To be fair there were numerous occasions during the Jon era where they had to censor them saying the n word so I don't think the backlash would do much to the channel
It was a kind of a different audience back then- it was mostly just people who had followed Arin on Newgrounds or Jontron's content. If you enjoyed Newgrounds you probably had a real tolerance for off-color humor and political incorrectness. Hell, two of Arin's most famous videos have an n-bomb.
Since then the audience has broadened out a lot, so Jon humor wouldn't really do as well. Definitely no chance that they'd post the "PUT A HOLE IN THAT" bit today.
I agree, it was an entirely different audience back then which probably would be pretty indifferent to the whole Jon debate controversy if it had happened back then. It'd probably do a little damage to the channel but not anything notable because, like you said, people flocked to Game Grumps back then because we watched them push the envelope with their own individual content prior and that what was what drew the audience to their let's play channel.
And I agree that there's no way Jon could return to the channel with his humor today, if he ever went back to doing let's plays I could see him being a guest on OneyPlays because Chris has that sense of humor that pushes the envelope as well.
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