Content creators and YouTubers Colin Moriarty and Chris Ray Gun had a room set aside, a name, some eager fans, and a panel called “Sacred Symbols” planned for PAX West set to take place between August 30th and September 2nd. However, for no real reason given the panel was cancelled by the event organizers.
KotakuInAction2 compiled the tweets from both Chris Ray Gun and Colin Moriarty, who informed their respective audiences on July 30th, 2019 that the panel had been cancelled.
PAX West rescinded Sacred Symbols’ panel today. So if you were planning to go… sorry.
I asked why, and am waiting on a response. pic.twitter.com/DXPVKUmVcZ
— Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) July 30, 2019
As pointed out by YouTuber Chris Ray Gun, PAX West had approved the panel for PAX West for the duo’s PlayStation Podcast, but now the panel is cancelled.
A few weeks ago we were approved for a panel at PAX West for our PlayStation Podcast. We had a room, date and a time. Today that approval was revoked without any warning or reason. Pretty messed up if you ask me, but maybe @pax could give us some kind of actual explanation? pic.twitter.com/ktSfaFzaNk
— Chris Ray Gun (@ChrisRGun) July 30, 2019
Moriarty responded to the PAX organizers, asking exactly why they were removed and if he could have more information about the removal. YouTuber TheQuartering rolled out a video highlighting the discrepancy that the two faced, reminding people that the censorship from the Left is still well and intact.
Moriarty, however, followed up the original tweet with a couple of more tweets, explaining that he likely won’t be trying this again and pretty much presumes what the reason was for the panel getting cancelled.
Anyway, I got other stuff to do, but I’ll update you, and again, I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused any of you.
When they told me, “feel free to tweet/blog/podcast and let the world know you will be attending, it is by no means a secret,” that was a lie. LOL.
— Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) July 30, 2019
Moriarty also did send a follow-up message and notified the community that he was looking into figuring out some way to get refunds to people who had purchased passes.
I’ve received no response.
My goals are, in order of priority:
1.) Figure out a way CLS fans who no longer want to attend PAX can get a refund.
2.) Inquire why our panel has been cancelled/what we did wrong.
3.) Receive payment for capital CLS invested in attending the panel.
— Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) July 31, 2019
I’ll let you know how things develop.
Thank you for your endless positive energy, which I’ve done my best to keep up with today.
It’s not the end of the world that we won’t be at PAX West. I simply feel bad that we won’t get to see many of our supporters & fans.
Thank you. <3
— Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) July 31, 2019
This kind of response isn’t actually surprising.
Conventions, conferences, gatherings, and almost all things related to the larger gaming community is controlled by activists who lean Left. Anyone who still isn’t guzzling the Centrist soy milk will readily note that if you aren’t touting the Left-wing agenda hard enough, you’re cast out of their political cult.
Moriarty and others will likely dispute this, but it’s a fact. GDC? They have teaching sessions there about communism.
>lol we’re not trying to push sjw agenda in gaming
>GDC now featuring marxism— NPC-patched stackfl0w version 2019.XX (@stackflow33) March 18, 2016
E3? It was all about “diversity” and “inclusivity”, and even featured a prominent panel promoting Facebook’s social engineering program designed to disrupt both the hiring practices and game content within the industry.
PAX? Well, is this outcome not proof enough of some kind of agenda-motivated decision to remove a panel from the show with no reason given?
I’m sure if PAX does give a reason for the cancellation for the panel it’s going to be something nebulous and ill-defined, resulting in more questions with even fewer answers. That’s typically how these situations unfold.
(Thanks for the news tip CZ and RichardGristle)
(Main image courtesy of JRE)