And here is the other side (or, I guess, the first side) of that "goddamn imbecilic shit-encrusted coin." Shit like this, right here, is why, even now, even after the irrational attacks on James Rolfe for no good reason, I still can't truly fault radical feminists (and even regular non-crazy feminists) for reacting (and overreacting) the way they ( Read more... )

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I was writing in my pencil and paper journal this morning. I don't usually care to talk about what I write in that thing on public forums like this, but in this case, I think I will make an exception. And yes, I know, I said that my previous post would be the last one on the subject, unless I changed my mind. Well, I changed my mind, obviously ( Read more... )

...used by incredibly shitty guys in a pathetic attempt to belittle something that they irrationally fear and don't understand. I used to say that anyone who tried to seriously and unironically use the term "social justice warrior" in their "argument" immediately and automatically lost whatever "debate" they were trying to have ( Read more... )

(Yeah, yeah, I said I need to disconnect from the Internet, not that I was actually going to do it.)

So, there is apparently a new trailer out for the 2016 Ghostbusters movie. I don't know if this was the trailer that James Rolfe was discussing or if this one was even out yet when he released his video. In any case, as far as I'm concerned, it ( Read more... )

And now some idiots are (to paraphrase) going all "People are attacking James Rolfe over the Ghostbusters movie? See? See?! GamerGate was right all along! See?!! See?!!! Seeeeeeeeeeee?!!!!"

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Fucking hell. Seriously?

*shaking my damn head + facepalm + headdesk + weary sigh + other signs of showing disdain and dismissive derision*I think I ( Read more... )

Oh, and I'll just leave these here, kind of as a half-assed follow-up to the edit of this post, but mostly just for the hell of it.

(EDIT) And, holy fuck, I didn't even know about GamerGate's ties to child pornography before now. o_O Though, now that I've taken a minute or two to consider the matter, it really shouldn't have surprised me. ( Read more... )

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I won't start holding my breath just yet, but yeah, things seem to be ever so slightly less shitty than they were prior to this #WTFU campaign, so that's good, I guess. However, there's the potential for things to become ever so much more shitty[1] than they already are now, which is bad, and there's no guessing involved there ( Read more... )

GamerGate : discussion of ethics :: Problem Sleuth : diplomacy. https://t.co/O7SmmfCwxq https://t.co/Lf2IO9jlNF https://t.co/bpQkUREvJT
- Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) April 21, 2016

Yeah, I read through Problem Sleuth the other day.

(For those who may not understand the operators, the statement I'm making is " Irredeemably Toxic Shithole is to ( Read more... )

So I finally did a bare modicum of research, and I just learned that, as it turns out, that AlphaOmegaSin guy, the guy who has been showing up more and more in Cinemassacre videos lately, is apparently a hardcore GamerGate supporter. I tried to watch a few of the guy's videos on the topic, and I may try again later, but for the moment, I just ( Read more... )