PewDiePie responds to outrage over \u201ciron cross\u201d in ADL donation video PewDiePie, YouTubeYouTube king Felix \u201cPewDiePie\u201d Kjellberg announced that he would be making a $50,000 donation to the Anti-Defamation League as part of his 100 million subscriber celebration \u2013 but he later rescinded his contribution, and the net was outraged. However, the outrage wasn\u2019t collectively directed at his stance on the ADL, itself: rather, many users were critical of Kjellberg\u2019s apparel he wore during his video explaining his decision to rescind his donation. In the video, PewDiePie wore a black turtleneck sweater with a cross on the neck \u2013 a symbol that some claimed was an \u201ciron cross,\u201d sparking debate across the social media sphere. PewDiePie addressed the outrage during an episode of \u201cPew News\u201d on September 19, where he clarified that the symbol was a Georgian Bolnisi Cross, pointing out the Georgian script next to the controversial image. \u201cThat cross \u2013 people were very sure that was a Nazi cross,\u201d he began. \u201cPeople started attacking me because of it. Nevermind the fact that it\u2019s Georgian characters literally right next to it. Nevermind the fact that I\u2019ve worn it many times before on my channel. The only time I see people comment about it have been Georgian people, with excitement.\u201d (Timestamp: 2:40 for mobile viewers) The YouTuber went on to claim that he wasn\u2019t even aware of the possible Nazi imagery surrounding the iron cross, explaining that he didn\u2019t put much thought into what he wears regarding such messages. \u201cI don\u2019t think about what I wear that much,\u201d he continued. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know about the iron cross \u2013 I think I heard something about it, but I don\u2019t think about these things. I don\u2019t care about these tiny Nazi references.\u201d PewDiePie addressed concerns of wearing a possible \u201ciron cross\u201d in a \u201cPew News\u201d video on September 19.https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lHB9yzsQGnY Although Kjellberg rescinded his donation to the ADL, the YouTube king stated that he is still planning to donate the $50k amount to another charity, and is open to further suggestions from his fanbase. The controversy around PewDiePie\u2019s donation duds follows his milestone of 101 million subscribers, as well as his quiet wedding to fiance Marzia Bisongin \u2013 a major shift from an otherwise hugely successful streak for the YouTuber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PewDiePie responds to outrage over \u201ciron cross\u201d in ADL donation video PewDiePie, YouTubeYouTube king Felix \u201cPewDiePie\u201d Kjellberg announced that he would be making a $50,000 donation to the Anti-Defamation League as part of his 100 million subscriber celebration \u2013 but he later rescinded his contribution, and the net was outraged. However, the outrage wasn\u2019t collectively […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}