#granted they boomed in popularity right next to the dream smp which was just about the worst of the worst in that regard
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ok but fr I hope none of the letter writers feel personally responsible for this just because Wayne didn’t just say “I took being told I did a racist thing as being accused of being Racist and had a knee jerk reaction to that, sorry” and then also acknowledging that taking the pizza tower sponsorship in the first place was bad and they are sorry. Don’t try to explain why you did it, don’t try to backtrack it, just say “we realize now that this was a bad thing and we will do better in the future” and then actually fucking do it.
im sorry that some loud and vitriolic bigots have given you grief and given them big heads.
I hope they’re undergoing a lot of reflection while writing that statement. and maybe deciding they shouldn’t be allowed to respond to fan messages of concern in the discord until you’ve had a proper moment to digest everything and think that you may be wrong this time and not everybody is a parasocial pseudofan out to get you. It ain’t 2021 anymore my dudes
Also “this isn’t us” okay whatever. Maybe the appropriate thing to say would be “this has been us and it’s not okay and it’s reached a boiling point and things are going to change from now on”
#rtvs#rtvs has been so intense about avoiding parasocial relationships#granted they boomed in popularity right next to the dream smp which was just about the worst of the worst in that regard#but it means that a lot of them seem they’re somehow above controversy without realizing#they’re VERY popular. they’re public figures and they have a duty to act as such#and they’re at the point where they can still talk to fans in their own discord great#but that just means that when a well meaning fan comes to them with concern they need to be open to that rather than brushing it off becaus#‘I can’t be racist I did this and this and this’#but you are a group of predominantly white people in America and Canada and that comes with#an entire society built off of racism and discrimination#and we are all unlearning it but when mistakes are made#even if it’s with a company like fan gamer that you’ve worked with in good faith before#you need to be willing to understand when you’ve made a mistake#and the way rtvs handles their fanbase right now has them thinking they are above all criticism
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