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Game Developer Wu Leaves Home after Death Threats

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday October 12 2014, @02:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the whose-side-are-you-on? dept.

An anonymous coward writes:

Brianna Wu, head of the independent gaming studio Giant Spacekat, was the target of a series of tweets containing death threats on Friday; one published her home address (since redacted). The poster's Twitter account has been disabled.

Wu responded on Friday night with the tweet:

Brianna Wu @Spacekatgal

The police just came by. Husband and I are going somewhere safe.

Remember, #gamergate isn't about attacking women.

GamerGate supporters denounced the threats and "doxxing" against Wu and disavowed the poster. However, several suspected that the tweets were a false flag created by anti-GamerGate forces:

Sun Knight @SunKnightO

@Sen_Armstrong @Spacekatgal @chatterwhiteman It's clearly either a troll or false flag shame that people actually think its legit.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @05:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @05:55PM (#105131)

    You're not doing a very good job of "ignoring" the alleged "attacks" against you if you keep on replying to them!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:08PM (#105146)

    I wasn't attacking. Just pointing out the extremist position. It is really unhealthy to simply claim whatever you believe as to be true and unwilling to talk about it unless it is to attack or defend against other people. Either a thought can stand up to rational scrutiny or it can't. If that is something someone is unwilling to do, then they have lost all cogent judgement.

    • (Score: 2) by tathra on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:24PM

      by tathra (3367) on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:24PM (#105163)

      i wanted to comment to say something like that, but couldn't word it right. i'm definitely up for debate and discussion, but looking at all the other posts in this article, its not happening; its all just the same old bullshit from the previous "gamergate" article, people blatantly ignoring facts, using strawmen and red herrings to support their pre-made conclusions. its stupid, and its a waste of time responding because they'll just continue to repeat the same bullshit or move goalposts when they have to (denialist tactics). i'm hoping i prevented the worst of it by calling it out preemptively.