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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @07:59PM
> Again, you don't seem to understand that some brain-damaged sexist policy will likely come about because of this.
Ok, how about you explain what kind of brain-damaged sexist policy will likely come about because of this.
Make it good because what I expect to hear from you is something from a fever dream.
(Score: 2) by velex on Sunday October 12 2014, @08:21PM
Ok, you made me laugh.
What about propositions to limit one's avatar to one's legal gender?
Haha, I went to look for that referece, probably from 2003 or so, I think it was a Microsoft policy, but instead I found an actual implementation [blogs.com].
Of course, given the specifics, I have nothing to bitch about. I don't play that game and even if I did, I'd likely "pass" and get permission for a female avatar whether I was trying to or not. I worry about some friends who do not get gendered female as often as I do.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @08:43PM
> What about propositions to limit one's avatar to one's legal gender?
That's funny, because I would expect the result to go the other way. That games which didn't let people play as other genders would be sanctioned. The entire point of the feminists is that gamergater dudebros don't know what its like to be a woman online.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @08:46PM
>gamergater dudebros
#NotYourSlur
(Score: 2) by velex on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:03PM
Feminists are peculiar in this way.
They want to cut your balls off right up until they find out that you would like that. They want to put you in a dress right up until they find out you have several dresses you like to wear, then suddenly it's a matter of being a rapist because you get gendered female too often for their tastes.
If I'm remembering the brain-damage correctly, it was the same matter as it is with feminist transphobia. The feminists are horrified at the possibility that anybody who was assigned the male gender at birth might gain female privilege (or heaven help us sneak into the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival).
Feminism is all about chauvenism and cis-woman privilege. It's complete sexism.
Also, the feminists are afraid that somebody like me might be gendered by somebody else as female and learn what it's really like to be a woman. It makes it very difficult to believe their victim power bullshit after being extended female privilege both online and offline. They hate that there are people like me who know exactly what it's like to be a woman. Maybe they should just fucking drop their "bathroom rape" shit and let me be a woman full time. Then I wouldn't post angry shit when I'm looking forward to being forced to present as a male yet again and be accountable for the actions of these gamer-gate shitheads.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:13PM
Your definition of feminism is wrong.
I don't think you are able to hear any other definition.
It is kind of sad.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:28PM
That's why social justice warrior is a good term to have. It allows you to separate proactive feminists from whiny loser feminists.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:35PM
> That's why social justice warrior is a good term to have. It allows you to separate proactive feminists from whiny loser feminists.
That's odd. I use it to identify whiny loser misogynists and racists.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:38PM
> That's odd. I use it to identify whiny loser misogynists and racists.
That's ok. Everybody makes mistakes [reddit.com].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:30PM
She's describing the de facto definition of feminism. It's the only definition that actually matters.
Any dictionary/academic/de jure definition of feminism is irrelevant.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:32PM
> She's describing the de facto definition of feminism.
Nope. She's describing something she personally experienced once or twice and which has been reinforced by the gleeful howls of anti-progressives.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @10:28PM
This woman knows what she's talking about! Mod her up!