Replace the word ‘instance’ with ‘echo-chamber’ and you’ll see why this is only going to be more problematic in the long run. This is the same thing Facebook groups do and it’s proven to be a breeding ground for extremist ideologies. This kind of things is largely why society is so politically polarized these days:…

There should have been no reason for them to be denied entry under ESTA visa for business. From the DHS own website:

But the way in which those rules have been enforced has changed. You wouldn’t have been kept overnight in a cell 5 years ago, plain and simple.

America in its current state is utter garbage.

Most people simply don’t want to see what’s front of them. Selective blindness / deafness.

Though things sound especially bad at Riot games, I kinda assume that the vast majority of big-ish game development companies have pretty similar workplace environments.

Also, to anyone out there who might not fully understand the role of HR departments and will read a lot of the damage-control buzzword responses from Riot in this article and in the ripple effects you’ll see carry across into other media outlets, know this:

Not to tie in the President (but he’s a symptom of it too) but right now we’re seeing a large push back against liberal movements, because some people hate feeling guilty to the point that they don’t mind feeling angry.

For the same reason people try to make the argument that kneeling for the flag is disrespectful of it.

The subject of the conversation makes them uncomfortable.

It’s like with Cosby..  you can convince yourself that one allegation of rape must be false, but after 20, 30 or the 50th allegation, c’mon why is it even a question anymore.

As far as I can tell, the privileged have one thing they fear and that is being held accountable for their morals and actions(forcibly even). Hell even if they’re not the type to think of them. It is why I hypothesize many “lost-causes” seek high positions/power to decrease that probability.

Not remotely suprising. A quick look at the female characters in LoL itself tells you tons about their mindset toward women.

Also, because in their view, straight white men really are just better, so it’s not a surprise that they encompass 80% of developers and 95% of leadership.

Since it invariably is going to come up, I don’t understand how people can scream “this is a witchhunt” or “people are too sensitive” or “this is SJW nonsense”

Since it invariably is going to come up, I don’t understand how people can scream “this is a witchhunt” or “people are too sensitive” or “this is SJW nonsense” when time and again big gaming/tech companies have proven to be navel gazing, bro-clubs who alienate anyone who isn’t a straight white male.

It’s not…

Thank you for this very thorough and detailed reporting. This seems the result of several different toxic cultures (Business, Gamer, Start-Up, etc.) all intersecting and building on one another. Very disappointing...

I’m not sure who you are talking about but this article is about Colin Kaepernick who is a good football player.

Goddamn Kaepernick.  Forces artists to change their entire lyrics to work around him. 

A good way to disprove his collusion allegation is to go out of your way to remove him from an officially licensed product.