Senator Asks Gabe Newell Why Steam Hosts So Much Neo-Nazi Content

New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan sent Valve a letter decrying the vast amount of white supremacist imagery in its user generated content and community spaces.

[blackblades]

I would like a response from him, they should crack down on that to an extent. If they supporting that crap get rid of it of its killing Nazi I'm down with that.

[CrimsonWing69]

If you start this it’s open season on anything.

[Killer2020UK]

What are you advocating then? That you don't fund Ukraine at all because there are neo Nazi militias also fighting against the Russians? I don't know about you but the best place for neo Nazis I can think of is on the front line where they'll likely serve a purpose and be decimated in the process.

[SullysCigar]

It's interesting how quick you are to fill in the blanks and decide other peoples' opinions are morally dubious, right before advocating killing human beings.

The best place for a neo nazi is jail. The front line is not the best place for anyone, because war is pointless to all but the elite few profiteering from it.

[Panhandler]

You advocating for the murder of a person for their ideologies opens the door for the polar opposite of the Ideology you're wanting to kill. Here we go, the opposite of National Socialism is Communism. Since the Communist Bolsheviks of Russia killed upwards of over 60 million Christians from 1917 to 1954. That's not even bringing up Mao in China. From the Bolshevik Revolution to the Armenian Genocide to the Holodomor Holocaust. So who was behind the mass killing of Christians?

David R. Francis, United States ambassador in Russia, warned in a January 1918 dispatch to Washington: "The Bolshevik leaders here, most of whom are Jews and 90 percent of whom are returned exiles, care little for Russia or any other country but are internationalists and they are trying to start a worldwide social revolution." The Netherlands' ambassador in Russia, Oudendyke, made much the same point a few months later: "Unless Bolshevism is nipped in the bud immediately, it is bound to spread in one form or another over Europe and the whole world as it is organized and worked by Jews who have no nationality, and whose one object is to destroy for their own ends the existing order of things." "The Bolshevik Revolution," declared a leading American Jewish community paper in 1920, "was largely the product of Jewish thinking, Jewish discontent, Jewish effort to reconstruct."

History you have been removed from 109 countries over 300 times. The only European country not to Exile Jews was the Netherlands because when Jews moved there in the 1600's the Dutch used Jews slave knowledge in South Africa. Which almost all slave ships were Jewish owned. You're history's greatest slave traders, being able to move between both Christian and Muslim countries. The Jewish Golden age was during the African Moors occupation of Western Europe for a 400 years. Where they Dominated the slave trade. 

If not for the Reconquista they would have taken more land and finally was expunged during the Spanish Inquisition. Which made Jews move to Brazil which has one of the largest Jewish populations. This is why 95% of all African Slaves during the slave trade years went to Brazil. But most died due to the extreme conditions their masters put them through.

Albert Pike Jewish Mason and Confederate General was the founding father of the KKK.

The Blood Libel the ancient past time where Jews drain the blood of Christian babies to create matzah bread. The old tell that started Dracula
Also in Bram Stokers 1931 film Dracula  Bela Legosi wore the Star of David. Which is the star of David is Moloch symbol and Moloch was the Pagan God of child sacrifice.... Now the Masonic Secret Societies do this same thing but it's called adrenochrome.

"A Jew will always tell you what happened to him, but he'll never tell you why" - Old Arab Proverb

Look into how Nathan Rothchild took control of the England's Money after the battle of waterloo. Or how they took control of America with the federal reserve. Wars give Bankers power. Jews Control every Faucet of Life. Banks, Media, Entertainment so on.

[SullysCigar]

Thanks for that interesting synopsis. It's nice to read something thought-provoking from someone who has bothered to do their research, rather than just get attacked for saying an unpopular truth.

I believe the people Oudendyke was referring to in the quote you shared was the Askenazis / Khazarians.

The symbolism you mentioned was interesting too, and that's another element that exposes the Azov Regiment (even after their 2014 'rebranding').

[blackblades]

Wow nice text book, I forgot to add killing Nazis in a video game only. I dont wanna see any kind of these nazi, Nazi supporting group bundle in a place where they dont belong. They dont belong on steam or anywhere else. If its a game on steam that lets you kill nazis I'm down for. In here sounds like y'all support these racist fools.

[AirRevenant]

The downvotes here show how much Nazis are desperate for safe spaces, and how much N4G is one of those safe spaces.

[Panhandler]

You're Ignorance is abundant

[CDbiggen]

I've never seen this neo-nazi content

[Fonsecap]

Neither did I, maybe it's there if you look for it but not if you do normal browsing...

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

There were a few groups and community pages that were neo-Nazi, however, Steam purged them a while ago.

[REDDURT]

Even mainstream media did a story on the Nazi problem in Ukraine before the war. I believe it was msnbc or cnn.

[Father__Merrin]

They all did every single one. But now all of a sudden Ukraine is a beacon of democracy and filled with angelic beings so we have to wave yellow blue flags. I've been following news on telegram and not tiktok, its clear who Ukraine are, I do feel sorry for the ordinary Ukraine folk though. The worst is what those scum did to a women in Mariopul and engraving nazi symbol on her stomach western media was coming out with shock horror but once it was known it was an abandoned kraken division area the media never mentioned it again.

Keep the Kaliber's rolling

[Panhandler]

How about the Communist problem in America

[XiNatsuDragnel]

From my experience I haven't seen neo-nazi content but idk tho.

[DrDoomer]

Ask that senator what she thinks about the actual nazis in ukraine that the US is funding, arming and training.

[PaulFiend]

That is a lie, you don't know what you talking about, you only repeat russian-nazi bullshit propaganda.
The US helps the people of Ukraine to get rid of russian agression, russia murdered tens of thousands of innocent civilians already and continue to do so as we speak. Ukrainian military are heroes and defenders of their homeland.

[DrDoomer]

lmfao! The irony is so brutal that I legit can't tell if you're trolling.

[mudakoshaka]

Ukraine is one if not the most corrupt countries in the world. That's a fact. All Western money being sent there is going to criminals, corrupt politicians, and nazis...all a fact!

[GhostTurtle]

Do some self research bro. Stop getting your news from Facebook...

[LoveSpuds]

The irony of Americans commenting on racism and corruption in other nations is just mind blowing to me

[Crows90]

You don't know what you're talking about either. Ukrainians have oppressed and killed thousands of Russians living in Ukraine....there ...as you can see nobody has the full picture.

There's more nuance to history than you think. Certain areas of Ukraine used to belong to Russia. Those same areas are full of Russians that aren't treated particularly well.

Not claiming to know the kns and outs of it all. But clearly it's much more complex. War and loss of lives is never a good thing...lose lose situation.

[MadLad]

This comment is so ridiculous I don't even know how to properly respond to it.

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I'll get right on that.
In the meantime maybe you should look into anger management sessions. Maybe find a good psychiatrist.

[DrDoomer]

You could start by getting out of your little fantasy bubble and go look into the subject matter, and find out that we, in fact, do not live in a Hollywood movie.

[Killer2020UK]

Ask that senator what she thinks about the actual Nazis in the US. All countries have shitty elements to them, it's not exclusive to Ukraine. There are neo Nazis fighting for Russia, why are you forgetting about them?

[DrDoomer]

nazis in Russia and the US are seen as misguided fools and are frowned upon by society. Nazis in ukraine (especially on the west side) are seen as heroes. You have parents proudly posting on social media how they indoctrinate their children into being stepan bandera worshippers. There is no comparison, and I'm not sure why you're trying to make one anyway. The topic is how these dirty politicians like using nazis as scapegoats, yet if you look a bit deeper, you find out that not only do nazis have nothing to do with the things they're attacking, these politicians are actually in league with real nazis.

[MadLad]

It gets old watching politicians worrying about videogames 24/7 as they accomplish nothing positive in Washington year after year.

[frostypants]

Posturing is how they fill their time. When they aren't posturing, they're making deals with lobbyists for campaign funding so they can keep their cushy jobs. Congress desperately needs term limits and Senate terms need to be cut from 6 to 4 years.

[Auron]

In return Gabe should ask why are politicians, schools and "jounalists" pushing so much anti white content.

[Eonjay]

The birth is pro Nazi idealism, a fever which lead to millions of people being tortuously suffocated in gas chambers, was born out of the false premise that everything is anti white. If appropriate accountability is persecution then you are saying that white people should be treated better than everyone else which is even more dangerous. You are gonna get people hurt. Stop now.

[Noskypeno]

There is acknowledging that bad things happened in the past, and then there's saying that people are evil because of the color of their skin. Legitimately there are celebrities that think the lack of melanin is responsible for all the evil in the world, like they forget before Europe even discovered Africa or America, tribes were commiting genocide against other tribes. If you think that way Nick Cannon, why do you want your kids less black?

[Eonjay]

The Nazis were fundamentally evil in their pursuit to purge the non Aryan races. A sane person isn't going to equivocate all white people to Nazis. A sane white person is not going to defend Nazis. I have NEVER heard a black person feel like they had to defend the people committing genocide in Africa because other races did it. That's not a thing. It's usually white people telling other white people that people are out to get them. In America it's known as the politics of fear Fear is very effective because fear is the greatest informant of our decision making. Take that fear away and the doctrines of hate and Nazism are simply abhorrent.

[Inverno]

I don't think white supremacists would make a game where Hitler gets pegged by anime girls.

[GameBoyColor]

that's exactly what they'd make. A lot of um are neckbeards lmao

[anast]

Nazi's are scumbags and should be denied any freedom as their ideology and actions seek to deny freedom of others. To make it worse they have a desire for inbreeding. Seeing that genetic diversity is good for our species and basic freedoms are necessary for all well functioning societies , this would make Nazi's bad for humans biologically and socially.

[TheEnigma313]

Always race baiting with them. Talk about what really matters. Take about our corpse of a president and his trash administration

[FunAndGun]

You are collecting grift cards aren't ya?

[BrainSyphoned]

Wow a social site's users being blasted as Nazis by a Dem, shocked i tell you. Next up the violence in games harbors this ideology and needs removed.

[rlow1]

So this can be a slippery slope. While it’s good to moderate your site for extremism. How far does that go? Getting rid of those trying to radicalize people with propaganda is one thing. Someone expressing an opinion to others is another thing.

Where does it stop? Do we start taking content out of games because of some government oversight committee deems it so? While I believe that Steam can do much better and should. When we get past the obvious and flagrant flags. Who is going to decide the finer points between free speech and radical speech? As well as content?

[frostypants]

Exactly. You gotta question the long term motivations of some politicians. Always assume the worst, because you can bet at least some of them are angling for just that. Doesn't mean you don't make displeasure with this content known, but always be vigilant for politicians exploiting the situation. Authoritarians all suck, and Nazis are just one extra-evil brand of authoritarianism.

[Crows90]

Except nobody cares. As long as the expression isn't hurting anyone leave it alone. If it goes against community guidelines then it would get removed. A sign saying all lives matter falls under white supremacy so I don't care much for accusations.

There is no real tangible relationship between this online spaces and real world violence. You also have to take into account that these public figures get fooled by memes and intentional jokes. I don't trust their "evidence" at all.

These public figures also push towards socialism which has always led to a type of communism or dictatorship so don't trust them either

[AirRevenant]

The normalization of hate speech is hurting people. It starts as speech, and it becomes normalized, accepted, not chagrined or stopped - and then it leads to more. You could ask any of the shooting victims from recent events in the U.S. that are being tried as hate crimes - oh wait, the victims are dead.

[Crows90]

But hate speech is not defined. You also cant control it. Its like trying to stop people from watching porn. Good luck with that. Getting slapped in the hand when you say something mean to someone doesnt work. People will be offended no matter what anybody does because each individual is incredibly different from the next. A sigh to one person it doesn't affect but to another it offends. The people that go on to school shootings are criminals. They dont need social media or online reach to be violent. You want a real answer to why there are more shootings...look at the culture 100 years from now and compare with today. What changed? What is missing? What has been removed?

[Shiore2u]

If you want less extremism then perhaps you should start creating a society worth living in instead of aggressively doing the opposite. Trying to control extremism by not making it visible doesn't make it go away, it just makes it more volatile. This has always only ended one way for ideologically stunted complicit politicians in an failing indirect democracy.

[mastershredder]

Wow lol! Meanwhile and totally missing the point, far to many commenting just went on a weird ass defensive diatribe. Many wowz. Pathetic.

[Knushwood Butt]

The first mod to come across this thread will probably be like # I'll just pretend I haven't seen this thread #

[Foleyben]

I'm not an idiot, so don't rant at me.

How is it that a country that is absolute in your right to say whatever you want make complaint to a company to block people's behaviour?