isn’t it funny how he thinks it’s his place to defend the guy who paid two men to hold a sign that said “death to all jews” on the internet but didn’t think it was his place to condemn the worst mass shooting in recent history?

I’m sorry Mark, but it’s one or the other. ether you believe it isn’t your place to speak on hate crimes against minorities that you aren’t a part of, or you don’t, but the fact that you chose this topic to brake your silence on and in this way speaks volumes.

“death to all jews” isn’t a joke (and you wanna talk “respect”? how about respecting jews? do jews not count as people in need of respect? cause lemme tell ya, “death to all jews” or “death to” any oppressed minority is beyond disrespectful), and the fact that he even for a second thought to do that tells us everything we need to know about him as a person, and the fact that you think it’s ok to even refer to it as a joke says a lot about you as well (and don’t think I didn’t notice the way you changed your voice, made it deeper, and used the volume and tone to intimidate us into not speaking out. hate to break it to ya but that only works irl).

jewish families have continued to be targeted by nazis. the end of the war never stopped them. anti-Jewish violence is seven times higher than in the 1990s, and 40% of racist violence is against Jews, despite them making up just 1% of the population.

and I’d also like to remind everyone of this

Mark wants to insist that no matter how bad a person someone is, we must treat them with respect, and basic human decency.

tell me Mark, do you think this man will treat us with the same respect that you’re demanding we treat him and those like him?

you say “we’re ether all people who deserve respect or we’re not” and let me make it clear if that image isn’t enough: he thinks we are not, and openly talks about genocide, as nonchalantly as we talk about removing mosquitoes from the planet.

you say “we must take the high road”, and claim it’s hard because it’s “lonely”.

I’m sorry Mark, but it isn’t “hard” because it’s “lonely”, it’s impossible because doing so will result in our deaths. (and btw? what you’re doing here isn’t “the high road” that’s taken a lot of courage to take. it is, in fact, incredibly cowardly)

it is extremely easy to blow us off when you aren’t the one being targeted, when you aren’t the one being dehumanized and treated like a pest in need of extermination.

you aren’t the one scared to go to your place of worship because today could be the day it’s bombed with you in it. you aren’t the one scared walking down the street because today could be the day a police officer decides you’re a threat. you aren’t the one scared to hold the hand of your significant other (let alone kiss) because today could not only be the day that you yourself and your partner are murdered, but that show of affection could be the thing that sets off someone to then go and massacre your community.

if we lived in a world without bigotry, particularly this kind of wildly unchecked racism, maybe. maybe this could be a statement to listen to, or at least think about.

but until men in power stop debating my humanity and wondering how to best rid me from existence, along with everyone else deemed less than human, this could not be more ignorant, silencing, and actively helpful for men like richard spencer.

I want to reiterate something I was having a hard time putting into words last night.

the biggest problem I have with this, is how victim blaming it is.

he targets the entire message at the victims speaking out. he completely glossed over the actions of pewdiepie and focused the entire video on the message that “no matter how bad the person is, they deserve respect”

yet at no point did he call out bigots and tell them “no matter what you think of any minority, they are still human and deserving of respect”

he never addressed anyone besides those calling out bigotry.

and that’s where the problem really lies.

had this been a “hey nazis, jews are people too and deserving of respect, and hey jews nazis are still people too and deserving of respect” I’d have a lot less issue with this message. there’d still be some fucked up things in need of addressing, but at least then truly the intent would have been..at least there would have been an attempt at something good.

but instead this entire video is “hey jews, nazis are people too and deserving of respect” period, end of statement, all while using curse words and volume and clearly barely restrained anger (and everyone knows how violent and dangerous an angry man is).

that is the biggest reason this message is such a mess, and really shows where Mark’s actual morals lie.

@markiplier you got anything to say for yourself? Doubtful, coward.

@markiplier :/

@markiplier

Hey @markiplier You say you’re not above criticism, right? Well, here’s some. Some words, please?

Sure!

The quest against bigotry and hate is a goal that I actively encourage. However, in the fight I see people losing sight of what connects us all.

Because I didn’t talk about what you WANTED me to talk about my entire message must have been invalid, wandering, and I must also be a bigot. But just because it wasn’t what you were looking for doesn’t mean there wasn’t something to learn, on both sides.

I can see that you don’t like me and I’m fine with that. I truly am. And I’m fine if you hate Felix too. That’s the honest truth.

But my message wasn’t about liking everyone you disagree with. I only encourage you to see a fellow human for the entire person that they are.

The main point of my video was that it’s so easy to label people. Because a label is a convenient, easy-to-consume description of a person’s entire existence. And know that I’m not saying people CAN’T be a bigot or a racist or a nazi or a sexist, but understand that when you apply these labels recklessly you gloss over the entirety of who a person is.

You miss the true depth of who they are as a person.

And while that depth may be terrible and their actions abhorrent, if you disrespect the fact that they are just as human as you are you will never learn anything from them. And understand that I’m not saying, “learn and replicate exactly what they’ve done” but rather learn who YOU are in the face of such actions.

It does nothing to label Felix a nazi and demand that everyone agree with you. That doesn’t create dialogue, that doesn’t encourage people to learn, and that definitely doesn’t lead people to help.

Does that mean you have to like and support him? Hell no. Condemn his actions all day long but NEVER FORGET that we are all EQUAL. And a label does not summarize the entirety of who we are.

I know this wont seem satisfying as a proper response, considering I didn’t counter-point the evidence you provided, but I’m not arguing against you about those facts.

Yes, evil exists. Yes, bigotry exists. Yes, people are murdered for it every day.

And I’m fighting against it. Whether you believe that or not, I’m fighting the same fight as you. Even if you think I’m naive, not fighting hard enough, defending the wrong people, I will still encourage you all to show each other the respect you would want for yourselves.

So for those of you who’ve gotten to the end of this long post and feel that I’m still wrong and completely missed the point, that’s fine. If you think I’m a terrible person for my opinion of Felix, that’s fine too. I’m proud of what I’m doing with my life and I’ll continue to fight for good and the equality of all. And I’ll continue to learn.

Just remember that if we want the world to be truly equal, we must all treat each other with respect.

-Mark “Talks Too Much” Iplier

‘you cant call a grown man a nazi if he acts like a nazi and is revered by nazis bc ur ignoring how he’s nice deep down and doesnt say antisemitic stuff sometimes uwu also we’re all equal to nazis everyone should hold hands and sing kumbaya’ -markiplier 2k17

if you make a 7 minute video and a fucking text essay about an anti-semitic joke and never once condemn the joke, then that’s you saying either ‘i think the joke was good’ or ‘im a fucking coward unwilling to go so far as to even call out my shit friends’

‘ And know that I’m not saying people CAN’T be a bigot or a racist or a nazi or a sexist, but understand that when you apply these labels recklessly you gloss over the entirety of who a person is. ‘

But the thing with people who are bigoted in any sense of the word is the fact that they are like mouldy bread; it’s still mouldy bread.  You see a little bit of  mould on the crust of one piece, but it has permeated every particle of the loaf.  Therefore, the whole thing’s bad.

Supposedly, Hitler was nice to kids.  I wouldn’t have trusted him to babysit, though.

As unpleasant a thought it is to some people, you have to condemn people actions when the subject of their hatred is putting people in mortal danger.

“You see a little bit of mould on the crust of one piece, but it has permeated every particle of the loaf. Therefore the whole thing is bad." 

 That’s the exact kind of mindset I’m fighting against. Everyone’s definition of mould is different and with that thought process the whole world would turn out rotten. 

 I get that it’s easy to paint me as someone who loves nazis, but you need to try harder than that if you want to vilify me. I continue to stand by each and every word I said including, "I’m not even defending the jokes that he [Felix] made.” <– my video around the 2:15 mark 

 I get that it’s convenient to shift the argument to cataclysmic places. But again, because I didn’t say what you WANTED me to say you’re assuming darker and darker things about what I really want for the world. Of course I condemn anti-semitism and nazis and bigotry and racism, but that’s not what I’m arguing for. I’m arguing for equality. 

 I know that the world isn’t equal. I know that hate exists. But if we’re to ever EVER change that, we need to change people’s mindsets first. 

 No, I don’t have your life-experiences. And I never will. I don’t know your suffering. I don’t know your oppression. I don’t know your demons. But I know that we’re made up of the same water and dirt. 

 I’m not asking you to turn the other cheek to someone staring you down with a gun. If someone is threatening your life fight for it as fervently as you’re fighting right here. But when I say to not dehumanize them with labels, I’m asking you to face them for what they TRULY are. A human. See the horrible truth that THAT is where we are all equal. 

 I never once said you had to forgive them. I never once said you had to love them. I never once said you couldn’t despise them with every fiery burning ember of your soul (and I see that every one of you out there has so much passion and I love that about this site) but never forget that which links us all. 

 So why do I so desperately want people to see each other as equals in the face of so much hate and inequality that still exists in the real world? It’s because we’re better than that. We’re stronger than their hate. And we won’t win if we fight hate with more hate. 

 -Mark “Wrote This On The Toilet” Iplier 

 P.S. Oh! And to everyone that is rushing to defend me, while I appreciate the efforts it’s not necessary. I love open dialogue like this! I only ask that people accept that, on this site at least, there aren’t nazis lurking behind every keyboard. If you can’t bring yourself to show respect to everyone in the world, at the very least treat people with respect here.

Super cute!!!

one of the best parts of Mark’s Fatal Frame playthrough is watching him pronounce

GIFs just don’t do it justice. 

Not usually a big fan of Markiplier, but have to say that this is, like, the best example of handling [DATA EXPUNGED] I’ve ever seen.