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Well, here's the thing - while both groups are right if you take them at face value, there's no reason to take GamerGate at face value anymore. It's feminism v
by bimble 11y ago
Well, here's the thing - while both groups are right if you take them at face value, there's no reason to take GamerGate at face value anymore. It's feminism vs. anti-feminism now.
The anti-GG crowd, as a whole, complains about GG and calls them misogynists. They can be annoying.
The GG crowd peppers anti-GG people with with threats, doxxes them, and sends SWAT teams to their homes and the homes of their relatives. They can be terrifying.
There may be opposing viewpoints, but when it comes to opposing behaviors, there's no contest. One side is a lot more embarrassing for the gaming community than the other.
GG has become a hive mind with an enemies list. As a group, it lashes out at anyone who criticizes it or disagrees with it.
This is why they come up in this particular mess - Randi got called out to the GG groups as a feminist or whatever. Once she got on the list, she became as much of a target as anyone else they don't like.
There are plenty of good people who want to address ethics in gaming journalism, but they aren't going to do it with GG. It's too far gone. They'd do better to form a new group that isn't driven by hate and doesn't make decisions in an echo chamber.
- rewqfdsa 11y agoCitation needed. The behavior you describe is much more prevalent in today's left-authoritarian communities than it is among cultural libertarian ones (of which one example is GamerGate). The anti-SJW side has never gotten a CEO of a tech company fired.
- tptacek 11y ago"Anti-GamerGate" people didn't get Brendan Eich fired, but pro-GamerGate people did indeed send SWAT teams to people's houses. What you're doing here is employing a sleight of hand to try to score points. If you'd been a little more creative with your terms, you probably could have swept the Khmer Rouge into your opposing side, and blamed Randi Harper for genocide as well. So I voted your comment down for its lack of style.
- belorn 11y agoDeath threats, doxxes, and SWATing has been done against people who are anti-GG, pro-GG, and third-parties who simply makes comments about both sides. There is no clean hands anywhere in this, and both anti-GG and pro-GG are constantly claiming that people who commit such acts are not part of their movements. Mobs don't take responsibility for their actions, which is why we always see people talk about one side being made from evil and one side being made from good (if annoying).