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Amid outcry, Fortnite removes ‘Peacemaker’ dance ’emote’ that users said resembled a swastika

JL;DR SUMMARY Fortnite, a widely popular online video game, has removed a dance emote featuring John Cena's character from the show Peacemaker after users pointed out its resemblance to a swastika. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Holocaust EducationFortniteSwastikaVideo GamesDonald DuckPeacemakerJames GunnJohn CenaEmote

Places mentioned

United States
"it was revealed to fans that the alternate reality that Cenas Peacemaker character had discovered is a version of the United States where the Nazis won World War II."
Israel
"filmmaker James Gunn, who also stirred controversy with his recent adaptation of Superman, which some fans said was an allegory for the Israel-Hamas conflict."
France
"a virtual Holocaust museum called Voices of the Forgotten opened inside Fortnite, allowing users to see the lives of a French-Jewish family in the years before and during the Holocaust."

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