If I am allowed to call him out his bad behavior then why was I banned for posting an on-topic reply to his post insulting a user by calling them autistic and pointing out his hypocrisy? I don't get it. Every day I see people do similar things on the BBS and I don't see them getting banned or having their posts deleted. My post in the "what r u listening 2" thread contained nothing more than a link to Psalm 83 in hebrew, followed by sekhem's username, followed by a smiley face. How was I insulting him or taking a "jab at him" by doing that? Is the mere mention of a hebrew song and sekhem's username in the same post constitute harassment? Is newgrounds really this antisemitic that you would be OK with moderators singling me out of hundreds of users for posting hebrew music and calling out sekhem's bad behavior, which you claim I am allowed to do even though I'm being banned for it and having my posts deleted? Is there any particular reason why you've allowed Sekhem to spend 12 consecutive years flooding the BBS with unironic posts calling for the extermination of entire ethnic groups (among myriad other disgusting remarks), and even registering dozens of alt accounts to circumvent the bans he was given by those of your moderators who actually do care about keeping racists off the site, while openly bragging about it on the BBS? You claim you are not antisemitic and that the moderator who is deleting my posts and banning me is not a racist, yet this doesn't seem to actually be true. It seems to me like you are perfectly OK with antisemitic and racist behavior on your site and are OK with Jewish users being singled out for behavior that hundreds of other users on the BBS are permitted to engage in every day. I will no longer support you. I have been coming to NG for nearly 20 years but its clear to me now - crystal clear - that this site has devolved into a Stormfront clone. It is disgusting to me to see a place I have supported and visited for decades turn into this. I will let the world know about this, I will share this story with the entire web, and I will discourage everyone from supporting you. Newgrounds is no longer Newgrounds and does not deserve our support. Racism and antisemitism does not deserve support. You should be ashamed of yourself, Tom. I can't believe you've stooped this low
Hi there! In case you didn't know, I created newgrounds. No, it wasn't made by some giant company - just some dumb kid who now has help. I also co-founded the Behemoth; we made Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers. Icon by Pegosho, banner by OmenaKettu.
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Also i would like to have the "supporter" badge removed from my account and the "supporter" text removed on my BBS posts. It is a badge of shame, and I am ashamed of having donated money to a website that supports racism
I'm waiting to run a refund on the supporter badges, after that we'll properly close down the account.
Honestly...I'm with Dre...I can't believe that Newgrounds would throw its support behind a RACIST and ANTI SEMITE...I mean, they've already thrown their support behind a SERIAL HARASSER and COMPULSIVE LIAR but I NEEEEEEEEVER thought they'd go THIS FAR!!!
Reported, unsubscribed, demonetized, eat my ass, and have a blessed day.
Hey that Talk Head thing is pretty neat. I didn't know about this at all and it's definitely a cool thing. You could have like...really detailed scripts and not have to worry.
What's next in terms of that technology? Plans to use it in future? Plans to develop it further or wat?
Umm...
Even if NewGrounds was anti-semitic, I think it's safe to say it kind of always was. It was always anti-everything. Or at least anti-mainstream. The jew agenda is about as mainstream as it gets, those guys are running Hollywood and endorsing all these scandals -- which are way worse than any supposed hate-speech.
We always hated the corporate shill agenda and that is what I feel NG is founded upon. Our persistence as an independant creative force and a platform enabling us to share that with everybody. Personally I wear my supporter status with pride and wish I wasn't so broke, so I could give more back to the place which has propped me up in my hardest hours and given so much to aspiring talents. The one community which didn't keep it all for itself.
NG is not racist. Let us not be hung up on small-minded concepts, which mean something different to everybody. Sure, there's controversial views everywhere you go. That's life. The alternative is net neutrality and censorship? When does that end though? You can't wage war on a concept; just look at the war on terror or the war on drugs. They are never ending. We're all one species so it'd be nice if we all started acting like it and began working together. Put the unity in this community and all that.
Came here from a link you copypasta'ed with the Dre-Sekhem drama. This has been getting utterly ridiculous. Stalking, mining people's personal info, libel, and steadily devolving into more chaos as time goes on. Where does the buck stop?
Regardless, I will continue to support Newgrounds unless I feel like the whole place has just gone totally morally FUBAR in terms of good net citizenship. I'm not here for politics. I'm here to create and commentate, ya feel. Newgrounds has always been and hopefully always will be the foremost place on the web I feel like my first amendment rights are protected to the fullest extent possible under US law, yet Dre says we're censoring him for harassing the people he says harass him.
Even if Malachy were a flaming Jew-hater, not that he is, Dre was still clearly warned however many times to stop egging other users on, backseat modding, threatening, etc. I may not necessarily have agreed everything that's happened with the Dre saga until recently -- little things have a way of getting blown out of proportion -- but Dre's reaction lately sealed the deal, and we see his intentions.
Tom, @Malachy, I stand behind your decision-making, and if you need to tap a witness on the shoulder, you know where to find me. Things probably run a lot deeper than I already know about, and you've been most merciful, all things considered. :)
Maybe new text font, but that maybe you guys signature. Looking great so far.
Over 20 years later and the dude is still dropping jaws world wide.
It IS gonna be one of the best games I've already seen!
Question, will this game be a 4 player local co-op game like castle crashers ? Because i would love that ! We need more games like that. Chillin with your friends in the same room ? most multiplayer is all online nowa days....
this is too cool tom :)
Dre
Hi @TomFulp I would like a response regarding the antisemitic behavior of some of your moderators who have been deleting my posts, banning me and singling me out for being Jewish, accusing me of "Derailing threads" when my posts were 100% on topic and broke no rules, simply because I posted a hebrew song in a thread for sharing music and @mentioning an antisemitic newgrounds user. I have PMed you the details and would like to know your official position on NG moderators engaging in antisemitic/racist behavior
TomFulp
The moderators aren't engaging in antisemitic behavior, they are banning you because every time your ban ends you go back to fixating on and harassing Sekhem. You can call out his bad behavior when you see it but you have been derailing threads by taking jabs at every opportunity. This is becoming a continued pattern and it makes people more uncomfortable than off-color jokes.