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I don't see this turning out well for the accusers. The audience that they are reaching online via a website, plus the bloggers and other news sources that are
by diziet 14y ago
I don't see this turning out well for the accusers. The audience that they are reaching online via a website, plus the bloggers and other news sources that are going to cover this are more likely to have a sympathetic outlook toward someone that plays video games and will feel the accusers are the ones who are not in tune with the real world.
- dromidas 14y agoI kind of expect this to turn out like a minor version of SOPA... They are targeting her for doing something that SO MANY people do that you're going to make all those people take her side when otherwise they probably wouldn't have cared. Worst campaign move ever... don't those guys know this is the 21st century and online games are normal?
- DigitalJack 14y agoWhat is being highlighted are the things she said in comments. Go look at the page. They don't harp on the game very much. They do a little, probably because they see it as juvenile (not saying I agree). Mostly it's about the things she is saying.
- dromidas 14y agoYeah but anyone playing a mmo is going to say stuff like that. It only looks bad to the people who have never gamed before.
- DigitalJack 14y agoI don't think most anyone playing an mmo is going to say they are going to drown Grover Norquist in their bathtub. This isn't game talk.
- roguecoder 14y agoI've seen that and far worse in Trade...
- andrewla 14y agoI wish I could agree with you, but I see this working very well for the accusers. Like it or lump it, most people regard playing video games as childish and immature. The comments, etc., give it an air of legitimacy; a patina of "we're criticizing her views", but the heart of this looks like it's a simple "look at the child, playing dress-up and running around in a fantasy world". When non-technical people I know find out that I play video games, the reaction ranges from amused tolerance to condescension. Frankly, the reaction of most technical people I know is not far off from that either.