Twitch Introduces And Then Removes Culturally Insensitive Custom Emotes

So... Hats and musical instruments of historical cultural significance are now "Culturally Insensitive" and their inclusion in cultural celebration is now offensive?

Sadly, it seems like folks are just too sensitive these days for their own good and will arbitrarily label just about anything as racist, stereotypical, discriminatory, or in this case Culturally Insensitive. I honestly cannot imagine just how empty these folks lives must be when they seemingly seek reasons to be offended until they inevitably find them.

The worst part about this is that there was really no way around it. If Twitch had done nothing at all to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month or whatever, then folks would be accusing them of being racist and excluding them right now. Society has become a toxic minefield which hampers freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of thought. It's a society made up of the most phony people imaginable because nowadays it's just too dangerous to be yourself, so you've got to adopt a politically correct persona who simultaneously loves and accepts everything yet can turn on a dime and start hating the same things on demand, a puppet of mob mentality.

Now go on, puppets... Tell me how I am the villain for saying this! It's all any of you know how to do anymore, isn't it? Dance! And whatever you do, don't stop to question who pulls your strings. Get angry! Destroy! Set the world ablaze in the name of justice based on a flawed ideology that no two people can even agree upon and call the chaos which you sow progressive. Or drop your torches and pitchforks, question the convictions that drive you, recognize the chaos, segregation, and hatred you've helped to create in the name of peace, equality, and love.

To the people screeching about SJWs: nobody was really offended by this. There was no big reaction of anger or pulling out pitchforks against Twitch over these emotes. People simply pointed out that the emotes weren’t good at representing Hispanic culture, maybe a bit insensitive, and that Twitch should try and do better than that.

I think my favorite part of this story is that they replaced the emotes with... nothing. So big win for Hispanic Heritage.

Just imagine an Arrested Development gif right here as we celebrate our "Mexican friends from Colombia".

Thinking that all Latinos are Mexican is beyond dumb, but pushing that "X" nonsense is just an affront to language.

When has it now been politically-incorrect to use "Latino" and instead use the non-Spanish word "LatinX"? Anything wrong with a foreign word that ends with an "o"? And what is with the use of Hispanic in one sentence, but Latino in the second? Do both have the same meaning? No! Hispanic refers to a person of Latin American descent and especially of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin living in the United States. A Latino (short for "latinoamericano" [Latin American]) is a native or inhabitant of Latin America (which also includes Portugese-speaking Brazil), or a person of Latin American origin living in the United States. All Hispanics are Latinos, but not all Latinos (including Brazilians who speak Portugese) are Hispanics. The differences between the terms are clear.

Also another concern: why is the first letter in "Black" capitalized, while "white" is not? Should both the first letter of both "black" and "white" be capitalized? A double standard?

OMGGGGGGGG this isn't real.

Twitch then posted on Twitter apologizing for its actions and the images' insensitivity.

If there is a god, please send us your worst storms, snow, earthquakes etc.... we need to thin the herd. This is ridiculous.

"sombreros, guitars, and rumba shakers--in celebration of Hispanic Heritage month"

Ummmm..so how the hell are these "offensive"????? 2020 is the WORST YEAR EVERRRRRRRRR. Offended by everything.

FML

Every cultural celebration can be viewed as insensitive if not done by the people from that culture.

If we're going to be this close minded then don't whine about being a subject of discrimination. How do you expect the others to understand your culture if you're going to be such a bitch about it?

If this backlash is coming from the same people who are trying to force the word 'Latinx' then it's not at all coming from actual Latino people, or Hispanics.

Kinda getting sick of white liberals speaking over actual minority groups, telling the world what they want. Like these new stupid terms that keep popping up, for instance.

So... Which parts of mexican culture are okay to celebrate...?

Sound the alarm more bullshit to get offended about there’s plenty of actual terrible shit going on to get offended over but we might as well just be in a perpetual state of offense

Really? I doubt this actually offends them. I don't get all hurt when someone accuses me of being a redneck or a hillbilly. I'm certain the vast majority of Latinos have the same ability to shrug stuff off. I could be wrong, but I think the offended crowd are just very vocal and websites like Gamespot give them all the attention they crave. Good job Gamespot.

Good thing we mexicans have the USA to frown upon things that don´t represent a problem for us

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But you, gamespot just published them as well.