Gamergate

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The initial thing that started this ("ethics in video game journalism") strikes me as ridiculous but feminist "game critics" are vapid and annoying and clearly don't actually play many of the games that they attack as "misogynist" so I don't really have any sympathy.

Okay this is a legitimate point.

Except that no, it's not a legitimate point. The assertion that these "vapid women" must not play videogames is itself a misogynist idea — a way to immediately dismiss their point of view based on a stereotype. The women who are the target of GamerGate attacks are routinely charged with being "fake gamer girls" who merely pretend to like games for attention from men. Never mind the fact that these are established game designers who work in the industry.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I think it's more in reference to people like Sarkeesian who clearly hasn't played many of the games she's criticized. But yes people like her are not the majority of Gamergate targets.

[Oak Hills]

Yay!  Mecha's back!

[Gustaf]

Deus Naturae continue to be an utterly disgusting excuse for a human being. FTR, Lief, I dislike misogynists like him and opebo just the same!

[All Along The Watchtower]

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bustle/im-brianna-wu-and-im-risking-my-life-standing-up-to-gamergate_b_6661530.html

[BaconBacon96]

The news media's hyperbolic reaction to this whole stupidity is probably what scares women out of that industry more than anything else.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

There's a rather large difference between thinking that Sarkeesian isn't a particularly good or effective critic (which is a perfectly reasonable opinion) and threatening her with violence or defending said threats of violence (less so).

This Gamergate thing being dragged on by a stubborn and awful minority makes me more and more embarrassed to consider myself a gamer.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I was trying to respond to one of Deus's posts, but I accidentally wound up modifying it instead  because I pressed the wrong button.

Unfortunately, I deleted much of the original post in the reply. It didn't make much sense to do anything else but scrap the whole thing. I sent Deus a PM with the portions I was attempting to quote, in case he'd like to resubmit his post.

My apologies.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

so, uh, wow…

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what do you guys think, will this go anywhere?

[Antonio the Sixth]

This is all really, really sad.

[ingemann]

http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2014/05/cyberbll.html

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2014/05/cyberbll.html

What the F is this unreadable thing?