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Thoughts on Blacklisting
Cordova, TN; August 14, in the year of our Lord 2017--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is entering into a highly controversial
topic - blacklisting. I am going to give my thoughts and expose
a double standard that has been happening in the general media
and even sometimes in the gaming media. Do you already have all
of these facts? Do you think you know where I am going with
this? Do you know who will all be discussed in this article?
Maybe you do, and maybe you don’t. Family Friendly Gaming was
blacklisted a few years ago by a couple of gaming companies. In
fact that blacklisting continues to this day. Guess how many
other gaming media outlets came to our defense? Guess how many
gaming media outlets spoke out against it? Zero to both
questions. The same goes for mainstream media outlets. None of
them came to our defense, and stood up against blacklisting.
The same media outlets, writers, and editors who said nothing
when Family Friendly Gaming was blacklisted also said nothing
when Tim Tebow was blacklisted. In fact some of them celebrated
Tim Tebow being forced out of professional football. How
backwards is that? How messed up is that? These same people are
now on a crusade for Colin Kaepernick. I do not know for certain
if he is being blacklisted or not. I know the people who
celebrated it happening to Tim Tebow are jumping to that
conclusion. They have not done much research on the declining
Colin Kaepernick career, or interviewed every coach and owner on
the topic. They are certain Colin Kaepernick is being
blacklisted. Never mind millions of football fans stopped
watching football in protest of Colin Kaepernick offensive
behavior. So he probably is too much of a circus for most teams
to add. And they most likely do not want him on their teams.
They do not want the distraction. All of that was used to
justify the blacklisting of Tim Tebow. Not that they ever
defended Tim Tebow.
What are the major differences here? Family Friendly Gaming and
Tim Tebow are Christians. Colin Kaepernick is a liberal. Family
Friendly Gaming and Tim Tebow point people to Christ. Colin
Kaepernick complains about alleged racial unjustice. I am part
white and part Cherokee. I have experienced racism because of
the color of my skin. I have experience racism from minorities.
I treat everyone based on the content of their character and not
the color of their skin. Too bad that is not reciprocated in too
many cases. I do not agree with blacklisting. I do know each of
us face consequences from the decisions we make. Too many people
are too sensitive about anything they do not agree with. What I
want to see is a fair and even reporting from the rest of the
media. If you are demanding they hire Colin Kaepernick, then
demand they hire Tim Tebow as well. Expose the corruption in the
video game industry that attacks Christians. Stand up for Family
Friendly Gaming, and against the companies that enacted
blacklisting. The hypocrisy right now completely discredits
those complaining about Colin Kaepernick not getting another
multi-million dollar contract. To make matters worse there was a
story that Colin Kaepernick turned down a contract because he
wanted more money.
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming