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Comment Re:Ethics? (Score 1) 556

Insofar as they apply to gamergate as a whole and not some assholes we ban on sight, your harassment claims are false, but if they were true that still wouldn't make your spreading hate speech about autistic people okay. That said, your behavior is echoed by the outlets Gamergate is boycotting, which is the main reason I've gotten involved in the advertiser writing campaign to begin with.

Why is Gawker Media describing Gamergate as composed of "angry Sonic the Hedgehog fans"? (We didn't organize on a sonic forum, it's not a best-selling game or franchise this decade, it hasn't been involved in a censorship controversy - but there is a stereotype that Sonic fans are autistic!) Why is "neckbeard" used to mean misogynist in anti-gamergate circles? Why were the gamers are dead articles filled with stereotypes of nerds that just so happen to describe people with aspergers'? Why are 4chan terms okay when applied to people on the autism spectrum but not to women or people of color?

Autistic people are not your shield.

Comment Re:Who wins with threats? (Score 1) 556

The status quo in game journalism is laughably corrupt writers taking money for reviews and writing puff pieces on their buddies, and Gamergate are the only people I see making any effort to change that. Know of any other groups doing that? I'd be glad to join them, although I'm sure the gaming media will tar them with the same guilt-by-association and misogyny allegations that worked so well on gamergate.

Comment There's stuff to investigate on both sides (Score 1) 556

So why is the OP assuming it was the alleged death threats against Gamergate critics being investigated and not the ones against supporters (i.e. Mike Cernovich being allegedly SWATted) or the alleged blacklisting of certain journalists coordinated through GameJournoPros or similar threats by IGDA about developers who speak out in favor of Gamergate?

Comment Re:Well Duh (Score 1) 454

Who's "we"? The oligarchy are making out like bandits already, and the rest of the population by and large need some of those social programs to get by. Poor people are prevented from providing for themselves at gunpoint through a system that gives a small portion of the population exclusive use over most of the production in society and the right to profit from other people's labor through control of land and capital - i.e. property. The least we can do is balance it out with welfare.

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