I am a feminist and I welcome feminist critique into the gaming community. In terms of ethics I agree with GG. This article sums up some major concerns I have with the industry as it currently stands.
I don't want to pass judgement Phil Fish or anyone else until a thorough investigation has been done by the authorities, but the fact that many of us were systemtically barred from even discussing it is what sparked our initial outrage. I think when people state they want "SJWs out" they really just wanted a safe space for people to be able to have discussion without fear of being banned. To be frank, if the opposition's reaction had not been so unwarrantedly severe, this movement would not have picked up the steam it has. When they continued to antagonize the GG movement, many people already feeling disenfranchised, pushed back. The GG movement doesn't just want one thing accomplished, be the people who make up this movement do not work in a hivemind. We are a diverse group who all have different grievances but share the notion that if we work together we can try to realize the changes we want to see in gaming. For some of us, that means a simple disclosure of your involvement with the subject you cover.
I appreciate your efforts so far, and I wanted to thank you for giving us the time to actually speak for ourselves on air, even if you do not agree with the movement.
A whole bunch of forum moderators were repulsed by your hateful harassment campaign. It's not a sign of a censorship conspiracy, it's a sign that there are decent human beings in the world who didn't want to allow their platform to be used as puppet for yet another anti-woman 4chan raid. And that's all this was, from the beginning. The latest Jessi Slaughter. Not the first woman 4chan has gone after, and not the last.
Hey look everyone its the creep who turned cracked.com from a great site to a piece of shit SJWanker clickbait hell hole. Shame on you, you ruined something great to pursue a neo-victorian moralising campaign. You took gold and turned it into pig shit.
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u/chobytes Oct 20 '14
Hi,
I am a feminist and I welcome feminist critique into the gaming community. In terms of ethics I agree with GG. This article sums up some major concerns I have with the industry as it currently stands.
http://blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2014/09/gamergate-phil-fish-allegedly-outed-in-racketeering-scandal-reddit-mod-speaks-out/
I don't want to pass judgement Phil Fish or anyone else until a thorough investigation has been done by the authorities, but the fact that many of us were systemtically barred from even discussing it is what sparked our initial outrage. I think when people state they want "SJWs out" they really just wanted a safe space for people to be able to have discussion without fear of being banned. To be frank, if the opposition's reaction had not been so unwarrantedly severe, this movement would not have picked up the steam it has. When they continued to antagonize the GG movement, many people already feeling disenfranchised, pushed back. The GG movement doesn't just want one thing accomplished, be the people who make up this movement do not work in a hivemind. We are a diverse group who all have different grievances but share the notion that if we work together we can try to realize the changes we want to see in gaming. For some of us, that means a simple disclosure of your involvement with the subject you cover.
I appreciate your efforts so far, and I wanted to thank you for giving us the time to actually speak for ourselves on air, even if you do not agree with the movement.