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PewDiePie Responds To N-Word Backlash By Sharing Fellow White YouTuber's Own Offensive Post

PewDiePie Responds To N-Word Backlash By Sharing Fellow White YouTuber's Own Offensive Post

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Two wrongs don’t make a right.
On Thursday, PewDiePie came under fire after casually dropping the n-word in his newest YouTube upload. And, instead of apologizing for the controversial clip, the 27-year-old responded to the backlash by re-tweeting an offensive post that also contained the upsetting slur.
Related: Remember When PewDiePie Promised To Delete His Account?
While critics were using #PewDiePieIsOverParty in their tweets, another white YouTuber, iDubbbz, took to Twitter to parody the backlash by recreating the trending hashtag.
However, the content creator — whose real name is Ian Carter — disgustingly replaced the word “over” with the words “a [n-word].”
As if that wasn’t bad enough, the Swedish internet celebrity actually showed his appreciation for iDubbbz’s tasteless post by retweeting it (below):
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This just isn’t okay. What are your thoughts on the controversy, Perezcious readers?!
[Images via PewDiePie/iDubbbz/Instagram, PewDiePie/Twitter.]

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Jan 05, 2017 21:59pm PDT