In the MMO shooter Destiny 2 Bungie has found a hate symbol in its game – but the players haven’t yet.
Major Excitement Over Hate Symbol at Bungie
In the midst of server maintenance, a tweet from Bungie emerged: “We have become aware that a glove in Destiny 2 shares elements with a hate symbol. That is not our intention, we will remove it.”
Then they apologize once again for it. Even Bungie CEO, Pete Parsons, steps in to defend. They have other values at Bungie, placing great emphasis on respect for everyone.
The curious thing: Players have no idea what this is about:
- Which glove is it?
- and what hate symbol is meant?
Bungie itself has not yet specified which gloves are exactly concerned.
Obscure Internet Troll “Religion”
Let’s get to the speculations:
We as Germans first look for hate symbols and think: “Where is a swastika?” That would surely have also caught Bungie’s attention.
It seems that the hate symbol in question is something more obscure and recent.
On reddit, the speculation arose, that the gloves are the “Road Complex AA1” – you can see the inscription K – K on the arm.
On reddit, readers believe it stands for the satirical religion “KEK”. This religion has formed in social networks. For some, it is a “cover” under which attacks by people with national ideology against more liberal people take place.
It is difficult to precisely define this phenomenon: KEK likely belongs to the “alt-right” movement scene in the USA. Its symbol is a frog-faced creature with Donald Trump’s hairstyle. This all falls within the hard-to-grasp area of “meme/politics” with a hefty dose of “trolling.”
This movement seems to have organized itself in the forum “4chan”. Allegedly, this movement is directed against “liberals” – but as it is with such internet things on “4chan”, satire and biting mockery blend into an explosive mix.
Indeed, there seem to be similarities in color and symbol of the movement’s “flag” to the Destiny 2 gloves. The question is whether such a thing was smuggled into the game by a Bungie designer, intentionally or unintentionally. It is also still unclear whether it is really these gloves that are now to be changed. With such “4chan” parallels, the danger of being badly trolled is high.
We will report back when there is more information on the matter.
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