I never said people who did this aren't mentally ill! People doing that are violent, sick and deranged.
I never said people who did this aren't mentally ill! People doing that are violent, sick and deranged.
From someone who was strongly bully in high school - and beaten - I would never dismiss any claim of harassment. I just know too well how bad it is, to just pray to be sick one day to be able to not go to school, and to have teachers just tell you you should deal with it yourself while people beating you are 3-4 years…
I would more say my comment is similar to a Muslim walking down the street after someone was killed by a terrorist, and trying to argue with an angry mob.
I asked that a few times already, but let's say I start my own group to work against this kind of garbage; http://gawker.com/these-are-the-…
"People" being who? What is your source of information about GG?
Oh, I love that fallacy. It's a twisted one, because the moment an horrible person claims to be X, nobody can protect themselves from that, and it automatically falls into the hasty generalization fallacy.
Not a shield, an analogy. I guess I should use more the irony mark, because you know, sarcasm and irony are hard to understand in a written form.
I guess being in the heart of game development is not good enough. So, what should I do to see it? I would never call anybody a liar if they came to me with claims of harassment. Should people speak out more if they are truly victim? Of course! But until that happens, I can't honestly claims it's a common occurrence…
Do bad people committed bad action while associating themselves with GG? Yes. I would never deny that, but anytime someone did that, the majority - which is pretty visible on Twitter and on some website - condemned those actions very loudly. Sadly - and it is my point - the media made sure to give a voice only to the…
I never said there was a huge secret GG movement. Do not put words in my mouth. If you search - even a tiny bit - you will see lot of people pointing out issues with gaming media for years. Nothing organized, nothing huge or secret. Just normal people wondering what was going on. A little comment here and there.…
I work in the industry, and with many women. I can't remember a single case of sexism. However, somehow if I believe the media, it should be a daily thing. I'm uncomfortable with it because I believe it is simply not true.
How many people associated with GG do you personally know? Where comes your information about GG? How many of them have you talked to? And my point - which you are missing too - is that you have no idea who ever associated with GG, beside what you heard here and there.
Why do you assume people talking about journalism integrity never said a word before Quinn?
Douchebags exist everywhere - and on both side. Moving away is stupid, who would assume you could properly left the toxic one behind? They will follow and ruins it for you.
To be frank, I don't care much about gaming industry being friendly with gaming media. To me - a developer who worked on AC - they need each other to survive. Should they be impartial? Sure, and to me it's why we have so many review website, one will surely tell the things as they are. My issue, is how the media…
No, this is what the media tries very hard to make GamerGate to be, and I think they succeed. How long do you think it would take for someone - anyone - to link or bridge any new name or tag to GamerGate? Anybody ever criticizing the media - from now on - will automatically be linked to GamerGate, even if they never…
How long before the media - or anybody - link whatever new name with GamerGate?
My point is, GamerGate became "toxic" because the media made it that way.
How do you know who the majority of Gamergate is?
The analogy is fair, because Gamergate is NOT about death threat or harassment, for the same reason Islam is not about bombing people.