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Game over, man, game over.
I wonder how many comics readers are also misogynist gamergaters.
More than a few.
Not to jinx anything, but if you replaced “video games” with “comics”, would the playbook work the same?
Guys and gals, I heard it was about responsiblity and accountability in video game journalism. THAT’S why all these women, and none of the men, are being harassed and threatened. Because, reasons.
The videogame journalism angle was a smokescreen which was quickly debunked when a guy claimed his ex-girlfriend was in cahoots with a reviewer–a reviewer who never reviewed her game. After that was exposed it came down to criticism of female characters in videogames (one example was shown on the Colbert Report). It used to be that gamers had to defend themselves from accusations that videogames caused violence. Now gamers are threatening violence against female videogame critics. This was also discussed on the Colbert Report. Reasons.
THAT’S why all these women, and none of the men
Completely untrue. Guys associated with Gamergate have also received death threats, but this is unreported because it disrupts the narrative. After all, if Gamergate people are responsible for threats by trolls then doesn’t the same hold true for the other side?
A quick google search will provide all the details you want on this. The three most egregious threats I saw were Milo Yiannopoulos, the guy who broke the story on the games version of JournoList, being sent a syringe in the mail, youtuber KingofPol being sent a kitchen knife in the mail along with a note to “please kill yourself,” and lawyer Mike Cernovich having to leave his house over threats of SWATing.
You calling anyone who acts bad on the stupid gamergate side a ‘troll’ speaks volumes. Using the No True Scotsmen defense is severely lame.
What created this was a woman had sex with a man, and it was misconstrued and misrepresented by agenda-driven fools as proof that she was sleeping with him for a good review on a game he didn’t review. She had sex, so she must have been wrong in some form or fashion. Anything else has been spin to try and hide away the fact that the initial stuff was all from a foundation of false facts pushed out by a jealous and mentally abusive ex seeking to use the internet to shame and degrade her.
“Trolls” is the common term used for people that engage in online harrassment. I’m not sure why the use of this term offends you. Regardless, you’re trying to change the subject to be about me when I listed no personal views on the matter.
I’m simply informing anyone reading that the harrassment and threats go both ways on this issue. News reporting on controversial issues tends to be heavily biased. This is why it’s my personal policy to be skeptical and research multiple news sources on anything controversial so that I can obtain facts rather than what any one side claims.
Thanks for listing the names, Johnny. I’m not into games and had no acquaintance with any of these cases. I’ve seen some pro and con on the gentlemen listed, particularly Cernovich. But even if none of the three might be deemed a poster boy for Equal Harassment by Feminist Frequency, even one is enough to put the lie to Sarkessian’s claim.
It would appear that in Sarkessian’s haste to construct a “poor pitiful me” narrative, she allowed herself to forget the rich heritage of harassment of males, by males. Has everyone forgotten the sixties (insert predictable pot joke here), when a guy with long hair was like a red flag, waved in front of the noses of buzzcut Minotaurs?
This is not to say that women don’t practice their own brand of harassment. It’s just more subtle– like Sarkeesian’s misinformation.
Oh god jesus, people, and because there is a “the rich heritage of harassment of males, by males” that means we shouldn’t examine the rich, prolific, appalling and dehumanizing current every day harassment of women?
Jesus christ. why did neither of you respond to the reason for the original gamergate tag, but instead diverge into various offshoots? is it because there’s really no defense?
WHAT ABOUT VIDEO GAME JOURNALISM IS SO WRONG THAT THE ORIGINAL WOMAN AND OTHER SUBSEQUENT WOMEN NEEDED TO BE HARASSED?
And now, my comments on the interview itself:
http://arche-arc.blogspot.com/2014/10/positive-equity-negative-results.html
Heidi, I don’t know if Sarkeesian is the first person to claim that only women had been harassed.
But she did repeat what appears to be an untruth on the Colbert Show. Maybe she really believed it, and if so she may have been merely mistaken rather than lying. But there’s a strong possiblity that she framed things things that way is to encourage a narrative of gender polarization– and that she, unlike Colbert, may be a real advocate of “truthiness.”
Sarkeesian is the one encouraging a narrative of gender polarization??? IT must be awesome to always be on the winning side.