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

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 Monday October 13 2014, @12:38AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 13 2014, @12:38AM (#105357)

    Ok, AC, this is past the point of intellectual rigour.

    This is clearly about holding an entire demographic accountable for the actions of one dickwad.

    I'll say it again. Cut off his balls and inject him with estrogen. That's what this dickface deserves. Be done with it.

    I must say I find it rather telling, in a sad sort of a way, that you apparently see "being turned into a women" essentially as punishment. I gather that you are in the process of transitioning to being a woman yourself. I realize that psychoanalyzing someone over the internet is fraught with peril but, wow!, you are throwing off some really weird vibes. I hope you are getting therapy for this, and I mean that sincerely.

    Don't hold me accountable. I'm an individual. Don't tread on me.

    Why aren't we holding this individual accountable and instead making it a matter of shitting on an entire demographic?

    To my eye, it would appear that the only ones in this "demographic" who are being "shit on" are those who would excuse, deny, or rationalize death threats and doxxing. You go ahead and play your video games if you like. No one is going to "tread" on you.