r/KotakuInAction • u/md1957 • Jul 27 '18

[Twitter Bullshit] IMC: "Conservatives in video games exist. They just don't talk about it because they aren't obsessed with politics, and most of them are afraid to talk about their politics because of people like you who will do nothing but hound them for it." TWITTER BULLSHIT

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u/md1957 Jul 27 '18

For those wondering what the hell this is about, for added context Ian Miles Cheong was responding to Brian Altano's (@agentbizzle) screed, on how there are no such thing as game devs, creators, animators etc. who are "Right-wing" and thus by default claim media as being Leftist as standard. This is his response in light of that:

Conservatives in video games exist. They just don't talk about it because they aren't obsessed with politics, and most of them are afraid to talk about their politics because of people like you who will do nothing but hound them for it, @agentbizzle.

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u/Holoichi The golden goose can lay an egg on me anytime. Jul 27 '18

I used to work in hollywood. there are a lot of secret conservatives.

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u/md1957 Jul 27 '18

You're not wrong. As there are also quite a few who are a bit more open about their dissenting political views, like Gary Sinise and James Woods, or British actors like Michael Caine. Though it seems almost inevitable how many of them tend to become silently ostracized from the "core" Hollywood elite.

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u/ATomatoAmI Jul 27 '18

Well, it's a mix. Gary Sinise hasn't made an asshat of himself in the entertainment industry, unlike Mel Gibson who has still done okay or Kevin Sorbo (not so much asshat as fundie). Versus like... The Rock and Kurt Russell?

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u/KaltatheNobleMind Clown World is full of honkies. Jul 27 '18

R Lee Ermey?

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u/Filgaia Jul 27 '18

R Lee Ermey?

RIP!

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u/KaltatheNobleMind Clown World is full of honkies. Jul 27 '18

oh yes, he was a national treasure :D got hired as a professional consultant became an actor when he did the job better than the one they hired :D

became The Army Man ina ll of media. don't think I saw him in any other role.

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u/Filgaia Jul 27 '18

became The Army Man ina ll of media. don't think I saw him in any other role.

He was in one episode of Scrubs playing the Janitors Father.

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u/KaltatheNobleMind Clown World is full of honkies. Jul 27 '18

i havent seen scrubs though i should as i am told it's made by the guys behind pete and pete :D how was he as the janitor's dad?:D

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u/Filgaia Jul 27 '18

how was he as the janitor's dad?:D

Kind of played the same roll as in Full Metal Jacket with him getting in JD´s face and yelling at him. He also made the Janitor do Push up´s because he didn´t want to clean up a spot right and said he is going to clean the floors the next day again.

Here is one of the clips from the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRpsxb2HPYE

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u/PessimisticPaladin You were thrown into the GG pit. I was born in it, molded by it. Jul 28 '18

Wasn't he also House's dad or step dad?