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Gamergate isn't just about attacking women,

I'd venture that, like most of the conservative MRAs out there, most of them are either in college or out of high school and are struggling with the way the world is now. But, instead of learning how to deal with it like most other people, they retreat to their computer to find some sense of community and they look in…

But was it really that hard to say, "you make some interesting points, but that one was fucking stupid"?

We turned to video games for sanctuary.

Well said.

Gamergate never knew what it wanted. It played it by ear and fell on its face.

This is probably the best statement on GG that I've read so far.

Gamergate is fucking dead because it never had a single leader, nor an actual game plan through which to create any kind of change. From the start it was just a bunch of lemmings that tried to make shit up as they went along, and that's how it got blown out of proportion to the extent it did.

A lot of people don't understand that being a woman doesn't make you open to violence, it's trying to simultaneously be a woman and a human being that makes you open to violence. A lot of these misogynists like the idea of female. They like the softness, the beauty, the submissiveness, the cleanliness, the gentleness,…

There's a post at /r/furry (I gotta use Reddit for something I guess) that struck me that it could refer to gamers as well. Here's one poignant point he made:

Some guy said that I had a shitty internet connection.

It's because you're not thinking critically.

I've never seen so many illogical conclusions in one paragraph. Well done.

I'm not talking about getting consent, I'm just saying that people tend to play with animals like they're toys rather than like they were living beings.

I'm aware of the Harlow monkey experiment, but that deals more with babies than with toddlers and up. I instinctively avoid babies for some reason, but I do want to touch (there's no non-creepy way to say that) kids that are older. I don't know if it's me predatorily trying to satisfy my own need for touch, because…

"should"

It's not so much rape culture as it is stupid culture.

It's always strange to me that people always tend to want to touch two things: dogs and children. And not just touch, but pick them up, put them on our laps, hug them, squeeze them, tickle them, kiss them, rub their hands and feet. None of this is done with the permission of the child/animal. (The animal, some people…

Exhibit A.