#GamerGate, a righteous rant, and not forgetting

[womzilla]

The following text was written by my friend Greg Costikyan and posted to his blog at Gamasutra. It was then deleted by Gamasutra. If Greg asks me to take it down, I will do so.

If you don't know what #GamerGate refers to and feel a morbid interest in the privilege-laden cruelty of the worst of the gaming community, I'd recommend starting with

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[mcroft]

This is righteous.

Greg is also starting a Facebook group to attempt to reclaim the term "gamer" from the bad dudes.

[thetalkingmoose]

If you had posted this on Facebook, I would be demanding that Facebook add a "Love" option to go alongside the "Like" option.