#stop using people as leverage to show everyone why you're hatred of game grumps is morally right

[thewoolyworm]

Hi there. DingDong requested that people stopped making call out posts like this as he doesn't want to continuously be dragged back into this anymore. He just wants to be left alone and make his games in peace. Here's the entire thread on his Twitter instead of just the one screenshot.

And here's the final vod on his twitch if you want a clearer idea of the situation without using chopped up versions of a five hour stream.

He's stated multiple times that any of the people he named were not the people dealing the worst of the abuse. All of this happened nearly seven years ago and anything done now is either performative or too little too late.

If you actually care about the victim and aren't just using him as a way to slam game grumps, please respect his wishes. And if you want to support Ding Dong and Julian in a way that actually helps them, please check out their patreon at Wan Wan Games. They're working really hard on their game Tough Bippy and if it seems like something you'd be interested in, why not become a patron?

Gay employee mistreated during the making of Dream Daddy, Arin Hanson and the Game Grumps as a whole did nothing to protect him and even contributed to it

mod nba’s note: this is being posted anonymously for OP, with some editing from me.

WARNING: This post and its provided links contain mentions of doxxing, homophobia, child abuse, conversion therapy, and suicide

Basically, Arin Hanson was profiting off of Dream Daddy for a quick buck while one of the two gay then employees (DingDong, the other one was his boyfriend) got blacklisted, doxxed, outed to his homophobic family, and Arin Hanson’s company attempted to hide his suicide attempt.

While DD has only mentioned Arin directly, it’s worth considering that Dan did not seem to intervene to defend either DD or Julian (more people other than Arin were at fault, but those were unnamed by DD).

A direct source from DD and Julian themselves will be linked at the bottom of the post. The content of this post provides some background to contextualize their words better.

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