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Gamergate without the Sexist Smokescreen

posted by LaminatorX on Monday September 08 2014, @08:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the tell-us-how-you-really-feel dept.

Boxzy writes:

I've been reading with horror the mainstream games journalists attacking en-mass the people who put butter on their bread and finally someone has written what I was thinking. Gamers are not dead, but games journalists are running scared.

From the article:

I’m writing you an open letter, because you really seemed to enjoy the one you received the other day. Unfortunately, you might not like this one as much, because it doesn’t allow you to pontificate to your readership in a belittling and condescending manner, but at least if I am going to outline some painful truths I’ve done so in a manner you may find more palatable. After all, it is customary to make the dying as comfortable as possible during their final moments.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 08 2014, @03:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 08 2014, @03:00PM (#90786)

    This is very close to the "she was wearing a short skirt, so she was asking for it" argument.

    Women wearing short skirts very often are "asking for it" or at least advertising availability. In no way does that justify sexual assault, neither would it justify a complaint about men being able to see the womans legs. Let's check for mutual exclusivity:

    • I'm not ashamed of my body and publish topless pictures of myself on the internet.
    • I'm concerned about people sharing topless pictures of me on social media.

    And you can check her twitter, she's not exactly playing the victim role. So we have a bunch of abusive bullies masking their activities behind a load of bullshit about corruption in games journalism. And the target of the abuse who appears to be something of an exhibitionist and remains more or less un-fazed while milking the publicity for all it's worth.

    If they'd all kindly fuck off, I wouldn't have to read about this stupidity ever again.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 08 2014, @03:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 08 2014, @03:44PM (#90804)

    Those masked bullies could very well be her attacking herself for sympathy. Which is likely what happened at the start to gather outrage and support for her. A real sicko IMO.