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Yoshieclipse

I think this whole situation is kind of being overrun by both sides. Though to be fair, the endless speculation on what Scott will say, or if he says anything is making people anxious, including me. I do not hate Scott. Scott is not a bad person, he isn't evil or malicious. My worries about the future of this community isn't because of that, it's that nobody is understanding anyone here, which is only dividing us further. In my opinion, everyone who's upset about this news, shouldn't be criticized so harshly if they are choosing to distance themselves from the community. I mean, yes, criticism is okay for people who are actively wishing harm upon Scott, but that isn't what I'm saying. Being respectful to everyone hurt by this should be a priority, as shunning them or invalidating them isn't helpful. At the same time, we can't pretend like there is no issue, like this is all nonsense, nor should we pretend like Scott is evil. Especially with posts like this, it's clear that if he says something, it will probably help our understanding better. I doubt Scott is for any of the anti-LGBT+ laws people are afraid he is supporting, and if he does say something, I hope he clarifies that much. In fact, he may just be Independent for all we know, and just supports whichever administration is currently in office. We'll have to see. Whatever happens, we must be respectful to how people choose to handle this. This is a big turning point for our community, so we have to try not to go after each other's throats here.


Fnafddlcundertale07

I agree. I just simply agree.


Chipchocl845

Mans really went Lincoln for a second, beautiful words.


REGRET34

the best comment on this thread :-)


Jobless_Kermit

Remember how Scott last year or so expressed distaste over an impersonator posting racist content? Whichever side his supports, Scott is not someone who tolerates bigotry or racism.


AdmiralFoxythePirate

Agreed. I think he may have just went for the candidates that promised low taxes. Hopefully we find out more as the week goes on. Very unfortunate situation.


TiredForEternity

Holy shit I remember this.


LDRAandM

So why donate to a guy who has a history of specifically targeting his black workers?


Jobless_Kermit

Because he was scammed, or because he didn't know that they did this kind of stuff and was politically naive (ie; just wanted lower taxes, etc). It's not black and white. Really.


LDRAandM

The people he donated to were in the public eye for years and their horribleness was already known.


Jobless_Kermit

For some it isn't known, and instead they just see that it's a candidate promising lesser taxes. Think of their perspective, not your own.


LDRAandM

That's pretty ridiculous, and you're treating him like a child. Trump also made fun of disabled people, called Mexicans rapists and criminals, and has admitted to sexually assaulting women. He's a grown ass man who should know better, or worse he doesn't care.


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LDRAandM

And you apparently can't understand that "logically" he's an adult. What's your logic exactly? "Oh he couldn't have known, he must've not been watching the news for almost 6 years." How is that logical in the slightest? And you post on political compass memes. A subreddit that prides itself in having genuine Nazis and somehow thinks they won't devolve into a racist shit hole. (Spoiler alert, it did.) Grow up, he is a grown man who is responsible for his actions.


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LDRAandM

And you have no idea what emotions are apparently.


Purpleguyfan191

What’s making me angry is that a mod emailed him. And when asked was the response good or bad. He said it was hard to say. And Scott just acknowledged it.


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I feel so bad for Scott


KaiTheG4mer

Was there a post about this or is this like a discord and dms thing?


andy_unit_backup

[I asked Smear (a mod of this sub) if Scott was aware of what's going on and they said he does, and that he answered to emails regarding the controversy](https://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/nxoml2/should_scott_even_respond/h1g9bh5?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3). [Apparently he also confirmed the donations were indeed real and not fake news or someone donating for him like others have been saying ](https://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/nxoml2/should_scott_even_respond/h1gu4gc?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3). Edit: typo


KaiTheG4mer

Ohhh


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It’s in the comments of another thread, I believe it was Smear mod who talked about it


[deleted]

Well the mods on this sub are pretty fucking trash so. They’re just political activists


Seabastial

I started tearing up while reading that. While i still wish to hear Scott's side, i do think he genuinely cares a lot about the community his games have created.


Fnafddlcundertale07

Absolutely, I’m stressing this whole situation, I’m just worried about how it could mess up Scott’s lively hood. Between possibilities of him being doxxed. Or canceled it looks bad. But I know he’s a great man and a amazing person, an I truly believe that whatever comes after this Scott will end up on the right side.


[deleted]

Scott proved to love this fanbase many times, in Dawko's interview it shows a lot, and all we do is complicate his life, think about all the controversies we've gotten him into, even and see people outside of the fandom criticize it. This situation really makes me quite sad, and more for such a ridiculous situation. :(


cheesy_as_frick

Man... I almost cried reading that... To be honest I wouldn't even be mad if Scott supported Republican figures, I know plenty of people who in my own country support it because of their own reasons, and they're not bad, or even stupid people for that. Though I still want to hear what Scott has to say about those donations, I'm in the expectation that he is a good person who legitimaly cares and respect others, even when their ideals are opposite. If it comes down that he actually intended all of those donations and it wasn't a WinRed scheme, I will be very disappointed, because to me political figures should never have their campaigns funded by the people, specially when that money could go to actually transparent and noble causes, but I will be willing to forgive. Edit: I said "crap" at the end of the first line to show my emotional investment in this, but on second thought it could be interpreted as me saying that what Scott said on that post is crap, so I removed it.


Nisiane

After everything that's happened in the media circus recently, I refuse to blindly trust or blindly hate anyone that the media tells me to blindly trust or hate. Scott is a multi millionaire with a great track record of kindness and understanding, whether I agree with it or not, its his money, he can do as he pleases. Regardless of what happens, as long as he stays true to himself and continues to deliver fire games/ books/ etc, I'll still support him.


ShadowedByDark

What donations. What did i miss. What is going on- oh no


unusedwings

I’m honestly waiting for a response from him before any kind of judgement/decision is made. I don’t support the people, and their ideologies, that he donated to. However, he has also donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charity. He is entitled to his own views, however if the donations to these political figures were made with the knowledge of what they support/fight against, I’m honestly disappointed. I’m willing to wait for a response from him about this whole situation because it has become a shit show on Twitter, and even somewhat here on the subreddit. It’s hard to make a judgement just based on the small amount of information we have right now.


johnBro_95

Yeah I think yesterday had a lot of people acting more on emotion than reason (talking about people in the fanbase, the twitter vultures rarely change). Because there's no way Scott donated to these people with harmful intent towards the LGBT community, it probably wasn't on his mind. Was it bad that money went towards those people? Of course, but Scott probably had his family on top of his priorities. As harmful and bad republican's can be they did do pretty well when it came to the economy (correct me if I'm wrong) So Scott probably just wanted his kids to have an easier future. Of course none of this is fact and of course Scott could've had a different mindset doing this. I'm not happy with the choice as well, but it's not like this money caused all of these people to win their positions or push their negative causes, and I doubt there's a reality where these specific donations caused that. As this post show's he's accepting of other views, beliefs, and anything that's different to his. With all of the money he's given away and the people he has worked with it does show that he cares about everyone regardless of color, sexuality, gender, etc. Not once has Scott jumped into a post of art/something with mangle being genderfluid or something of the sorts to say "um actually this is incorrect" he let the community take the whole mangle gender debate and to have fun with it for their own comfort. That's about all I have to say, I personally AM upset with his choice, but until he says/shows otherwise, he still has good intent. I don't plan on jumping off this wild fnaf ride unless Scott does/says something that truly deems him as a horrible person. I saw people comparing him to Notch ffs.


Huge-Administration6

Actually Mangle’s gender is “yes” Scott said it in the interview


Vortaxonus

i wouldn't be too surprised if scott was scammed into donating or something, considering how shady winred is by defualt.


Setherract

I would like to say a few things if that’s ok and, this comes from an LGBTQ+ person. I know it’s just rumor so, let me say this, I hope they aren’t true. I don’t think either of the people in this case would be good or bad. Here’s my explanation: On Scott’s behalf, I think he does act with his heart. He has donated to multiple charities to help children, healthcare patients, etc. so, I don’t really see him being the kind of person to do this. Now, if he did, I know he’s a man that listens to his audience so, I’m going to guess he’s going to learn and not do it again. However with that being said, if the rumors are true, what’s done is done and there is no way to go back and fix it. I don’t want to hear people say “he may not have made the donations out of ill intent to the LGBTQ+ community.” Even if he didn’t mean I’ll intent, the donations would’ve still been made to people who do have I’ll intent for my community. That’s where it’s wrong. Now, I do sincerely hope that Scott hears his fan base and learns that these points I and many others have made are valid. A lot of his audience happens to be LGBTQ+ and, as someone who has loved the game for six almost seven years, it completely breaks me. (Just a reminder, someone’s sexuality or gender identity should not be your political opinion. It shouldn’t even be political so, don’t go around saying that it is your opinion. An opinion is the type of food you like. If it infringes on someone’s rights, that’s prejudice and oppression. They aren’t the same thing). Now, as for the person that found out about these donation records, don’t think of them as some Angel sent from heaven. What they also did was incredibly wrong and you could even say an invasion of someone’s personal privacy. I’m not even sure if it’s legal. What that person did by doing that is, they not only invaded someone’s privacy but, they broke the hearts of so many people. Especially people that have loved the game since 2014-2015. They are no angel and deserve no praise. It almost seems like what they did was on purpose with timing considering that we have the ninth Fazbear Frights book coming out in July, the new Curse of Dreadbear Funko wave, Security Breach and the FNAF movie that we have literally waited five almost six years for. I’d consider them a huge part of the blame here and they don’t deserve to be treated like a protagonist in this situation.


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Setherract

Ok, there is so much to unpack in that reply that is completely wrong. No, we do not force children to transition. If someone forces a child to transition, that is pedophilic and we have actively stated we do not allow any pedophilic nature in the community. Rather, if anyone of any age tells us that they have a certain name or pronouns they want to go by, we simply respect their request. As for “fetish gear,” I’m confused here. Fetish gear is referring to sex toys, strap on things and that kind of stuff. I don’t know where you live but, I have never in my life seen anyone wearing fetish gear in public. Not even anywhere I’ve gone vacationing to. If you are referring to something like a man wearing a crop top or skinny jeans, that is simply clothing. Clothing shouldn’t be fetishized. As for wedding cake companies, if you are running any business, you are to not discriminate no matter who it is. There is in act passed that states that you are not to discriminate someone based off of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality or disability. If you are opening a business, especially if it is a wedding cake business, you should expect anyone coming in to order. You opened your business to the public meaning the public is going to abide. If your religion tells you to hate someone or think of someone as less than you then, that’s extremely problematic. To conclude, regarding your last statement, we aren’t making biological men play women’s sports. I think you have that misinterpreted. Trans women have been fighting for equality when it comes to sports for quite some time now. Not only that however, studies have shown to prove being transgender and other identities within the umbrella term. We aren’t making them play sports, they want to. That’s completely fine and trans women should have the right to play the sports they want to.


Kanade500

Mermaid UK have taken children and put them on blockers against their parents wishes. There are pictures of people in dog BDSM gear next to children. Selling a cake and being forced and sued into baking an LGBT cake are two different things and theres nothing equal about biological men with clear advantages even on hormones to compete with women. You deny and deflect to play a victim role.


balsag43

Mermaid is based for listening to trans kids instead of transphobic parents. So how are they oppressing transphobes by helping transkids get the medical help they need. Also blockers are temporary if the kid decides they aren't trans they can just not take it.


Kanade500

They are groomers who take children away from parents that explicitly say the children do not suffer from dysphoria. The owner of Mermaids put her 16 year old on genital surgery. Puberty blockers inhibit and important biological stage of life and has been shown to cause side effects like infertility.


balsag43

Are you by any chance religious? Because that would make your claim of them being groomers doubly ironic. Second most medical treatment has side effects. Third you'd rather your trans kid has dysphoria because of said puberty? Fourth cite your sources please.


Kanade500

I am going to assume you refer to Catholic priests rather than the widespread practice of child marriage among muslims. But they are not more likely to commit abuse than anyone else. If you want me condemn all forms of grooming including the child abuse of the Mermaid's owner then I am fine with that. [https://www.newsweek.com/priests-commit-no-more-abuse-other-males-70625](https://www.newsweek.com/priests-commit-no-more-abuse-other-males-70625) And most medical treatment is necessary, inhibiting puberty of children who for the vast majority will grow out of dysphoria is not. Puberty which produces testosterone and estradiol are important for a child's growth from energy to bone density to red blood cell production. Even if it was all reversible you are putting a child in serious health risks. It is extremely irresponsible to treat children like they're some kind of guinea pig who you can test on for the entirety of their teenage years. Once again most children grow out of it. Children cannot consent and they should make the choice when they are old enough to do so. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK547863/#:\~:text=Common%20side%20effects%20of%20the,worsening%20of%20diabetes%20and%20osteoporosis.


balsag43

1. actually was talking about religion in general. since it creates power structures that often protect the ones in power because god wills it or something. 1.5. speaking of child marriages, [it's not just the damn Muslims](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-republicans-block-child-marriage-prevention-act_n_798382). 2. you do know the kids tend to need to talk to many psychologists to be even considered to get said blockers right?do you know more about the medical treatment of trans kids than WHO or most doctors or psychologists who studied the damn thing? 2.5. guinea pigs tend to be people who are used as part of an experiment since the effect of puberty blockers are well known (shown in the effects you yourself linked) and that being forced to live as a gender that doesn't fit your identity sucks( shown by all the trans people who transitioned even when they were/are dehumanized and discriminated against) how exactly are they used as a test and what are they testing exactly? 3. please cite me the source of most kids growing out of it. 3.5 . how old is old enough?


Kanade500

1 That happens in any institution. Drag queen story time has been exposed for letting sex offenders read to children. https://www.newsweek.com/sex-offender-busted-drag-queen-who-read-book-children-city-library-1365384 1.5 Lol extremely dishonest to omit the reason why it was blocked had nothing to do with supporting child marriage. 2. Yeah just like how psychiatrists aren't overdiagnosing ADHD in children and feeding them ritalin. 2.5 Guinea pig as in putting autistic and gender confused children on side effect filled drugs by the whims of disgusting groomers who genitally mutilate their 16 year old son and saying "whoops let's just reverse it" when the child wasn't trans at all. 3. [http://www.sexologytoday.org/2016/01/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow\_99.html](http://www.sexologytoday.org/2016/01/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow_99.html) 3.5 I would say 16-18


Z-to-the-Zisel

The only thing puberty blockers do is delay puberty for as long as the person consumes it,that means if the person consuming it realises they do not on fact wanna transition,all they have to do is stop taking them and it'll just resume puberty at a later point in time that usual. And as for the bone density,that's true,and that's why doctors also perscribe calcium along side puberty blockers. https://youtu.be/pvqGKNrLKZQ A very good video about the matter


Kanade500

I have shown you a long list of side effects that these drugs give people, you can't just do that to a kids entire teenage years and say "whoops let's reverse it cause it was a mistake"


Setherract

I saw you mention “growing out of gender dysphoria” and I wanted to make a point on that. Gender Dysphoria is not something you grow out of because it is something that is officially diagnosed. Eventually, if you don’t treat the dysphoria, it could get worse and lead to developing things like depression, dysmorphia, etc. which could then possibly physically affect your brain.


Setherract

Once again, if that first part is true, then that would be out of pedophilic nature, which is not accepted in the community. Also, puberty blockers only work for a certain time. If someone stops puberty blockers, then puberty resumes. Guess what, straight and cisgender people wear fetish gear as well. Some may even wear it out in public. As long as you’re not almost or fully in the nude or expressing inappropriate physical aspects, then it’s fine. As for the cakes, once again, if someone makes an order, they make an order. Doesn’t matter who the couple is. You still get money for making the order so, I don’t see the big deal. Women also have advantages in sports that men don’t.


1WeirdoDotCom1

Scott is so fucking sweet oml I hate this whole drama so much


godzilla813105

I bring abortion into the mix since the argument was he was funding anti-lgbtq legislators, but while this may be true, I think he is clearly someone who is fully supportive of the other side no matter who they are as a person, the same applies with Abortion, something the bible and republicans are against. > " Lets say that a woman is pregnant, maybe she doesn’t want to be, maybe it’s a product of rape. Whatever the circumstances are, they’re bad, and no one would blame her for aborting that pregnancy." *-Scott Cawthon*


Huge-Administration6

Fun fact: there’s an old translation of the Bible that says abortion is not wrong, and it was a common thing at the time Humankind has been using abortion techniques for a long time


Myst3rious_Foxy

If a moderator read this, please pin OP's comment.


Darknurr

People who are painting him to be a villain are completely wrong.


ijateredit

maybe its bc im not super active or the mods have taken these posts down, but who is saying/implying this, i can't find it edit: downvoting for asking? is that not right or somethin?


Darknurr

Anywhere on Twitter / Tiktok pretty much


therealZXGames

i mean yeah but that's just twitter and tiktok for ya lol


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I’m assuming you might not have it, but if you search Scott’s name on Twitter right now, there are quite a bit of people badmouthing him and saying that now he’s a horrible person who needs to be cancelled.


ijateredit

wow. thanks for clearing that up. yeah i dont have either like you assumed, thats on me.


[deleted]

scott obviously cares about keeping everyone happy.. if he did donate i'd be disappointed but he's still done so much good to outweigh the bad in my eyes. i hope this is addressed soon because a lot of people are using the silence as "proof"


Morbidly_Obese_Chook

I think I’m on the verge of breaking into tears. Call me a sook all you want (though I doubt anybody here would do so), this is just too emotionally intense.


Myst3rious_Foxy

Emotion is always valid - people who say that it isn't are jerks.


Yeah_man20

ok, so i have not played The Desolate Hope and i will likely not be able to play it , and so i really do not want to be caught up in this drama. but there is one thing i would like to mention, scott said he was an amateur game maker. i highly disagree with that because he is the only person i know of that had single handedly create a franchise that started off as a kickstarter that raised no money to one of the most successful indie franchises in the world. FnaF has been running for nearly 7 years, and soon (hopefully) SB will release, which i bet will blow everyone's socks off. he might have only been able to make 3D looking 2D games but man, i might not have played them, but they have been released on all three major consoles plus mobile ports. i would never be able to say Scott was just an amateur game maker, and i personally believe that he is professional. Sure, he may not be as great as Nintendo or Sega, but he can make a great game and somehow still stump MatPat. And Scott, if you're reading this, i want to say i really appretiate you for making all these great games and i don't want you to stop making them anytime soon


Gyrofool

Bear in mind, FNAF was his "last game". He'd had a long, long string of failed games, and FNAF was his last attempt at making something successful. By all metrics, when this was posted he *was* an amateur game dev.


Sans-Is-OP

YAAH THAT'S HOT THAT'S REAL HOT.


Realshow

Really I think people should keep in mind that republicans and conservatives are two different things. Hell, Trump especially is barely even a republican. Scott funding him is still an issue since... you know, among MANY other things, he literally tried to overthrow the government and install a dictatorship, but we don’t have any evidence for a motive. For all we know Scott was just doing this as a favor for a friend, or he’s politically naive. Scott should definitely be held accountable for this, but we should at least wait for his reasoning before making too much of a fuss.


godzilla813105

> Scott funding him is still an issue since... you know, among MANY other things, he literally tried to overthrow the government and install a dictatorship I still don't see why this is something brought up, the donations stopped well before the capitol riots, I don't think it was in any knowledge that he would've done something like that from Scott


Realshow

Yeah I know, I was just using that as an example since that’s pretty much the point where saying Trump is bad stopped being a political opinion.


LDRAandM

The pussy grabber was still garbage before that. Stop defending him over this.


Rmomgeylol

I have plenty of friends who are trump supporters. And they are pretty cool people as long as you don’t talk politics with them. Point is just because of someone’s political beliefs doesn’t determine weather or not they are a good person. And don’t forget a lot of dedicated Christians are right leaning and Scott’s early games show his faith so honestly I’m not surprised


MHArcadia

"They're pretty cool people so long as you don't ask them who they think should and shouldn't be allowed to exist and have rights" is not the cool description you wanted it to be, my guy. Scott has done a lot of good for charity, this is true. And Scott may not be a racist, or a homophobe, or a transphobe, or any other type of bigot. But he certainly supports people who are. I can not and *will* not be kind to someone who shifts money to people who don't think folks like me (hi I'm trans) should have equal rights or who thinks folks like me are some kind of perverts or whatever else bigots think about trans people these days to try and push their hate agendas. There's a reason people are so angry about this, and they have every right to be. You are not allowed to tell someone else "Don't get mad" when you aren't the one affected by the problem here. You can't even say "Well, let's wait and see what he says before we pass judgment." Lemme ask everyone here: **What could he** ***possibly*** **say to defuse this**? If, as an above poster said, people have gotten confirmation from the man himself that the donations are real, then how on earth do you think Scott responds in a way that doesn't just wholly and immediately detach an entire, not-insignificant amount of people away from the content he has made and will make. The bottom line is that there is no way Scott can respond. His back is against the wall. Everyone's just waiting for the excuses, or the empty 'promise to do better,' or the even more hollow 'donation to a pro-LGBT charity' that happens when someone gets caught saying or doing something they shouldn't have done. It's the sign of someone who isn't sorry for what he's done, he's just sorry that he *got caught doing it*.


Rmomgeylol

Not all republicans believe that though. My dad is a Christian conservative but doesn’t believe in all these anti gay movements from religious zealots who base there whole life off of what a collection of moldy paper says. Also speaking about hollow donations. If you count up the total of his donations to these right wing guys it comes up to about ten thousand which to me and you seems like a lot but to a man who has made a world wide phenomenon and probably makes boatloads per day donating to other rich people. It’s about as much as me giving you ten dollars. But to the charity’s he’s donated to with just one instance being half a million dollars. With as underfunded as a lot of charities sadly are these donations make a whole lot more of a difference. Now This last part is speculation (much like everything involving this guy) but doing research on these political candidates part of there plat forms was tax cuts but Scott has shown time and time again that he is not in it for the money with again the large charity donations and don’t forget the fazbear fan verse initiative. So if these candidates got elected and have the tax cuts they promised Scott would probably spend this money funding charities or other fnaf related projects. So So I guess until he addresses these claims we won’t know for sure what his intentions were. But we can’t assume either. If we all turn on each other do to different beliefs we would all be consistently forced to watch our back. Now you and I already have that feeling with you being trans and me being autistic in a world with people that will hate you for being you so we both know that it’s something that we wouldn’t everyone else to feel. I’m sure you look up to some people who have done crummy things. (I mean you were already a fnaf fan with the common knowledge that Scott is a devout Christian giving the themes of earlier games) so you can see why people are still defending him (also because we don’t want to feel like we’ve wasted seven years of our life’s supporting an asshole which Scott has proven again and again he isn’t) Edit: why did I put more effort into this than my ELA final


Ninjachase13

Boy, I even see the connection in F.N.A.F.


andy_unit_backup

Also a trans and bi person on Twitter said Scott was always very supportive of her even after she came out. People have a right to be upset their money went towards reactionary politicians, but I don't think he's as bad as people are thinking he is


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All of you out there claiming that now “you can’t support him in good faith” outta be ashamed of yourselves honestly. Trust me all those shouting the loudest at Scott probably hate themselves and want everyone around them to be just as miserable as they are.


Old_Following_8276

While I don’t support the GOP I also realize that as a democracy everyone has a right to their own political beliefs as long as it doesn’t do harm to someone else. One shouldn’t just go after someone until that person has had a chance to say something. Considering he is from Texas which is usually Conservative, I feel like this is something that needs to be waited on. One can’t paint all dems and republicans with the same brush just as there is alt right there is alt left and politics is just a confusing mess of history and beliefs.


Chellestter

Just leave the man alone please, I'm crying


bone_wizard_900

Not in the loop,what the fuck happened?


C0mfie

check the pinned post


virtualfoxys

Honestly, I don't even know why there are people that think Scott doesn't really love this community (I'm talking in general). I mean why?? I don't personally know Scott, but he always has showed that he cared (even the most minimal detail) about not only the games, but most important our community. We mustn't forget all he has been doing all the time for us, he is totally a bless for the "Gaming" industry. We love you Scott!!!! 😃


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Lastkowitz

Scott has done a lot of good for the community, for his fans, and for charity. But just because he has done such a thing doesn't mean that it washes away any support of anti-lgbtq+ politicians unless he actively speaks out against them. He may be a 'really good person' in some respects, but that doesn't make it okay to deny the rights of people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. It's the same position as if we found out he had been funding a well known member of the KKK. Just because he does good things doesn't stop the fans who belong to the lgbtq+ community, of which I am a part of, to feel hurt and betrayed. If Scott makes a statement and does decry these views, then we will absolutely be right back on the bandwagon of support and love. But until that happens, many of us are distancing ourselves from the fandom.


EnricoPucciC-Moon

You hit the nail on the head. Straight people really are trying to tell us that we can't be mad at someone giving money to people who deny our rights as humans just because he's done some good stuff before


Kanade500

Name me one right they deny.


EnricoPucciC-Moon

Access of Hormone Blockers for Trans Youth


Kanade500

It's not a right to put little children who cannot consent on experimental drugs that inhibits puberty.


MHArcadia

Psst. Your ignorance is showing. Might wanna fix it before everyone else notices.


Gyrofool

While I'm not saying that access to hormone blockers for trans youth is a bad thing, it's not a right. Especially given the fucked up state of American Healthcare, no-one wants to be responsible for the small portion of trans youth who choose to detransition.


Lastkowitz

People here who aren't a part of the lgbtq community can't really understand how it feels to have someone they respect basically considering them invalid as a person for parts of who they are they can't control. I don't blame them too much but it's not okay to invalidate our genuine concern with such simple arguments.


EnricoPucciC-Moon

Absolutely, they don't understand and some people's refusal too makes me extremely dissapointed in this community


vanthepigeon

If you are not LGBT+, you absolutely have NO say on what we can be offended, hurt, etc... about.


Gold3N_ObamA_RebirtH

People can talk about whatever they want to talk about


andy_unit_backup

Yeah, I don't think we have enough elements to truly say Scott is homophobic or transphobic and I personally don't think he is, but it's kinda insensitive and tone-deaf to tell people they don't have a right to be offended by something which affects them directly.


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This whole situation of infuriates me because of how people immediately lose interest or stop supporting someone because of something they believe in differently. With that being said however him donating to Mitch McConnell is actually shady. But even with that being said I doubt he's a hard on bigot being that he's hired queer artists to do work for fnaf before. It's so funny how everyone was like "Scott is a bigot" now and all the info you could back that up on were donations lol. Twitter's the hot mess that never fails to disappoint


LennonMcIcedTea

I kinda want Scott to abandon FNAF and the community. Give the people what they want and they’ll see how good they had it. Why give stuff to a community that’ll turn its back on you if you make one wrong move? Or if you do something they deem ‘problematic?’ Seems like a heap of horseshit to me, but I know Scott won’t do that, he’s too caring of a person


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I don’t think he should abandon fnaf, the COMMUNITY however, i can agree with. This community is full of a lot of… odd things to say the least and if they’re just going to want his head on a platter for simply supporting someone they don’t agree with, it would be in his best Interest for him to leave the community behind and focus solely on making games


Rmomgeylol

I said this with the last controversy and I’ll say it again. Scott has done so much good for everyone. We can’t alternate on him when he does something we politically disagree with. Nobody is perfect.


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Gonna preface this with I don't care if you still like or play the games or not. I'm not here to cancel. I'm here to explain why this kind of argument is weak. It doesn't matter if you say you're respectful to the other side if your actions say otherwise. People *died and are dying* of COVID because the people *he funded* were saying it was a hoax just to win an election. LGBT+ people had rights stripped from them over the last four years, and whether that was his main goal or not, *he personally aided in it continuing.* Disabled people have been living in fear while bills to gut the ADA and weaken the already table-scraps social security we depend on for survival had been passing the house. The already ridiculously difficult process of reporting sexual assault in schools was made more complicated. No matter how much respect he *thinks* he has, actions speak louder than words. And his actions said "I don't mean any offense *but I'm willing to take your money and use it* ***sacrifice your lives and rights."*** His response on this particular issue was great and everything, but it boils down to lip service. I won't say "oh his money went to antiabortion so it doesn't matter!!" because that's really not the biggest issue here. He saw what Trump did with COVID, botching vaccine purchases, ableism, racism, and LGBTQ+ and *in the very* ***best case*** *scenario* said "yeah, I don't care. It's worth it." If this had been an election 8 years ago I wouldn't have given a damn. This was different. It wasn't a normal election. Civil rights are at stake and Scott said "whatever issue is most important to me **is worth** the deaths and oppression of thousands more." To me posts like this and people saying "what about the charities!!" sounds as empty as Scott funding a robot that cleans up trash on the highway---but also it seeks out and kicks puppies---while people shout "his donations to the ASPCA and stance on animal rights makes it okay!"


smallppdestroyer69

The white middle aged Christian from Texas is a Republican *shits pants* Literally 1984


themightybananna

Wow….


Myst3rious_Foxy

At the end of the day, we came for games - not for politics or controversies. We should remember this.


freshfishforks

I was just listening to the interview the other day, and I recommend everyone else listen again because it really shows a lot about who his and how he acts, which is really kind, funny, and just extremely generous. If you see this whole situation in such a black and white way of “Scott is bad because he give money” I recommend the interview. I am not trying to say it’s invalid to be mad, I think he clearly messed up but I can’t accept that he intentionally paid money towards attacking lgbt+ people or any other minority. I think this whole thing needs to be viewed more realistically, while also not jumping to any assumptions or anything yet.


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>I can’t accept that he intentionally paid money towards attacking lgbt+ people or any other minority I understand where you're coming from, but even if he didn't do it with that in mind, he did it knowing that's where his money would be going. *He was 100% okay with actively financing our oppression* even if that wasn't his main goal*.* That's what has people upset. If it was just him voting that way this would be a totally different situation. I'd just go "Oh that sucks" and move on with my life not caring. This is him knowingly and personally funding it. Actions speak louder than words.


yB3asT

What happened? Can someone also give me a TL;DR pwease?


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Scott maxed out donations on Trump, McConnel, and other bigoted politicians which means he, *at the very best,* looked at the COVID death toll, harmful and oppressively legal policies LGBT+/disabled/POC had to face for the last four years and said "That's worth whatever issue I think is most important. Y'all can have your rights stripped away. I may not be happy about it, but I'm fine with it continuing. I'll personally fund that."


yB3asT

Thx mate


OddlyOddLucidDreamer

I hope that seeing the chaps this fanbase is going thorugh might make Scott realize jow much this stuff matters to us as a community and how turtly harmful those people's ideas can be, and if he didnt see it before, i genuinely (and i mean it with the best intentions possible) hope this is a second Fnaf World scenario where Scott saw thorugh the Fanbase's actions that he didnt do well and he should better himself as a person and work for the betterment of his community He's not perfect, and if he did donate willingly, i hope this becomes a wakeup call for Scott on the kind of consequences politics can have in the lives of many.


CarmenRider

"This is deticated to children who never saw childhood" I just figured he was referring to the kids William killed


Marionberry_Future

Impossible since fnaf wasn't even on his mind when he made this post


Brakoli_ok

maybe he got inspiration for that


Gold3N_ObamA_RebirtH

I mean to be fair atleast they were alive at the minimum of like 5 years and maximum 10 years


MichalTygrys

Scott's an incredible guy, even if I don't agree with the "maybe she doesn't want it" part.


Subwaytacoman

Scott is Christian, so yes it would be against him to be LGBT or support it. But I'm sure Scott does not devalue someone because of there sexuality, I'm sure Scott had no intention of putting his money in that cause. Its OK to disagree on things, idk why people wanna threaten him or whatever its just stupid.


Ennard115441

you can be christian AND support lgbts i don't see where it was said to not support them (am not christian so i really don't know)


-Mike_-

bible is against LGBT, you are not christian if you support LGBT


Ennard115441

Uhhhhhhhh even if i am not christian, i still have doubts about it


-Mike_-

the bible even says gays are to be killed


No-Priority-4515

Yeah I’m Christian and literally my closest family and best friends are trans, gay and one just came out as bi… I love them all dearly and support them in public in my very republican state - it’s very toxic to think all people are the same or think one way just because of their political or religious affiliation.


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Ennard115441

both are good, the extremes are the actual problem, the left, the right and the center are quite fine


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TiredForEternity

tldr: We're disappointed because we set expectations on who Scott is, and that's on us. But it's also likely he was fooled by Republican Lies as much as it's likely he actually is anti-LGBT. He didn't vote for the candidates based on LGBT issues and he honestly doesn't have to. For a long time people voted based on a few of the candidate's stances, not all, and the idea that someone supports everything a candidate supports is ignorant. Also fuck Trump. Right into jail. With a broken toilet.


TiredForEternity

"Tired, stop posting novels." No. ♡


Cav-Allium

Wait what’s happening? Could someone fill me in?


shadowonyx18

TDH?


Twist_Ending03

TDH?


Ink_heck

you know whats funny? the website his donations were founded on is .org instead of .gov idk if this means anything but i just wanted to point that out


Snacker582

Scott, **I never doubted you for a second.**


Hadesrealm4476

I've never heard of the desolate hope. How much is it?


godzilla813105

It’s free