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Explain what is wrong with gamergate. I don't game so I don't know. Seems to me reddit is the site you should be hating. Edit: Actually after thinking it over,

by zxcvcxz 11y ago

Explain what is wrong with gamergate. I don't game so I don't know. Seems to me reddit is the site you should be hating. Edit: Actually after thinking it over, it's free speech you should be against. It really sucks when sites host opinions you don't agree with doesn't it? I googled gamer gate and they seem to be against people exactly like you: People who want to shut down other peoples opinions that they don't agree with.

albedoa 11y ago
I googled gamer gate and they seem to be against people exactly like you Incredible that you just learned about GamerGate and are already an expert. Oh wait: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394472 And More: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394708 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394708 Heh: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9556077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9556077
- zxcvcxz 11y ago
  So are you saying SJWs have something to do with the gamergate thing?
  - artichokeheart 11y ago
    God how I do love that acronym. As soon as I see it I know to ignore anything the person using it says. It's like a giant flashing fuckwit sign.
    - marssaxman 11y ago
      Yes, exactly! It is meaningless as a term, lacking any referent, but oh so useful as a shibboleth: anyone who believes in it can be killfiled on sight.
    - zxcvcxz 11y ago
      The you must ignore a lot of the self proclaiming social justice warriors.
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makomk 11y ago
What's wrong with gamergate is that they pissed off the media. Officially, it's because they're trying to harass women out of gaming, but (a) they're not, and (b) almost everyone opposed to them is quite happy to side with people who are just because gamergate is against them. Like, there's one guy who sent a massive number of specific, actionable death threats against Leigh Alexander and other women in tech, and pretty much everyone has sided with him because gamergate tried to get the police to take action against his threats and portrayed this as proof gg is evil, even though that's exactly what they're supposedly calling for the police to do. The most ricidulous thing is, there are actually boards on 8chan that actually do the things gamergate is accused of, like swatting, doxing and so on, but they usually get a free pass because no-one cares about those things anymore except as a way to attack gamergate.

by zxcvcxz 11y ago

albedoa 11y ago

I googled gamer gate and they seem to be against people exactly like you Incredible that you just learned about GamerGate and are already an expert. Oh wait: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394472 And More: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394708 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9394708 Heh: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9556077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9556077

zxcvcxz 11y ago
So are you saying SJWs have something to do with the gamergate thing?
- artichokeheart 11y ago
  God how I do love that acronym. As soon as I see it I know to ignore anything the person using it says. It's like a giant flashing fuckwit sign.
  - marssaxman 11y ago
    Yes, exactly! It is meaningless as a term, lacking any referent, but oh so useful as a shibboleth: anyone who believes in it can be killfiled on sight.
  - zxcvcxz 11y ago
    The you must ignore a lot of the self proclaiming social justice warriors.
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makomk 11y ago

What's wrong with gamergate is that they pissed off the media. Officially, it's because they're trying to harass women out of gaming, but (a) they're not, and (b) almost everyone opposed to them is quite happy to side with people who are just because gamergate is against them. Like, there's one guy who sent a massive number of specific, actionable death threats against Leigh Alexander and other women in tech, and pretty much everyone has sided with him because gamergate tried to get the police to take action against his threats and portrayed this as proof gg is evil, even though that's exactly what they're supposedly calling for the police to do. The most ricidulous thing is, there are actually boards on 8chan that actually do the things gamergate is accused of, like swatting, doxing and so on, but they usually get a free pass because no-one cares about those things anymore except as a way to attack gamergate.