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Gamers have been hearing that crap for a while now.

The incident previous to this one was Sam Biddle claiming that bullying needs to return. On what appears to be a day where people are trying to celebrate stopping LGBT bullying. And as seen, he was supported.

This is why BMW and Adobe pulled out. Not explicitly in defense of #GamerGate, but because Gawker is just being vile towards those who are not in support of it.
 
Radi Ashun said:
And used a picture of an autistic kid in her memes? I thought that was just some random kid picture.
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I might be wrong, but last I heard that was a stock photo, that it was just used in some autism literature. http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?models=578&context_photo=26042713

I've been trying to just keep away from the issue for a while now, poking my head in now and then to see what's going on. Frankly, I don't think it's gotten much better, just more of the same bickering and grandstanding. The anti-gamergate people are being ridiculous assholes, and the gamergate side are trying to paint themselves as being purely about ethics when it's clear that there's a large element that wants to take a crack at taking down the SJWs.

I sympathize with the ethics bit I think, and I'm sure there are plenty who do only want journalism ethics, but gamergate is too amorphous for me to ever join, I'm not going to put my name to a movement until I know exactly what I'm putting my name behind. Besides, I don't think I could ever stand to align myself with a movement that tolerates a transphobic asshole like Milo Yiannopoulos, especially when they would crucify any anti-gamergater who says half the things he does.

Definitely not worth putting gray hairs on my head over it...
 
Radi Ashun said:
I have to admit that I keep flip-flopping over this whole issue. On one hand I see what the Gamergaters are trying to achieve, on the other I can see what the other side is saying about doxxing and harassment. It's very, very complex and confusing. I want to support a side but even that is driving me nuts because both sides have very valid points.

I think I am just going to try and take a neutral stance on this whole thing even though it's very difficult. I guess not being a gamer, I really shouldn't be investing myself into this whole thing as it doesn't pertain to me really.

I still want to be able to play games though and I will have to backtrack this thread and find those that recommended things to me

Edit: Dabitch's article is really good and she makes a good point about how this could affect women who are thinking of getting into the gaming industry.
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There's nothing wrong with neutrality. Neutrality doesn't have to mean you don't have an opinion. If you have strong opinions on things, but they don't split cleanly to one side or the other, you shouldn't feel the need to carry one side's banner. If you're worried about doxxing/harassment, you can make a new twitter account with fake personal information. And say something like "I'm neutral on gg, but I believe x" I don't think anyone will jump down your throat for that. If they do, they're probably not worth listening to.
 
And now a word from our token crazy motherfucker:

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Welp, you heard the man, people. Gamergate is over.

I suggest you respond accordingly (ideally, by contacting advertisers and continuing to punch Gawker, Destructoid, et al in the dick).
 
Jaimas said:
And now a word from our token crazy motherfucker:

Fake Trigger Warning: The following post is satire, with a real call to action thereafter

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Welp, you heard the man, people. Gamergate is over.

I suggest you respond accordingly (ideally, by contacting advertisers and continuing to punch Gawker, Destructoid, et al in the dick).
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I'm starting to wonder if he's just egging them on at this point. Like, maybe he thinks he's playing the long game somehow?
 
Jaimas said:
Welp, you heard the man, people. Gamergate is over.

I suggest you respond accordingly (ideally, by contacting advertisers and continuing to punch Gawker, Destructoid, et al in the dick).
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Isn't this like the 4th or 5th time someone said it was over?

Don't these people know the more antagonistic and egotistical you are the more it encourages people to do what you don't want them to do?
 
Cuddlebug said:
Isn't this like the 4th or 5th time someone said it was over?
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I lost count at six. We're up to double-digits if you count celebrity shit-kicking.

In other news, remember when Todd in the Shadows pulled the JewWario defense, pissing off essentially everyone? A former TGWTF contributor, LordKat, delivered a pretty awesome rebuttal.

 
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lizardlolilover said:
I have been following this closely and all I can say is that it is a clusterfuck.

I cannot tell who is right about what, especially considering that articles i found about it mention that misogynist conservefags are trying to get supporters from this, and that that the proof provided by the so called boyfriend is unprovible.
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What more proof do you need?
 
So Milo and Jim (InternetAristocrat) are both in Chicago right now. The paranoid answer is that there's a court case going on between Jim, Milo, and LW1. But that doesn't make any sense since I don't think LW1, nor Jim, isn't from the Chicago area. The probable answer is they're doing a news piece on NPR or the like. Which also doesn't make sense since they could've done Skype calls.

Also, thank you LordKat!
 
Jaimas said:
And now a word from our token crazy motherfucker:

Fake Trigger Warning: The following post is satire, with a real call to action thereafter

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Welp, you heard the man, people. Gamergate is over.

I suggest you respond accordingly (ideally, by contacting advertisers and continuing to punch Gawker, Destructoid, et al in the dick).
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What I think is going on here is that he (and others) are hoping that if you keep shouting a particular message over and over again, eventually it will be true. Unfortunately, I doubt that is the case.
 
A couple people in this thread have mentioned a concern about targeting SJWs, and feel we should return to the ethics and corruption charges. I don't disagree with your sentiment, but in my mind these are issues that are inextricably linked. The corruption and ethics violations have come because of SJWs and their friends (unwilling or otherwise) within the media. Leigh Alexander didn't get to power on her charm alone, she got there by brow beating, bullying, and eventually controlling a good chunk of the show. Ben Kuchera, Patricia Hernandez, Jim Sterling, these are all people without scruples who are leveraging social movements to sell their personal brand. Ben Kuchera is a writer for Polygon technically, but he's really a writer for Ben Kuchera, and his entire purpose is to sell Ben Kuchera as best he can to the people he has aligned with.

I've written a lot about Gawker, because they entered this fight willingly instead of leaving their Gaming Arm to wither and die like they should have. I'm also a little bit too heated, because I've got a bit of a temper and I also fucking loathe Gawker - I hateread their site occasionally when I'm having too good of a day and I want to get some righteous anger in me. With that said, take a gander at their newest article, the... Jesus, what is this now? 10th article that Gawker and it's subsidiaries have written about in less than two weeks.

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They lay in to Copypaste, and 8chan, because that's the new hotness everyone is terrified of and doesn't understand... but why the fuck do they go on to attack Wizardchan?

Okay Gawker, you stupid shits, let's talk about how you're really champions of the people.

Unpaid interns for the website Gawker.com have won a round in court in their attempt to bring a class-action suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

A federal judge has ruled that lawyers bringing the suit can send notices to unpaid interns throughout the company who could potentially join the lawsuit.

The judge did not decide on the interns’ claims, but did rule they had sufficiently common characteristics to be certified as a class.
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Dabitch also kills it again, discussing Adobe abandoning Gawker.

Adobe, the creators of creatives favorite tools have sponsored Behance's Bully Project Mural, a social action campaign inspired by the award-winning film BULLY.

Ironically, this is now getting them bullied on twitter.
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