2014-10-26: Shameful Display
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2014-10-26: Shameful Display
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Re: 2014-10-26: Shameful Display
Yay MST3K rip-off totem thing is back
At least Naga doesn't seem to get a beating this time. Or hot sauce tentacle treatment for that matter.
At least Naga doesn't seem to get a beating this time. Or hot sauce tentacle treatment for that matter.
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Re: 2014-10-26: Shameful Display
Seriously, no worries about her not being a predator. The professional victim gambit is about as predatory as you can get.
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Yeah. A wolf in sheep's clothing, or in Naga's case a snake in a big wool sock. To be fair though, there's a saying about a fool and his money that would apply to anyone buying Naga's books.lyze wrote:The professional victim gambit is about as predatory as you can get.
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Re: 2014-10-26: Shameful Display
Just checking - am I missing some context here? I mean, I know that the "I said mean things about group X, and a member of group X sent me a death threat! That proves that I was justified in everything I said and that all members of group X are pure evil!" argument is common among self-righteous assholes of all stripes, but is there anything in recent events that prompted this?
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Closest I can think of is #GamerGate. The short version is that a bunch of gamers, in the name of journalistic ethics, have threatened a couple of developers and a blogger out of their homes and a few other ladies out of the industry. The blogger, Anita Sarkeesian, recently canceled a speaking engagement because of a bomb threat. (The police thought it would be safe with extra security, but she was worried about her audience getting hurt.) I can provide more details if you want.Baeraad wrote:Just checking - am I missing some context here? I mean, I know that the "I said mean things about group X, and a member of group X sent me a death threat! That proves that I was justified in everything I said and that all members of group X are pure evil!" argument is common among self-righteous assholes of all stripes, but is there anything in recent events that prompted this?
(Disclaimer: Many Gaters claim it's only a minority among them that engage in overt harassment, including credible threats involving the victims' home addresses, and there's nothing the majority can do to stop them because it's a leaderless, largely anonymous movement. I say this mainly because I don't want to be accused of bias when I'm essentially just relaying facts.)
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Re: 2014-10-26: Shameful Display
some predators mimic prey, in order to lure their prey to them.
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Anita is a jokeBloodHenge wrote:Closest I can think of is #GamerGate. The short version is that a bunch of gamers, in the name of journalistic ethics, have threatened a couple of developers and a blogger out of their homes and a few other ladies out of the industry. The blogger, Anita Sarkeesian, recently canceled a speaking engagement because of a bomb threat. (The police thought it would be safe with extra security, but she was worried about her audience getting hurt.) I can provide more details if you want.Baeraad wrote:Just checking - am I missing some context here? I mean, I know that the "I said mean things about group X, and a member of group X sent me a death threat! That proves that I was justified in everything I said and that all members of group X are pure evil!" argument is common among self-righteous assholes of all stripes, but is there anything in recent events that prompted this?
http://youtu.be/WuRSaLZidWI?list=PLQJW3 ... wCiaqjSulc
as for her death threads specifically
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tXyqP ... a8cilis88A
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Re: 2014-10-26: Shameful Display
Ye gods. I am having trouble deciding what annoys me more - that Sarkeesian person's tone of righteous martyrdom, or that Thunderfoot lout's tone of smirking condescension. I kind of feel like they deserve each other, to tell you the truth...taltamir wrote:Anita is a joke
http://youtu.be/WuRSaLZidWI?list=PLQJW3 ... wCiaqjSulc
as for her death threads specifically
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tXyqP ... a8cilis88A
As for the actual subject, I think they both have a point and they're both overstating the case. From the video games I've played, they're certainly mostly about dudes hitting other dudes in the face, with a few token chicks allowed in for a few, often kind of stereotypical and limited, roles. And that's a shame, I feel. (the fact that I'm hanging around this particular forum should be a hint that I like seeing plenty of female characters who are diverse, dynamic and interestingly fucked up. ) But to hear feminist crusaders against video games tell it, most games are mainly about gunnin' down hos while you laugh your sleazy dudebro ass off. That... generally is not the case, in my experience. There usually are female characters and they usually do get shown to be, y'know, people - there's just fewer of them, and less focus on them, than the dudes. Which, again, is a shame and I'd love to see it change, but goddamn it, there is a difference between "getting an unfairly small slice of the pie" and "being ground down and used to make the pie," and I never get the impression that these crusading feminists are aware of that.
Sorry, I'm soapboxing. Anyway, thanks for the input, both of you.
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Re: 2014-10-26: Shameful Display
Lots of bloggers are jokes. That doesn't mean they should be chased out of their homes with very specific, legitimate, actionable death threats that merit investigation by the FBI. Like the ones Anita received, as a matter of public record.taltamir wrote:Anita is a joke
http://youtu.be/WuRSaLZidWI?list=PLQJW3 ... wCiaqjSulc
as for her death threads specifically
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tXyqP ... a8cilis88A
I'm just trying to relay facts without getting my opinion all over them. That's what Gaters want, right?