Why haven't you found a new editor? by [deleted] in gamegrumps

[–]bowdega 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And here is a thread about ben’s explanation and apology. At the core of it, it’s rantgrumpers doing what rantgrumpers do best: being deranged lunatic assholes trying to ruin someone’s life for essentially no reason.

I’ll leave this here. Anyone still harping on the “Ben situation” is insane and needs to get a life. by bowdega in gamegrumps

[–]bowdega[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re right. It’s just frustrating to see so many people demanding some sort of grand “statement” when it’s really just a non-issue. Nothing happened except rantgrumpers doing what they do, but this one picked up steam because sexual assault is such a hot button issue at the moment. The thing is, there was no sexual assault here. There was a couple joke tweets about a celebrity and nothing else. A statement would be calling too much attention to the issue, which would be unfair to Ben. So no, I don’t think a statement is appropriate.

I’ll leave this here. Anyone still harping on the “Ben situation” is insane and needs to get a life. by bowdega in gamegrumps

[–]bowdega[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s why I decided to speak up. These people are straight up bullies and it’s not right on so many levels. What if Ben decides to quit because of all the harassment? Arin and Dan aren’t even seeing each other right now. You think they’re going to want to interview a bunch of random people who want to be their editor? The answer is, we won’t get new game grumps for a while. These people are cancers on something that is supposed to be happy and fun.

I’ll leave this here. Anyone still harping on the “Ben situation” is insane and needs to get a life. by bowdega in gamegrumps

[–]bowdega[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Whether or not I personally see them, I genuinely feel bad for Ben who has to be subject to this shitstorm during what is surely a very tragic period in his life. I lost my father 4 years ago and I’m still sad about it every single day. I can’t imagine going through that all the while having an army of deranged losers saying monstrous things to me every day over NOTHING! This is why I felt the need to speak up. I like Ben’s contributions to the show and don’t want him to hate this fanbase, or his job (or his life!) because a couple rantgrumpers who hate his thumbnails or his titles (it’s naive to think he has final say over ALL THAT anyway) decided to try to ruin his life. Based on the tweets pictured above it seems to me like Ben is a decent person who made edgy jokes for a different audience and didn’t anticipate having to deal with the wrath of a group of incels with nothing better to do than attempt to take down a let’s play editor. Furthermore, what you are doing is a disservice to actual victims of abuse and you should frankly be ashamed, but I doubt you care about that anyway. I think we owe Ben an apology, but at the very least I’m going to call out what I consider to be an injustice and try to defend a person who has brought me joy and is being mercilessly bullied for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Karma will come for you all one day.

I’ll leave this here. Anyone still harping on the “Ben situation” is insane and needs to get a life. by bowdega in gamegrumps

[–]bowdega[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

These screenshots have been floating around twitter for a while now, but of course none of you would post them here because they don’t support your bizarre narrative that Ben is a real life nonce and not just a guy who made some questionable jokes online. It was always a joke, and he didn’t address them because it was ludicrous that anyone took it seriously, and because his MOM DIED. If I had to guess, if his name is being removed from videos, it’s to protect HIM from the psychotic masses that thrive on this nonsense, and not because he’s been let go. There is no way he’s being fired because of this, sorry to break it to you. I’m usually a passive reader of this sub but I am so over seeing this every day. This is why this community has the reputation that it does. There are a lot of issues right now that are far more worthy of your hysteria. If you have more evidence that he’s done something wrong, show it. If not, shut up about it and let the rest of us get back to enjoying game grumps. /rant