The developers of Cyberpunk 2077 have apologized to Social Justice Warriors for offending them with a tweet that said “Did you just assume their gender?”. That single line sent SJWs over the edge, hurtling all sorts of invectives toward CD Projekt Red. The company quickly deleted the tweet and apologized for offending the easily-offended.
It all started with a post from a Twitter user going by the handle of Ryan, who declared that he wanted more guys, to which the Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account responded:
The typical chorus of cacophony echoed throughout the social media silo, as angry Social Justice Warriors came piling out of their safe spaces to attack CD Projekt Red for the tweet.
Wrow. Fire the PR guy. This is the opposite of cyberpunk ffs.
— 🍒Tara (@lashiec) August 21, 2018
Do better.
— austin walker (@austin_walker) August 21, 2018
There’s a lot happening here, but the main thing is that the “did you assume my gender?” Joke is deeply transphobic, right up there with “I identify as an attack helicopter”.
CDPR should be doing better with a game about transhumanism and bodily autonomy.
— Dr Ashley Nova Legit Has a PhD in Astronomy (@Ashley_Nova_) August 21, 2018
Non-binary folk are just as valid as binary trans folk. Attempting to divide us by saying one is good and one is bad is also transphobic and non-binary phobic.
Be better.
— Dr Ashley Nova Legit Has a PhD in Astronomy (@Ashley_Nova_) August 21, 2018
I’m so fucking tired. Literally a game about fucking cyberpunk and transhumanism…and they’re spewing transphobic jokes. Can we have ONE thing.
— Patrick Gem Gabbett (@NightinGem) August 21, 2018
According to @CyberpunkGame, the way to promote your new game Cyberpunk 2077 is to use derogatory transphobic memes that trivialise & mock transgender people. Strange because cyberpunk involves the deconstruction of identity norms, which should naturally include gender expression pic.twitter.com/2tDKMeLpoX
— MissFatPanda (@MissFatPanda) August 21, 2018
There were lots of replies and lots of offended SJWs discussing the tweet, so much so that CD Projekt Red deleted the tweet and proceeded to issue an apology several hours later on August 21st, 2018.
Sorry to all those offended by one of the responses sent out from our account earlier. Harming anyone was never our intention.
— Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) August 21, 2018
Even the apology didn’t go over well with the easily offended crowd. They continued to dogpile on CD Projekt, saying that the apology wasn’t good enough.
Before reading the following tweets, I advise you to proceed with caution or only if you know a good radiologist. You’ve been warned.
the future. we understand if this has harmed your trust in us, but we genuinely intend to do better in the future, and we appreciate the knowledge gained from fans explaining why our comment was harmful.”
try harder.
— Feed Me Gamer Bois (@averymiaou) August 21, 2018
Look at the replies to this
This is your fanbase
This is who you attracted
Maybe think about why and how that is.
— Holly Green (@winnersusedrugs) August 21, 2018
This is weak. A decent portion of the audience interested in this game were drawn into cyberpunk fiction in the first place because it allows them to explore gender fluidity and sexuality in way they often can’t in the open, often for saftey reasons. Your tweets undermined them.
— David J🥃hn Prince (@David_J_Prince) August 21, 2018
“harming anyone was never our intention” wow that’s a non apology, boy i can’t wait to see what sorta transphobic nonsense the actual game has in it that gamers will throw around as hilarious jokes
— Juniper, but Gay (@JuniperTheory) August 21, 2018
This is barely an apology; what was said was inherently harmful. It’s not a matter of whether people were “offended” or not; it’s bad to begin with.
— Jesse M. (@deepFlaw) August 21, 2018
Even ResetEra got in on the action, condemning CD Projekt Red for the tweet. A moderator also proceeded to edit the initial post and explain why 12 permanent bans were handed out multiple temporary bans were issued for those who defended CD Projekt Red and those who saw the tweet as a harmless joke. The moderator wrote…
“’Did You Just Assume My Gender?’ is a well known meme that has been used to trivialize and make fun of LGBT concerns since 2016. It specifically mocks transgender people for having preferred pronouns, even though no one ever actually uses the quote in real life. It’s a derogatory stereotype and is inherently transphobic. Any internet search will bring up numerous examples.
“Given that the intent of the meme is to mock the feelings of a marginalized group, it is particularly poor form to dismiss their feelings on this matter. If you do not think you can engage that perspective seriously and respectfully then you should not post. Thank you.”
Essentially, anyone who doesn’t agree with the Intersectional Inquisition’s policy on offense – notarized by the clerics at the Ministry of Marxism no less – are essentially forbidden from posting.
This kind of censorship is quite common in the halls of the Leftist hegemony.
Even more than that, it speaks volumes to the lack of CD Projekt Red’s integrity, given that the company has a strict adherence to placating the audience of perpetually offended individuals.
The company’s digital distribution outlet, GOG.com, also apologized multiple times for offending SJWs with seemingly harmless tweets.
The first time involved a tweet featuring actor Terry Crews as a member of the PC Master Race, which they deleted and apologized for.
The second time was a tweet featuring Postal 2 that referenced #GamerGate, which they also deleted and apologized for. The PR rep for GOG.com even went to ResetEra to grovel and beg for forgiveness from the very hostile and authoritarian forum community.
The company is obviously in favor of bending the knee to the whims of the easily offended. Essentially, the takeaway from all of this is that CD Projekt Red appears to be more focused on courting the SJW crowd than they are actual gamers.
(Thanks for the news tip Kyuryon and Richard Gristle)
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