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This post sets up and knocks down a strawman quite expertly. You're right, it's not just Anita Sarkeesian who gets death threats, threats of rape, etc. leveled
by mbleigh 12y ago
This post sets up and knocks down a strawman quite expertly. You're right, it's not just Anita Sarkeesian who gets death threats, threats of rape, etc. leveled at her by idiot troll gamers. That's gaming's culture of harassment and embarrassing childishness due to anonymity.
What the author conveniently ignores is that while Jack Thompson woke the gamer troll machine by being a living caricature of game-hatred, Anita Sarkeesian invites the same wrath by creating level-headed, well-researched videos whose only "incendiary" call to action is for the creators of games to be more thoughtful and inclusive in their use of female characters in video games.
The misogyny isn't in the harassment itself, it's in why the harassment is occurring.