and any future supporters of HK protesters) a bad business decision to Blizzard.

You should think more and comment less.

There’s a difference between a clear issue of basic human rights and free expression vs. run of the mill political opinion that you are ignoring.

I donate when as frequently as possible and protest those that have protests in my country. I’ve protested for Hong Kong with those ex-pats and relatives that protested in favour of British support for the movement and its aims and I donate to help buy gear and equipment in Hong Kong itself. I found a lot of how to…

Its not about Blitz breaking his agreement as much as it is Blizzard selling out their values to honor the values of a large authoritarian country with a big checkbook.

You’re mad that on a conversation, an article about protests, people are showing support for that protest. You’re whining like a coddled toddler, that people are injecting their politics into your relaxation time. You came to this article to get mad, so you could whine at people and pretend this horror isn’t…

Glad you support the dumbing down of games in order to meet Chinese censorship policies so that American companies can throw out quality ,good story telling, and basic human rights to chase the China whale. Another sheeple.

Trying to maintain your bottom line is not an excuse to be evil. If you’re being evil doing it, you should be judged and penalized as such. It’s really not that complicated.

I’m not saying the only definition of politics is a narrow one. I was being literal — he was intentionally choosing a broad definition politics to encompass many topics as supposedly “off limits” in way the word politics is rarely used in that context.

Thank you. As somebody who suffers from an acute anxiety disorder, this guy's argument really stinks. Like according to him he and his wife support the cause so... how does seeing somebody else who supports the cause speaking up during their favorite stream cause panic?? If anything I feel like that would be…

Just scroll past man... It’s not hard.

“The only way to affect positive change in the world is to do absolutely nothing over a long period of time.”

When a company suppresses a point of view promoting democracy and basic human rights, it is not the moral equivalent as telling a person to shut their trap when a person voiced support for an authoritarian crackdown.

That’s the first I’ve heard of such a thing. What Blitzchung did was protest human rights abuses against Hong Kong. If human rights are political to you, we’re not even having the same argument. There was no hate speech and there was no defamation of Blizzard’s name. He wasn’t screaming “MAGA” or “Feel the Bern.” The…

Because I don’t live in the area, so I instead spread awareness online, wrote my congressman and senators (who have also taken an interest in this affair with bi-partisan support), donated to the “Free Hong Kong” campaigns (including those free T-shirts they’re handing out at the con right now), working on creating…

I am concerned because I am the husband of a woman with anxiety, something that has to be carefully managed in the current political climate, and preventing panic attacks is a constant struggle.

One can use products made from a terrible country that oppresses its citizens and still call out the flaws in the system. The two are not mutually exclusive. 

I found another one!

Man, there’s a bunch of dipshits in the comments essentially all crying “I don’t like protests when they’re inconvenient!”