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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2017
- Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Colin Moriarty (Kinda Funny) about the fallout from his "controversial" tweet and takes questions from viewers.
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When Colin cried I cried! 46:08.
"You treated me, like you're my newest friend, and you treated me like you were my oldest friend when people out there I have known forever just abandoned me" :'(
Always respected Colins reviews and guides on video games from IGN and have found his perspective and topics on KF really interesting and thought-provoking. Sending love Colin and thanks Rubin for this.
* Edit Please go and support Colin's Last Stand on Patreon and RUclips :) If you're not a Patreon for Rubin yet then please support him.
me too
around waht time???
Just added time in the edit
That shows how he feels about the kinda funny group, this guys that he called best friends didn't do shit to help him out during the tweet outrage but Rubin, a guy that Colin barely knows personally was there to help him out and defend him
Hits you right there, doesn't it?
"I'm not even a little bit sorry about that tweet."
So refreshing to hear that in a time when everyone is poked into apologising for everything. Respect, Colin.
When Colin left kinda funny so did I.
Tim Stafford you need your safe space
Mitch Rico
and you need to find something to do
half the comments on this video are you -_-
unsubscribed so fast
Tim Stafford I can't watch the shows anymore.
I did too. I only watched for Colin
46:18 "you're my newest friend, and you treated me like you were my oldest friend, while people that i've known forever just abandoned me" (;﹏;)
Very powerful
that tweet was funny
Solid joke. It wasn't even edgy.
Blazed and Confused especially since a lot of married man can relate to the joke.
Cristiano Morais very funny, and I'm a girl.
Yep it was funny, but the cry baby troll sensitive rejects had a field day with it.
I'm female, even identify as a liberal feminist. It's just a joke, it didn't make me laugh, but it didn't offend me either, just rolled my eyes, like I would if my man said it. People need to settle down.
I feel terrible for this guy, this is a very disproportionate response.
I miss the days when men could make a joke like "Day without women? Finally some peace and quite" and women would just reply something like "A day with out men? finally we can have an intelligent conversation", everyone would get a few laughs and move on...people are way too sensitive.
if your best friends can't have your back on the most harmless joke ever told, what would they do if you truly made a mistake?
The more I hear from Colin, the more I'm convinced that he is far too intelligent for Kinda Funny. He brought a level of respect and dignity to video games that the rest of the crew can't match. I think in the near future that we'll look back and realize that Kinda Funny was holding him back after seeing what he does next. Good luck, Colin! I wish you well and support you.
I bet that Nick regrets how it went down. Greg and Tim probably aren't as sympathetic.
Yup. Nick is now the only person that I like on kinda funny but I unsubscribed anyway
Me too. Dropped my Patreon support as well.
Yosh Gokita same. hope they loose more subs
They lost me too. Was a supporter from day one. I was even watching them before they left IGN when they were doing the show in their Kitchen. Unacceptable how they treated Colin.
Your Coins My Purse I
Skip to 1:35 for the start
scorpio1644 gods work!!!
The world would be a much better place if Twitter shut down their servers.
And Facebook!
Kristine Opsommer But I like Messenger.
nah, just trasnfering ownership would be nice. Twitter is a great service aside from it's obvious political bias
I don't think he's talking about censorship, I think he's just saying that Twitter by its nature encourages ignorance. You can't make an intelligent argument in 140 characters; Twitter amplifies pithy, hollow virtue signaling and just generally encourages hateful shitty behavior.
Tacolicious I don't agree
45:55 - The most real, most poignant moment I have ever seen on the Rubin report. I was washing dishes as I was listening to that and without even looking at the screen, it brought tears to my eyes (I was also yelling at the dishes to "HUG IT OUT FOR THE LOVE OF JESUS!" (my wife was slightly alarmed, I assume the hug / tissues happened in the break while both of you and the audience recomposed themselves). It was also a confirmation of the completely predictable and utter decency of David (and his husband) as men, the world needs more people like you. The end of the interview was incredible. I also (and I am sure I am not alone in this) now follow Colin and cant wait to see what comes next for him.
theblur holy shit that got me lol
Dave Rubin is a gifted interviewer.
Same here, I was just pelling potatoes and at that moment, I felt like cutting onions...
Holy shit. Same.
theblur would you believe I was also doing dishes, haha.
Seeing Colin cry like that, as someone who has followed his stuff in gaming since I was 14, fucked me up hard. Love you Colin, do what you wanna do, I will be supporting all the way.
And thanks to Dave for helping him out the way you did. Of all the people to help him out of a hole like that, I can't believe it was you to do it. Gained so much respect for both of you.
Fantastic interview. Colin is one of the most well spoken political minds I have seen. Sad to see him leave video games, but I hope he gains traction in his new career.
agree :)
Samuel Underwood agree and go Cards!
Brian Markley Hell yeah!
Caden Tomlinson A stretch how?
Agreed
Used to despise Collin, but now I adore him. He's gained my respect.
As someone who has followed Colin for many years, as we're the same age, thank you Rubin for being the first to give him a credible platform to stand on. You got a new subscriber:)
I still find it so ironic, that a channel called Kinda Funny, was upset over a tweet that was kinda funny.
In case you missed it, here's the original Sit Down with Colin: ruclips.net/video/BxQbfn8cL-8/видео.html
I mean the joke was okay, it was only Kinda Funny
Tryhardblackguy 😎 YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHH
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Lol
As a woman and a fan of kinda funny I thought the joke was funny it's just typical Colin and I don't know him personally but just watching him everyday on kinda funny I know his character enough to know it was a joke. he made the tweet to gets some laughs and it turned into something negative and the media made something harmless into something totally different. I support Colin all they way on this
7:58 "I saw a site that I've never heard of before called Polygon." - Dave Rubin 2017
POLYGON BTFO
FUCKING SIDES
Daelin Dwin 😂😂😂
"Colin Campbell is not exactly known for his great journalism" - Colin Moriary 2017
So after Greg saying the tweet had nothing to do with Colin leaving, Colin just confirmed it was indeed the catalyst/straw that broke the camels back that made him quit. If he hadn't written the tweet he'd still be at kinda funny; as we all knew.
I don't think it's that cut and dry. It's pretty clear, and Colin even talks about it in this very video, that he just hasn't been happy with doing gaming media. He wants for something else. This was coming regardless; maybe somewhat spread up by the timing, but that doesn't seem of any major consequence. Clearly even before the tweet other opportunities were arising for Colin.
KNorth2 Indeed, I didn't mean that it was the only reason for him quitting, nor that his departure wasn't inevitable, but that the tweet, as I said, was the catalyst that made him leave now.
Greg however, insisted that the tweet had NOTHING to do with his departure from kinda funny. He wasn't being completely honest.
Not to mention that Colin said they have had significant disagreements behind the scenes, meaning of course in the past but I believe he's also talking about recent events.
Can I know what the said tweet said? Please?
spiritfired it was something along the lines of "Finally, some peace and quiet. #adaywithoutwomen"
It's in the first few minutes of the video you're commenting on...
THAT WAS THE TWEET? That got him backlash? This is laughable. A dad joke can now make you unemployed. Twitter never ceases to amaze me.
@ 45:55 Colin gets personal. Very touching.
Dave Rubin. You just gained a subscriber!
Anthony Sanchez Its Dave Rubin
You should also subscribe to Dave Rogan
i think he's just being sarcastic
my bad. Dave rubin
Giovanni Asaro Thank you
I might be looking too much into this, but I think Colin was hinting at the KF guys, among others, when he was tearing up about his friends not sticking up for him.
It could have been that but I don't think so, there were also some people from IGN that criticized him and i think they are are more likely.
It's doubtful, he mentioned he still supports Nick & Greg. Tim on the other hand..
I think he still obviously supports them and will always look at them as friends, but I feel that deep down there is a rift. I think he'll always know in the back of his mind that they sort of hung him out to dry for their corporate image.
Yeahh, as he was mentioning, I'm sure they were supportive in private, but publicly they hardly had his back. All they needed to do was tweet something like "I know Colin. He's not a misogynist or a racist.", or something to that effect.
Reading some of those IGN replies really disappointed me. The way they piled on a FRIEND who was obviously just telling a lame dad joke? Really disappointed in Brian Altano and Justin Davis.
whats interesting is the other kinda funny members said colin didnt leave because of the tweet...this video seems to argue that.
The said the Tweet wasn't the reason, that it was more of a symptom of the divide that was growing between them.
i pretty sure they said the tweet had nothing to do with him leaving. i dont remember them saying anything about it being a symptom. my point was that i feel the other members were being a bit dishonest about what was happening
Joe White Peter is correct. It's the straw that broke the camel's back. Everyone is trying to read between the lines like conspiracy theorists. It's old and incorrect. Lets just take it face value until someone says something from their own mouths.
Steven A. im not a conspiracy theorists...im simply saying what the other memebers of kinda funny said from, as you said, their own mouths...im 31 living in fl and dont give two shits about this other than my favorite gaming show was ruined...thats what i hate about the internet though..people like u start callling others things like conspiracy theorist when all they did was repeat what was said..good day
I don't think if there was that kind of animosity Colin would of been there the following morning show joking n cuddling the guy's. Also he said earlier on this show it was his idea to leave KF to avoid awkwardness.
45:59 :'(
Alley Crockett horrible :(
Wonder if he is implying Tim Gettys and, in particular, Greg Miller, who has called Colin his "brother" on multiple occasions, yet left him hanging in the wind.
Yeah I feel that for sure. Greg's reply post about Colin's tweet felt like pressure from his current GF to say something as she must have his balls in a vice and was like "You better stand up for me! I'm so offended" . Some of the shit Greg has said in the past and then they fling him under the bus over this jokey tweet? Thats just how I feel about it all anyway but I'm probably wrong.
Hard to know why Greg replied the way he did, but the main problem I have with it was how... corporate it was, for lack of a better word. The way the response was worded and how Greg handled it was done in a way you'd expect from a large corporation, not a small, independent gaming company.
Now, I know that Colin allegedly gave his blessing for Greg to release the statement, but in my opinion, it could have simply be handled by releasing a short statement like this:
"Look, everyone. Colin's tweet was made on his personal Twitter account and It doesn't reflect the viewpoints of Kinda Funny as a whole. Also, it was a joke. You may not like it or agree with it (we certainly don't), and that's fine, but we know Colin personally, not just professionally or through the Internet, and there was absolutely no malice or sexism behind his joke. To say or think otherwise is wrong."
In that short paragraph, they would have addressed the "issue", declared their stance on the matter, and still defended Colin's character. Instead, their response simply made things worse.
Thats the thing. Kinda funny is a business and one that is looking to grow. Colin himself said he made some good money from there. And then you also have to realize we live in this very sensitive world where outrage culture is the popular culture unfortunately. Rmmbr the character assassination that happened to Colin after his tweet by a "respectable" site, well what headlines would they come up with if Kinda Funny publically backed Colin when they are a company still trying to grow. I know there should be some moral highground and what not but this was potentially putting the business at risk, so from a business point of view Greg had to release the post he did and Colin understood that. He literally editted Greg's reply and added in parts to make Greg's point stronger, before it was posted
Damn, never seen Colin cry. That made me so sad and happy at the same time
you should've seen his last episode of podcast beyond. the waterworks in that episode could've ended california's drought.
ResistanceForever really, I wasn't around for the beyond days, but I've wanted to watch 300
Where in the video did he cry?
flashuk100
Both him & Greg were in tears when they finished with Beyond at IGN .
flashuk100
At 46:00
Good on Colin for not apologising. I don't agree with the guy on everything but I respect his resolve.
Colin you got me choked up. You seem like a great guy and many of us know what it's like to have our friends or even family turn on us over politics or something that shouldn't impact our relationship. I wish you nothing but the best and I hope your next project will be your most successful to date!
Justin "Is this really who you want to be" Davis always rubbed me the wrong way.
When I read that, I wasn't surprised who it came from.
NY101jah squid city
"You're my newest friend, and you treated me like you were my oldest friend when people out there that I have known forever just abandoned me". That hit me as someone who has been a fan of Colin since the Beyond days.
One last time friends #Beyond!
Seeing Colin cry was one of the most upsetting things I've seen for a very long time. All of this happening to a genuine, decent and honest human being. All for the sake of a completely harmless joke that people have gone out of their way to find offensive. Destroying a mans career that he has built. Over 4 words. Absolutely disgusting how he has been treated.
Karma always wins. And I don't see Kinda Funny being around for much longer or at the very least be as successful as they have been. We got your back Colin!
I've already respected your integrity Dave, but this just raised the bar. Seriously.
You know he's talking about Greg Miller when he says that even his oldest friends abandoned him... truly sad and i'm glad Colin left
Supporting Colin throughout this and will support him in his next journey!
I just hope that whatever Colin ends up doing that he will continue to comment on games occasionally. He has great insight.
As far as his departure goes...It must have been easy to resign after Greg "apologized" for the tweet. Their existence really depends on continuing to suck the Social Justice tit that is the foundation of the San Fransisco game journalism scene. In the long run I think they killed the golden goose. Alienating half your audience never ends well.
PS. Colin, Kotaku is still horrible.
but they say worse shit on their podcasts... its only because it was twitter, and their "peers" and game devs were reacting badly to the tweet that they then turned on Colin. They can't have it both ways. So as soon as Colin left KF, so did I.
KillwinDie they don't say anything that is inherently bad or "worse" on that show. Its a videogame show dude. If anything the kinda funny people are a bit annoying and have always come across to me as full of themselves. Definitely noticed how stupidly sjw/liberal they are too. In fact there was a hilarious video of one of the people who worked there throwing a fit after trump won!
Shit like this really bothers me, after finally getting a grasp on the situation as a long time fan of both Colin and KF, I can definitely say, what the actual fuck? This is ridiculous! All this over THAT fucking tweet? Really? Are we serious "trusted media outlets", this is what we are doing? I just can't right now... This is unbelievably ludicrous. God I hate this extremist society where everyone is offended and everyone is afraid.
Tim Macone you need your safe space little snowflake. You sound like a sjw yourself lmao
Mitch Rico How exactly does pointing out a blatant overreaction to an otherwise harmless joke and being appalled at the liable escalation Polygon and other "media outlets" make me a sjw? I don't think that title means what you think it means "little snowflake".
Michael Crosby you are entirely missing the point. Let's say you tweeted that exact thing... What do you think would have happened? Do you honestly believe the world would react the same way to that tweet if it wasn't from a big name in the industry? And additionally do you think "media outlets" would misconstrue your tweet the point of calling you a racist even when there is no mention of race in the tweet? Clearly Colin was character assassinated and while you are allowed to disagree with his original tweet, my comment was referring to the escalation from that tweet to the racist headline. So please read carefully next time. Good day.
Michael Crosby turning around a magnifying glass would result in the exact same results. You see, magnifying glasses consist of a convex lens suspended in a frame attached to a handle. No matter what side you look through a convex lens, no matter how much you turn it around, the results will be the same.
Maybe you want him to put a mirror behind the magnifying glass? Why does there even need to be a magnifying glass? Maybe JUST a mirror, skip the magnifying glass.
Michael Crosby you're a dumbass. Free speech only refers to the government not interfering. Not a business. You're a fucking idiot dude.
I've got Colin's back no matter what he does next, going to miss someone actually have opinions and talk about real issues on kinda funny.
They didn't ask him to leave...but they didn't defend or standby him either.
Silence says a lot.
Greg Miller is a coward. He chose strangers over his friend.
He chose to protect his business over having his friends back. Really sad to see that.
Albert Ibarra sad but true.
Albert Ibarra That seems a little extreme. Greg is totally free to disagree over Colin's tweet, business aside, and Greg expressed his opinion very respectfully. Colin just said on this show that he was not asked to leave KF, nor was he fired. Granted, maybe Greg and the other KF guys could have defended Colin more from the getgo... but I don't want to read into the situation and draw unfair conclusions. Plus, you have to remember that KF went to PAX East right after all the drama, so it makes sense that everything played out like it did. It's regrettable and I'm sad to see Colin go, but I can't reasonably fault any of the KF guys.
He also supported Fem Frequency. Greg is an embarrassment to his gender.
Brenden Palmer
Explain something to me. The whole ""disagree with the tweet" thing. How can you disagree with that tweet? It was a joke. Low-hanging fruit, really. You can't agree or disagree with it. You chuckle, or don't, and move on. Period.
Colin is a dude you want at your back and on your side man. His passion is inspiring, what an upstanding and admirable guy.
1:30:33 At the end Colin definitely is calling out Tim and Greg
what did you post? if it was a typical shitpost, then lol.
Michael Jackson Have you considered the fact that maybe he doesnt have time to debate every single idiot who calls him out on the internet? In an ideal world, he would debate you. In the real world, he has to block you or else youre gonna constantly pester his feed with stupid posts until he debates you. Why do you care if Colin has a different opinion than you anyway?
What was your tweet at him? You can explain your intention behind it as honorable and thoroughly as you like but until you actually tell us what that tweet was we only have your word that it was a tweet that deserved a response.
He has thousands of tweets directed at him daily, are you such a narcissist that you think you deserve special attention from what you seem to think is the tweet of the decade?
Michael Jackson Im not calling you specifically, and idiot. I am however, saying that tweeting at a stranger and expecting them to take their time to indulge you is an idiotic idea. And most people that do this kind of thing do tend to be idiots. But youre very articulate, Im sure youre not an idiot. But as a non-idiot, you should understand why a kinda-famous person would refuse to waste time debating a stranger on twitter, and why they would block said stranger when he continued to insist. It might have been severe in your case, but, as a non-idiot, you should understand why blocking these aggressive "challengers" early (before they start angry spamming) is a perfectly reasonal preemptive measure. Why do you care so much that Colin hears your opinion? You might win that debate, he did generalize, but who the fuck cares?
Im also pretty sure that when Colin said "if anyone besmirches you in front of me...", he meant in person. He is not gonna go fight every internet troll that hates on Rubin (not calling you a troll).
Which parts of my post did you find nonsensical, incoherent or "simply fabricated"? To me you are going way overboard of being blocked on twitter and seem to be taking personal offense at it. That fits the description of crazy to me.
He could have provided some feeble attempt at 'wit' or 'comedy' (both
of which he's not known for, hence the departure for his oh-so funny
comment about women...hah..hahah...you're fired lol.)
I took this as a reference to the original joke Colin made that started this whole mess. I thought the "hah...hahah...you're fired lol." was you thinking that the offices were empty because the women were fired, not because they were protesting. I guess I interpreted that wrong but by your own admission you don't proof read so maybe you could make what you were trying to say clearer?
He didn't "clearly get this wrong" as you put it as plenty of people are agreeing with him. Just because you disagree with it doesn't mean it's wrong. The tweet you sent him was hostile and aggressive so of course he blocked you, just like you have been in this entire comment chain. Do you honestly think your tweet was worth responding to, especially when it's coming from a stranger during a time where thousands of people are tweeting at him?
Since you seem to have missed it. The faculty that were not only part of the protest and riots, they were part of organizing it. And whether or not you like it the faculty does represent the college. In the statement released by the college they didn't even admit that part of their student body and faculty had organized and taken part in it. I don't have to prove anything about the numbers, enough of the 1500 people there joined in with the riots and destruction to shut down that part of the city for the entire night and stopping the event and everyone else there just stood by and did nothing. And it's obviously hard to know how many of the masked people that instigated the violence there were Berkeley students but the footage shows more than just masked people destroying things.
And do you really disagree that things haven't changed on campuses in a major way in the last 10 years? Or that they aren't rioting against meaningless things?
One last question. What do you expect to achieve with name calling and condescension?
Greg was always talking about these landmines that you might step on when you talk and how he's sick of it. Yet when Colin steps on a mine, Greg doesn't have his back? I have always LOVED Greg and Colin, now its just Colin.
Didn't know anything about Dave Rubin just came here for Colin but DAVE your awesome and you got yourself a new life long fan now and would love to see you guys together more !
Discovered you because of Colin, really feels good to hear somebody speak out about the left in such a mature, tempered way. No attacks, no calling names, just rational arguments. You seem like if you were to get your ass handed to you in a debate, you'd take it like a champ and just reassess your views, instead of blaming whomever.
How many people have not heard of Colin Moriarty other than The Rubin Report? I'm a fan of Colin and have been fora a long time so i just wanted to see what the opinions of people who don't know feel about this. Reply if you're willing. My Thanks in advance
I had only seen him on the Rubin Report and was looking forward to seeing his show after he was on. I think his castmates threw him under the bus and I think that they will make another Comedy Central bomb without him. Comedy Central is on it's way to joining Tumblr.
I appreciate your feedback!
I've been watching since the final 6 months of Beyond. Personally I think Colin is a smart dude who consistently annoys me with a really lousy tone/mood. In general this decision he made is disappointing. Seems like he throwing away the biggest part of his life just because he wants to be able to flame people on Twitter and rant about "liberty" in front of a camera. It's been obvious for months that he doesn't care about video games nearly as much as he used to, so the decision makes sense I suppose, but I really hope he actually tries to DO something with his platform, rather than just become a lackey of people like Rubin and Beck. Anyway -- here's hoping the discussion remains as civil as possible!
Cory Johnston I get that and I am also banking on the fact that Colin will do good work with his future platform. Thanks for the feedback!
Chris Quintanilla I stumbled upon randomly on one of his videos about digital vs physical games a week before he was on Rubins show and then I saw Rubins sit down with him and days afterwards saw Joe Roga talk abiut wht happen. So i dont really know much about Colin really (except for what he shared) but I thought this was ridiculous. I mean its a dumb joke, at worst tasteless but come on its a joke people, and for people to go on a witch hunt and for the site to called him a racist its just insane. Again dont agree with the guy on everything ( I lean center left) but I feel for him, shyts crazy. Good on Rubin for putting light on it
Please get Colin on the show more... or permanently.
I hadn't watched any Rubin Reports until Colin was on. I'm into politics and I really like the refreshing nature of the conversations he has with his guests. I'm a Christian and consider myself a Constitutional Conservative, so I don't agree with some of Dave's views or Colin's, for that matter, but I respect and like the way they talk about their opinions. Colin was the reason I watched Kinda Funny, so I will continue to follow him and Dave, you've got a new subscriber. Keep up the good work and I love the chemistry these two are forming. Excited for future projects together.
This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Colin will succeed far beyond this as will Dave.
I'll definitely follow you wherever you go Colin. Whatever you decide to start up, or whatever Patreon you might start.. I'll be first in line to support you. You opened my eyes to a lot of things politically and socially in terms of your anxiety. Keep your head up brother there are a lot of us who are rooting for you to succeed in the next phase of your life.
ill follow Colin wherever it is he goes, i dont really care about politics, but i respect Colin so much that ill watch anything he does
Remember when Greg used to put a mic in front of Colin because "sometimes Colin says crazy things?"
When Colin says: I will always have your back. He fuckin means it. That is how real friends speak.
Hey Dave - Irish guy here, ,mid thirties - like to think I'm progressive , intelligent , "normal" - nothing special . I hadn't heard of you or your work but I have been following Colin ..and to an extent Greg Miller as they grew up with me as voices in the industry and hobby I love. Delighted to now have you as one of my go to channels now. Colin - phenomenal bloke , handled this whole situation with massive self pride and dignity and you know what the funniest thing is - in a world with Donald Trump as president, that this can even become a thing is the joke! What is more a story and of real consequence is how a friendship/partnership that was both mutually fulfilling can dissolve very rapidly. Just my 2 cents -- some candid dialogue alone or together between G & C might sate a lot of the followers and people who genuinely care more about the dynamic and friendship than the content. thanks to both of you!
The Rubin Report is the great political talk show of our time--What an absolutely incredible conversation with someone who I've become a big fan of over the past few months
Colin and Dave are super inspiring. Well-spoken, strong consciences, very genuine, care about the truth, open to what others have to say. I aspire towards all of those qualities.
You know how in The Walking Dead the humans cover themselves in zombie blood in order to not be detected by the zombies? That's what I feel public life is like now. Everyone adapts to the crowd so they are not eaten alive.
It's so good to see a pushback. It so good to see ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS converse. Keep it up guys. Proud of you.
The fact that a simple tweet, that was a joke, brought a man with such conviction, such kindness, such strength and moral integrity as Colin to tears is a sad truth and vision as to what we have bred. Colin is absolutely one of my biggest role models and I am so looking forward to what he does next.
Thank you, Colin, for always being you and always sticking to your guns and thank you, Dave, you have a new friend in me as well.
I continue to think that Dave Rubin is the ONLY GOOD THING that ever came out of TYT
The stupid reaction for this tweet reminds me of McCartyism.
We are in an era of the new McCarthyism but the new bogyman is Alt-Right which they define as being white supremecists despite the fact that there are fewer than 15,000 white nationalists in the entire country. That doesn't stop them from accusing everyone as being a member of the Alt-Right.
zack, sure does seem to be a personal axe to grind you have, you are witch hunty just like your counter parts
The media has gone out of it's way to define Alt-Right as White supremacist and the media has made it clear that it is OK to hit Nazi's, so basically the media accuses everyone of being a white supremacist and makes it clear that it is OK to hit them. The MSM is the enemy.
I guess white supremacist like you are getting a bad rap, bummer bro
I guess hyperbolic trolls are everywhere. Chat someone who cares.
There's a reason why Colin is called The Pride of Long Island.
i dont even have a patreon account but im going to sign up for one to support this guy in what he does next since we need voices like him more than ever in the gaming space.
Colin, if you're reading this, there's a ton of us out there that respect your stance on discourse and would follow you to a channel, if that's what you decide to do.
I personally don't agree with some of your views, but I respect them because they're well thought out and you did the leg work in reaching those conclusions. I'm telling you, if you were to jump into the commentary pool you'd have no problems at all finding your tribe. We're out there, man, and we're here for you.
Wait Wait. The context to this is crazy understated. Colin LOVE politics. Its blatant to see if you're a KF fan. He's been positioning to do a more political commentary show for quite some time. Also, seemingly, in KF, he would go off on political rants in the middle of their show with little to no interest from the other guys. If you didn't see him splintering away from them when the opportunity came, it's just for lack of trying. Now, let me declare my colors-- I'm a big Colin fan. KF lost a respectful voice in the industry. I'm opposite of the political spectrum of him. BUT my love of history and video games draws me to him. He's well read and has thoughtful (albeit contrarian) approaches to gaming and politics. The other week, he was gushing over being on Dave's show (for good reason), and I could tell then--he wants more than just being a commentator on video games. It's not fair to the situation to say this was strictly a drumhead trail, and he was cast out. The overreaction to his Archie Bunker-esque, "tongue firmly in cheek" tweet is ludicrous. I support him in his unapologetic position for political discourse. That being said--the gun was loaded and the hammer was pulled back. This little twitter debacle was purely just enough pressure on the trigger to set this departure in motion. God speed Colin.
I got so fucking attacked in the kinda funny community, I am a "best friend" and I've supported kinda funny since the very beginning, I was a Beyond! listener since the beginning of that podcast and Colin was the entire reason I supported kinda funny. I always disliked Tim because of his sjw and pc leaning when he is CLEARLY a very ignorant person, he doesn't even claim to educate himself on things. He acts solely out of emotion and virtue signaling. I respect Colin for not making people take a side, but of course the people who understand what really happened will take Colin's side. As I do. It saddens me that Colin's friends turned their back on him and caved to the sjw pressure, and I surely believe kinda funny will suffer because of it. People will see the hypocrisy, people will see Tim for who he is, people will see that Greg went against his morals and his heart and turned on his best friend. RIP kinda funny, because Colin's joke was actually funny, not just kinda funny. As long as they are beholden to pc culture and sjw pressure, they will always be just "kinda" funny.
I am bummed that he talks about how Howard stern is necessary and crossing the line is important but fails to see that Milo is in the same boat, a very necessary person to battle the insanity of the regressive left.
VeganMikey V V awesome post, I completely agree you nailed it
Very awesome post my friend. I, too, followed Greg and Colin since the beginning of the Beyond and Game Scoop days. It was always very frustrating to hear Tim openly admit that he knows his ignorance and that he has no real intention of changing that. The election episodes were amusing because he voiced opinions that were purely emotional. I do not believe that Tim or Nick know the serious level of legitimacy that Colin brought to the table. I am very wary of what will happen to Kinda Funny.
I really believe that Kinda Funny's days are counted. People mainly watched for the chemistry that Colin and Greg had. With Colin gone I just don't see many sticking very long. Not to mention a lot of us wouldn't support it anyway because of how Greg treated Colin. All in all I wouldn't be surprised if Greg and co. have to search for new jobs soon.
VeganMikey V V Reason I started to enjoy FunHaus recently. Just uncensored fun over there.
First I have been a massive fan of Colin and Kinda Funny for 2 years now, speaking with my wallet and giving them roughly $500 over the last 2+ years. Dave, thank you for giving Colin this platform to share his story. Colin thanks for your honesty and not backing down when you are not wrong! I understand not wanting to bash your former partners, but I am really worried about a Kinda Funny without Colin, I'm not sure how much longer I will be able to support them monetarily without you. I wish you all the best in the future, thanks for being you!
I left Kinda Funny I will follow Colin wherever he goes!
Colin is right, there is no need to apologize for anything. I can't stand how people on the internet make mountains out of molehills and are looking for things to complain about and/or are too sensitive these days.
I now subscribe to the Rubin report because of Colin. I thoroughly respect the work Dave and Colin are doing. We don't have to agree with everything someone says, but we can respect their right to say it.
I kinda get the vibe that maybe he's going to join Rubin Report with a secondary show. Maybe I'm projecting but I think I would like to see that.
That would make me so damn happy
mark sperring YES!!!!
mark sperring hes doing a history and politics channel. Yaaaaaay
I would like to see some sort of Gated Gamers cabal, including content from all of these conservative gamers who have been coming out of the closet recently.
I didn't want to believe there was real animosity between Colin and Tim, but the way Colin phrased a lot of the sentences about Kinda Funny, and now he said and talked about Nick and Greg......man.....I think there really is something there.
I used to dislike Colin when he was at IGN, he always seemed so douchey and pretentious but I always respected his reviews. Now after really watching him and listening to him over the few weeks, he seems genuine as fuck and I was completely wrong about him.
fucking love Colin, the only reason i watched kinda funny. Respect the shit out of him regardless of any mistakes he might have made in the past. He has my sword.
A day without SJWs -Peace, quiet and rationality.
Colin getting tearful around 46:00 was not expected. It makes sense given the emotions involved in feeling betrayed, but the guy is so strong willed with attitude of being omniscient, that it was still surprising.
It's sad that Dave Rubin who Colin only met recently has been a far better friend than Greg Miller or the rest of the Kinda Funny crew. You gained a subscriber for defending him while his "friends" were throwing him under the bus and Kinda Funny lost one.
i unsubbed from Kinda Wack as soon as I read Greg's message shaming Colin. But this Rubin Report channel seems great.. sub'd
what did greg say?
The most distressing thing to my ears on Kinda Funny podcasts wasn't whenever there was an allusion to Colin leaving the company/not wanting to be there, it was when Colin spoke about new people that would come in and slowly replace him and keep the brand existing because it's not about them and he would fade into the background. I've always loved hearing Colin talk about games but what would get me most excited was when I saw he had a political topic for the show because it came so rarely and I would listen to his parts over and over and over again. Colin Moriarty fading into the background would be the biggest travesty for moderate, educational political discussion on the internet imaginable and I am so immensely glad to hear that he's going to be doing regular RUclips content full-time. I have absolutely no doubt that he will be biggest political name on the entire platform and I cannot wait to support him in any way I can!
Greg and Tim basically going against him was fucking disgusting
I've met Colin in-person, and I've never found him to be anything but smart and thoughtful. #Beyond
Good for you Colin for sticking to your guns and not backing down.
It's crazy to think how his relationship with Kinda Funny members, or some of them, might have changed for the worse because of a harmless tweet... the more I keep thinking about it the more it blows my mind.
I'm way left wing politically. I voted for bernie in the primary and then jill in the presidential election. I don't agree with Colin on a lot of his political views, especially when it comes to economics. But his tweet was a joke. I wouldn't have tweeted it, but it wasn't anything to get mad about. SJWs on both sides piss me off when it comes to shit like this. I stand with Colin and the way he tweets and how he lives his life. I wish him all of the best in his new career. BEYOND!
This is actually the first time seeing the "so-called offensive tweet". It's THAT tweet!? That one? Really!? I saw that tweet on my feed the day of and thought nothing of it. So when people are talking about an "offensive, controversial" tweet (that by the way no one would reference) I truly wondered what Colin Moriarty said that got people so riled up. To be honest, the joke was corny, cheesy and played out but NOT offensive. I wholeheartedly stand by Colin and feel disgusted by the internet and the horde of vultures who wasted no time to attack a man who chose to make a single joke.
Polygon is a fucking joke so lol. I missed the live broadcast im bummed but glad to see Colin back!
I'm sure that I'm not the only one who's said this to you recently Rubin, you've earned the support of Colin and you've gained a fan in me. Colin has brought me to your show and I can definitely say I will be staying for the foreseeable future. Thank you for doing what you do.
Do I agree Colin Moriarty on everything? No. Do I deeply respect him for his stand? Yes, I definitly do.
45:59 this brought tears to my eyes
Colin has a legitimate case to sue the business insider for defamation
While he may, I honestly do not believe Colin is that type of person.
This thing is being blown out of proportion. he wasn't fired, he quit.
When Colin started to cry and thanked Dave for being there for him. I started to cry. I’ve fallowed Colin for years. I’ve never seen him like that before. I know how it feels to have all the most important people in your life completely turn on you for something just ridiculous. I felt that to the very core of my soul. Colin has been and always will be one of of my top 3 heroes in life.
Colin has gained a fan...
My opinion of Colin has increased tenfold. Integrity.
I didn't know Colin's name up until your interview with him last week but wow. Colin sounds like a ride or die kind of guy and that makes me respect him more. He's very well spoken and I can tell he has a lot of knowledge on the topics. I'm looking forward to whatever Colin is up to next and will be there for it. I thank you, Dave for giving Colin the platform to speak about it at such short notice, I can see you two being very good friends from now on.
Lenny Bruce, Howard Stern, George Carlin... we need so many more of them, imo. Thanks Dave and Colin!
i have been wathcing Colin since ign... and when he Cried here so did i.... Colin my friend i will support you sir to the end :)O
Not like it's something that I want (I want BOTH parties to be successful), but it's strange to think that Colin is almost unquestionably about to skyrocket into a huge star (in a number of mediums, especially if he just does his own Political/Gaming/Debate shows of his choosing via patreon)...but that KindaFunny may now be on a downhill trajectory they may not recover from.
Who would have thought it would even be possible that Colin, all along, was the main driving force behind KindaFunny and their success. Not Greg's goofiness, Tim's good natured insight, or Nick's hilarious jokes. But Colin's passionate, funny, thought provoking banter.
Crazy
This moment could very well end up giving Greg nightmares for the rest of his life.
Colin should low key run for congress. Literally.
Colin. You are the ONLY one in the games industry with the voice that you have. That's why we came here. Because of you insight and views into the gaming world. With you gone I don't see it being the same. Keep games in your rotation my man. Your voice is very needed. Don't let them win by abandoning it!