He called for secession and revolution, which are about as political of stances as you can get. Was the punishment extreme? Of course it was. That’s why it was toned down. It was still outlined as such in the contract he signed, and he was well aware of the cost and willing to pay it.

This is especially ironic considering that the position that political speech should be protected on private platforms is the argument the MAGA crowd have been making for over three years about Twitter. That’s right, your position is that held by white supremacists.

Two things. First, Blitzchung’s statement was “Free Hong Kong, the revolution of our times!” This is specifically calling for secession and revolution, both of which are the most political of acts.

You really like ascribing opinions to people who disagree with you so you can shout at them, don’t you?

Where? I didn’t see them say that anywhere. What I did see is them state, specifically, that NO political speech is allowed on their stream. If you don’t believe me, feel free to go on stream and shout “reclaim Hong Kong, the treason of our times!” and see what happens.

Actually, the conservative opinion is that they should be able to use any channel for their speech without punishment, just as people are arguing for Blitzchung. Or haven’t you paid attention to the controversy over Twitter over the last few years?

This isn’t about the games, it’s about the entertainment stream, and people believing that said stream should allow political speech (calling for a revolution and secession is political, regardless of context) without punishment as long as it’s speech they believe in. This is literally the same argument conservatives…

No, Blitzchung was calling for secession and revolution on Blizzard’s time, on their stream, not on his own time, on his own stream. If he had been on his own stream, nobody would have given a shit, including both Blizzard and yourself.

That depends on how you “frost” it, really. Done right, you have yourself a perfectly good foodstuff masquerading as a different foodstuff, nothing wasted.

While this is true, that was also the punishment laid out in the contract that Blitzchung not only signed, but was aware of when he made his decision. And, on review, Blizzard acknowledged that the punishment was extreme, amended it, and set the new punishment as the standard. Instead of being angry at Blizzard for…

Not really, because that immediately tacks them to a particular stance, and no company can afford to be locked down to a stance by somebody else. They need to express their stance themselves. Stopping people from speaking for them isn’t making that stance, letting people say specific things for them is.

Always harder in the heat of the moment, but yeah, I need to put up a better troll filter.

They’ll boycott Blizzard again, of course.

If Blizzard did nothing, that would be tacit approval of political speech in their streams. Imagine what that would mean in the next election.

Civil disobedience works when there’s risk involved. Blitzchung risked something, which is fine. He did so by breaking his contract, and receiving the contractual punishment, which is fine. Allowing any idiot with an axe to grind to say what they like isn’t what a Hearthstone stream is for.

The argument is literally about people shoving their politics into entertainment streams. I’m sorry you can’t tell the difference between that and butchering religious groups for their organs.

People are arguing for being able to insert politics into Blizzard’s entertainment streams whenever they want. That’s literally what this is all about, and what I’m protesting against.

China is disgusting. The massacre should have had a greater response at the time, and China’s actions now merit a much, much larger response than has occurred.

Right. Here I thought you were interested in political theory, but I guess you wanted to be condescending instead. And no, they don’t have bigger concerns, because they have invested nothing. They are bitching about Blizzard, not aiding Hong Kong, as I outlined, and Blizzard is NOT a bigger concern than China.

No, it doesn’t. People need to mentally recharge, and should be allowed to do so. Being angry all the time is exhausting. When people take a moment to recharge so they can get back to it, it’s both infuriating and exhausting to have it thrust back in their face. It’s literally detrimental to the cause.