Current Events > Universal is SUED for 30K after a MINIONS character flashed WHITE POWER Sign!!

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Xethuminra 07/12/21 5:08:05 PM #103:	_Marka_Ragnos_ posted... How is the "gotcha made you look" game inappropriate? When I was in school, the gesture was used offensively in the game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_gesture See section: Negative Connotations below the waste I cant imagine most play it using the gesture positively nor without any connotation. Correct me if Im wrong. <cite>Xethuminra posted [p:956014408] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>_Marka_Ragnos_ posted... </cite> <quote>How is the "gotcha made you look" game inappropriate?</quote>When I was in school, the gesture was used offensively in the game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_gesture See section: Negative Connotations below the waste I cant imagine most play it using the gesture positively nor without any connotation. Correct me if Im wrong. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_Marka_Ragnos_ 07/12/21 5:10:58 PM #104:	Xethuminra posted... When I was in school, the gesture was used offensively in the game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_gesture See section: Negative Connotations below the waste I cant imagine most play it using the gesture positively nor without any connotation. Correct me if Im wrong. Ive never once seen someone get offended at the game and we played it all through elementary school- college. <cite>_Marka_Ragnos_ posted [p:956014502] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Xethuminra posted... </cite> <quote>When I was in school, the gesture was used offensively in the game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_gesture See section: Negative Connotations below the waste I cant imagine most play it using the gesture positively nor without any connotation. Correct me if Im wrong.</quote> Ive never once seen someone get offended at the game and we played it all through elementary school- college. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xethuminra 07/12/21 5:14:49 PM #105:	I will just defer to the article again. Put that gesture below your waste almost anywhere else in the world and I guarantee it will be seen offensively. <cite>Xethuminra posted [p:956014616] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>I will just defer to the article again. Put that gesture below your waste almost anywhere else in the world and I guarantee it will be seen offensively. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hornezz 07/12/21 5:16:08 PM #106:	Just the circle game guys Only the okay sign guys wink wink --- In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spinaciae habes. <cite>Hornezz posted [p:956014653] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote> Just the circle game guys Only the okay sign guys wink wink </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sevihaimerej 07/12/21 5:20:21 PM #107:	Hmmm...it's almost like some of you are on the side of the 4chan Nazis that started this You're doing their bidding, right now the thing you're doing at this very moment, stop it --- https://imgtc.com/Y8ojZ3x <cite>sevihaimerej posted [p:956014774] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Hmmm...it's almost like some of you are on the side of the 4chan Nazis that started this You're doing their bidding, right now the thing you're doing at this very moment, stop it </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Master Kazuya 07/12/21 5:20:44 PM #108:	If he's doing it to everyone, it's the prank If he's doing it to only non white kids, he's racist --- itt my post is the best <cite>Master Kazuya posted [p:956014791] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>If he's doing it to everyone, it's the prank If he's doing it to only non white kids, he's racist </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_Marka_Ragnos_ 07/12/21 5:25:38 PM #109:	Hornezz posted... Just the circle game guys Only the okay sign guys wink wink What about the douchebag in the back doing the live long and prosper? We not allowed to do that anymore? <cite>_Marka_Ragnos_ posted [p:956014933] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Hornezz posted... </cite> <quote> Just the circle game guys Only the okay sign guys wink wink</quote> What about the douchebag in the back doing the live long and prosper? We not allowed to do that anymore? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hornezz 07/12/21 5:29:05 PM #110:	_Marka_Ragnos_ posted... What about the douchebag in the back doing the live long and prosper? We not allowed to do that anymore? You pick that guy out as the douchebag in these pics? --- In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spinaciae habes. <cite>Hornezz posted [p:956015026] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>_Marka_Ragnos_ posted... </cite> <quote>What about the douchebag in the back doing the live long and prosper? We not allowed to do that anymore?</quote>You pick that guy out as the douchebag in these pics? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_Marka_Ragnos_ 07/12/21 5:32:44 PM #111:	Hornezz posted... You pick that guy out as the douchebag in these pics? Huh? Theyre all fucking douchebags. Not just him. <cite>_Marka_Ragnos_ posted [p:956015132] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Hornezz posted... </cite> <quote>You pick that guy out as the douchebag in these pics?</quote> Huh? Theyre all fucking douchebags. Not just him. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Autocraticus 07/12/21 5:32:58 PM #112:	Literal circle game. <cite>Autocraticus posted [p:956015136] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Literal circle game. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
St0rmFury 07/12/21 8:16:55 PM #113:	Hornezz posted... <img src="" /> <img src="" /> <img src="" /> Just the circle game guys Only the okay sign guys wink wink Most of these are above the waist, wut now @Xethuminra? --- "Average Joe" is a trolling term since it's completely an opinion. "Overachieving" is also an opinion. - SBAllen (Hellhole: 52458377) <cite>St0rmFury posted [p:956020339] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Hornezz posted...</cite> <quote> <img src="" /> <img src="" /> <img src="" /> Just the circle game guys Only the okay sign guys wink wink </quote> Most of these are above the waist, wut now @Xethuminra?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YugiNoob 07/12/21 8:18:31 PM #114:	The dude in the middle pic looks like hes wanking but he has a micropenis lol --- Bun bun :3 <cite>YugiNoob posted [p:956020387] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>The dude in the middle pic looks like hes wanking but he has a micropenis lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Xethuminra 07/12/21 8:20:09 PM #115:	St0rmFury posted... Most of these are above the waist, wut now @Xethuminra? Yeah, so you completely misunderstood what I was saying, and Im not going to explain it again. Thats just on you. <cite>Xethuminra posted [p:956020454] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>St0rmFury posted... </cite> <quote>Most of these are above the waist, wut now @Xethuminra?</quote>Yeah, so you completely misunderstood what I was saying, and Im not going to explain it again. Thats just on you. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Thaumaturge 07/12/21 8:43:55 PM #118:	Full Throttle posted... 2 Sets of Worthless Filth are suing Universal Orlando for 30,000 smackers after they realized they could get a big payoff by lying and being BITCHES! Fixed. Hope Universal makes them "disappear." <cite>Thaumaturge posted [p:956021108] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Full Throttle posted...</cite> <quote>2 Sets of Worthless Filth are suing Universal Orlando for 30,000 smackers after they realized they could get a big payoff by lying and being BITCHES! </quote> Fixed. Hope Universal makes them "disappear."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gmanthebest 07/12/21 9:58:40 PM #119:	Still not seeing how this is worth a 30 dollar lawsuit, let alone a 30,000 dollar one --- What do I feel when I shoot an enemy? Recoil. <cite>gmanthebest posted [p:956023381] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Still not seeing how this is worth a 30 dollar lawsuit, let alone a 30,000 dollar one </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Background_Guy 07/12/21 10:02:26 PM #120:	Gru from the Minions franchise <cite>Background_Guy posted [p:956023481] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Gru from the Minions franchise </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Letsago 07/12/21 10:46:48 PM #121:	Background_Guy posted... Gru from the Minions franchise Rayman from the Rabbids franchise --- Let's-a go! Okey dokey! <cite>Letsago posted [p:956024710] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Background_Guy posted... </cite> <quote>Gru from the Minions franchise</quote>Rayman from the Rabbids franchise </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 07/12/21 11:27:04 PM #122:	chrono625 posted... He was fired in 2019 after this. Almost two years later theyre filing a lawsuit? Talk about opportunist. Fuck outta here. Any half decent judge would throw this shit out and if not universals lawyers will make this family financially regret pursuing such frivolous bullshit. woah hold up here, why are you defending racism??!! /s <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:956025812] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>chrono625 posted... </cite> <quote>He was fired in 2019 after this. Almost two years later theyre filing a lawsuit? Talk about opportunist. Fuck outta here. Any half decent judge would throw this shit out and if not universals lawyers will make this family financially regret pursuing such frivolous bullshit.</quote>woah hold up here, why are you defending racism??!! /s </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Akagami_Shanks 07/12/21 11:31:54 PM #123:	chrono625 posted... He was fired in 2019 after this. Almost two years later theyre filing a lawsuit? Talk about opportunist. Fuck outta here. Any half decent judge would throw this shit out and if not universals lawyers will make this family financially regret pursuing such frivolous bullshit. you know most people don't sue right away after trauma right? thats what a statute of limitations is for --- yes <cite>Akagami_Shanks posted [p:956025953] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>chrono625 posted... </cite> <quote>He was fired in 2019 after this. Almost two years later theyre filing a lawsuit? Talk about opportunist. Fuck outta here. Any half decent judge would throw this shit out and if not universals lawyers will make this family financially regret pursuing such frivolous bullshit.</quote>you know most people don't sue right away after trauma right? thats what a statute of limitations is for </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
deoxxys 07/12/21 11:32:30 PM #124:	Wasnt it confirmed that in the first scenario he was playing it with a kid who was standing behind the cameraman? --- twylite sprinkle http://tinyurl.com/jeqyas3 https://tinyurl.com/mgvx7h2 <cite>deoxxys posted [p:956025981] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Wasnt it confirmed that in the first scenario he was playing it with a kid who was standing behind the cameraman? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dj1200 07/12/21 11:35:58 PM #125:	First one maybe. Second one definitely --- "It was so ridiculous and I have so many feelings about it." -Virtual Energies <cite>dj1200 posted [p:956026081] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>First one maybe. Second one definitely </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kastrada 07/13/21 1:04:00 AM #126:	Letsago posted... Rayman from the Rabbids franchise Mario from the Punch-Out!! series. --- PoW '09 Topic of the Year Co-Winners (Rada and Texy) FFD <cite>Kastrada posted [p:956027971] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Letsago posted... </cite> <quote>Rayman from the Rabbids franchise</quote> Mario from the Punch-Out!! series. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IShall_Run_Amok 07/13/21 2:38:11 AM #127:	St0rmFury posted... Most of these are above the waist, wut now @Xethuminra? White supremacists don't understand anatomy or what the word "above" means, so there. /s --- If you do that diddley dee for me, I'll do that diddley doo for you <cite>IShall_Run_Amok posted [p:956029366] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>St0rmFury posted... </cite> <quote>Most of these are above the waist, wut now @Xethuminra?</quote>White supremacists don't understand anatomy or what the word "above" means, so there. /s </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Slayer_22 07/13/21 2:39:54 AM #128:	How do people get so offended at 4chan shit lol --- "And no I'm not signing your twitter after this type of attitude so don't ask..." - IIINCORRUPTIBLE <cite>Slayer_22 posted [p:956029383] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>How do people get so offended at 4chan shit lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
I4NRulez 07/13/21 2:46:50 AM #129:	Pepe wasnt anything more than a comic of a frog that liked to pee with his pants all the way down. Then trolls turned him into an alt right icon and white racists adopted it. Same thing with this. Meanings of things can change. I'm just going to start chalking the people up who defend this as racists themselves. --- The night brims with defiled scum,and is permeated by their rotten stench. Just think. Now you're all set to hunt and kill to your heart's content. <cite>I4NRulez posted [p:956029477] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Pepe wasnt anything more than a comic of a frog that liked to pee with his pants all the way down. Then trolls turned him into an alt right icon and white racists adopted it. Same thing with this. Meanings of things can change. I'm just going to start chalking the people up who defend this as racists themselves. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Slayer_22 07/13/21 2:52:46 AM #130:	I4NRulez posted... Pepe wasnt anything more than a comic of a frog that liked to pee with his pants all the way down. Then trolls turned him into an alt right icon and white racists adopted it. Same thing with this. Meanings of things can change. I'm just going to start chalking the people up who defend this as racists themselves. Please don't, that's just unreasonable. If I make a song I'm proud of and some racists use it, it doesn't make it a racist song. You're just letting scumbags take it and alter it to their own means. Hell, people do this symbol at my work(which is mostly Mexican and black men and women) as a gotcha(when below the belt). We shouldn't let racists just take every single thing and start saying 'well, this is mine. Idk, I just don't agree with the sentiment that when racists use something, it has to be that. Imagine if people called Michael Jordan a jew hating racist because he sported the Hitler stache for awhile. --- "And no I'm not signing your twitter after this type of attitude so don't ask..." - IIINCORRUPTIBLE <cite>Slayer_22 posted [p:956029554] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>I4NRulez posted...</cite> <quote>Pepe wasnt anything more than a comic of a frog that liked to pee with his pants all the way down. Then trolls turned him into an alt right icon and white racists adopted it. Same thing with this. Meanings of things can change. I'm just going to start chalking the people up who defend this as racists themselves. </quote> Please don't, that's just unreasonable. If I make a song I'm proud of and some racists use it, it doesn't make it a racist song. You're just letting scumbags take it and alter it to their own means. Hell, people do this symbol at my work(which is mostly Mexican and black men and women) as a gotcha(when below the belt). We shouldn't let racists just take every single thing and start saying 'well, this is mine. Idk, I just don't agree with the sentiment that when racists use something, it has to be that. Imagine if people called Michael Jordan a jew hating racist because he sported the Hitler stache for awhile.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shnangyboos 07/13/21 2:54:08 AM #131:	Why would you bother on someone who clearly wants more racists to fight against? --- How's my posting? Call http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/182361-human-resource-machine for any comments or concerns. <cite>shnangyboos posted [p:956029565] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Why would you bother on someone who clearly wants more racists to fight against? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
berlyman101 07/13/21 3:30:21 AM #132:	Slayer_22 posted... Please don't, that's just unreasonable. If I make a song I'm proud of and some racists use it, it doesn't make it a racist song. You're just letting scumbags take it and alter it to their own means. Hell, people do this symbol at my work(which is mostly Mexican and black men and women) as a gotcha(when below the belt). We shouldn't let racists just take every single thing and start saying 'well, this is mine. Idk, I just don't agree with the sentiment that when racists use something, it has to be that. Imagine if people called Michael Jordan a jew hating racist because he sported the Hitler stache for awhile. It's the intent behind the sign. The trolls/white supremacists aimed to sew discord and confusion and some people ran with it to actually mean white power. So now, that's what they mean when they use it. That's what a "dog whistle" is. The circle game was never a trend in pictures before they started that stupid shit. It's not about "letting" them use it to mean something racist. You can't stop anyone from coopting any sort of sign, really, if they decide to do so. m Michael Jordan was arrogant, if anything, about the mustache. There was no hidden intent behind it. Unless he actually is a neo fascist, but that seems unlikely. --- http://www.lukesurl.com/comics/2010-02-24-determinism.png <cite>berlyman101 posted [p:956029959] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Slayer_22 posted... </cite> <quote>Please don't, that's just unreasonable. If I make a song I'm proud of and some racists use it, it doesn't make it a racist song. You're just letting scumbags take it and alter it to their own means. Hell, people do this symbol at my work(which is mostly Mexican and black men and women) as a gotcha(when below the belt). We shouldn't let racists just take every single thing and start saying 'well, this is mine. Idk, I just don't agree with the sentiment that when racists use something, it has to be that. Imagine if people called Michael Jordan a jew hating racist because he sported the Hitler stache for awhile.</quote> It's the intent behind the sign. The trolls/white supremacists aimed to sew discord and confusion and some people ran with it to actually mean white power. So now, that's what they mean when they use it. That's what a "dog whistle" is. The circle game was never a trend in pictures before they started that stupid shit. It's not about "letting" them use it to mean something racist. You can't stop anyone from coopting any sort of sign, really, if they decide to do so. m Michael Jordan was arrogant, if anything, about the mustache. There was no hidden intent behind it. Unless he actually is a neo fascist, but that seems unlikely. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Slayer_22 07/13/21 5:21:11 AM #133:	berlyman101 posted... It's the intent behind the sign. The trolls/white supremacists aimed to sew discord and confusion and some people ran with it to actually mean white power. So now, that's what they mean when they use it. That's what a "dog whistle" is. The circle game was never a trend in pictures before they started that stupid shit. It's not about "letting" them use it to mean something racist. You can't stop anyone from coopting any sort of sign, really, if they decide to do so. m Michael Jordan was arrogant, if anything, about the mustache. There was no hidden intent behind it. Unless he actually is a neo fascist, but that seems unlikely. Sure, I can understand that intent argument, but the there is a lot wrong with just seeing the sign(as in the OP) and assuming that they immediately meant something wrong with it. We don't know the intent behind it. Unless we do? In which case obviously I'm in the wrong here and the guy is just a scumbag. But I'm just really against the idea of 'oh, well they used a hand sign, it's officially the racist sign'. Fuck that. They can fuck off and be ignored. Next.thing you know, it'll be the thumbs up sign or some other garbage. --- "And no I'm not signing your twitter after this type of attitude so don't ask..." - IIINCORRUPTIBLE <cite>Slayer_22 posted [p:956031096] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>berlyman101 posted...</cite> <quote> It's the intent behind the sign. The trolls/white supremacists aimed to sew discord and confusion and some people ran with it to actually mean white power. So now, that's what they mean when they use it. That's what a "dog whistle" is. The circle game was never a trend in pictures before they started that stupid shit. It's not about "letting" them use it to mean something racist. You can't stop anyone from coopting any sort of sign, really, if they decide to do so. m Michael Jordan was arrogant, if anything, about the mustache. There was no hidden intent behind it. Unless he actually is a neo fascist, but that seems unlikely. </quote> Sure, I can understand that intent argument, but the there is a lot wrong with just seeing the sign(as in the OP) and assuming that they immediately meant something wrong with it. We don't know the intent behind it. Unless we do? In which case obviously I'm in the wrong here and the guy is just a scumbag. But I'm just really against the idea of 'oh, well they used a hand sign, it's officially the racist sign'. Fuck that. They can fuck off and be ignored. Next.thing you know, it'll be the thumbs up sign or some other garbage.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
chrono625 07/13/21 5:46:58 AM #134:	Akagami_Shanks posted... you know most people don't sue right away after trauma right? thats what a statute of limitations is for Yes. Most people. With real trauma. this case is bullshit. Its parents using their children in hopes Universal settles and cuts them a check. They also fired the employee immediately after the pictures surfaced so how is universal responsible here? a 4 and 6 year old MAY have gotten upset. And know why they got upset? Because some stupid fucks (supposedly) at a school made it an issue at the school. Instead of just not paying attention to it and perhaps dealing with it privately. My daughter cries every day over something. Should I sue everyone that made her cry? I hope it goes to court and universals lawyers bury this couple. --- https://imgur.com/Rqk1DYV - Super Bowl XXI/XXV/XLII/XLVI Champions - NY Giants Eli Manning SB tracker: 2/2 Superbowls 2/2 SBMVP's <cite>chrono625 posted [p:956031353] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>Akagami_Shanks posted... </cite> <quote>you know most people don't sue right away after trauma right? thats what a statute of limitations is for</quote> Yes. Most people. With real trauma. this case is bullshit. Its parents using their children in hopes Universal settles and cuts them a check. They also fired the employee immediately after the pictures surfaced so how is universal responsible here? a 4 and 6 year old MAY have gotten upset. And know why they got upset? Because some stupid fucks (supposedly) at a school made it an issue at the school. Instead of just not paying attention to it and perhaps dealing with it privately. My daughter cries every day over something. Should I sue everyone that made her cry? I hope it goes to court and universals lawyers bury this couple. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZevLoveDOOM 07/13/21 5:48:51 AM #135:	always had a suspicion the Minions were nazis... <cite>ZevLoveDOOM posted [p:956031368] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>always had a suspicion the Minions were nazis... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solo_Wing 07/13/21 6:03:56 AM #136:	joe40001 posted... Unless it's a zig hiel, fuck off --- Time to dive into the fireworks! <cite>Solo_Wing posted [p:956031512] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>joe40001 posted... </cite> <quote>Unless it's a zig hiel, fuck off</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
deoxxys 07/13/21 6:35:07 AM #137:	berlyman101 posted... The circle game was never a trend in pictures before they started that stupid shit. I mean of course it's not going to if it didn't become magically controversial --- twylite sprinkle http://tinyurl.com/jeqyas3 https://tinyurl.com/mgvx7h2 <cite>deoxxys posted [p:956031820] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>berlyman101 posted... </cite> <quote>The circle game was never a trend in pictures before they started that stupid shit.</quote>I mean of course it's not going to if it didn't become magically controversial </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mrduckbear 07/14/21 7:16:32 PM #138:	most think no --- The Users have Spoken. News Will Continue...For Now <cite>mrduckbear posted [p:956086232] in Universal ... [t:79560184]...</cite> <quote>most think no</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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