11-03-2014, 03:03 AM
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(11-02-2014, 05:39 PM)NaturalViolence Wrote: [ -> ]Why am I even talking about this? I tried so hard to stay out of this drama. I would have forgotten all about it if it wasn't for that colbert episode.: (Show Spoiler)It was mostly what she (and colbert) didn't say. She implies that gamergate was/is some sort of movement against gender equality or women in the games industry and that's pretty much the end of it. No discussion was made at all about any of the zoey quinn stuff, all of the corruption that was revealed about major gaming media outlets (mostly kotaku) or the journalists who works for them, or anything else actually related to why the hashtag started popping up in the first place. Keep in mind this was a 10 minute long segment he did on this. It's not like they didn't have time to discuss it. I don't even use twitter or tumblr (or any social media for that matter) because I know how shitty it is and even I know about this stuff from doing 5 minutes of "research" on google! Why didn't either of them bring up any of the events/drama that defined the movement? The only thing the audience can take away from this is that gamers/games are sexist. Which is what she wants.
Why I dislike her in general:
I hate how she always manages to hijack any new controversy in the media to further her goals. Even school shootings. The only reason she got wrapped up in this thing is because the person at the center of all these conflicts of interest happened to be a female and happened to be someone she knew (any may have been friends with, quinn was definitely a major supporter at the very least). Nobody in the #GG really cared that quinn happens to have a vagina. But Anita apparently thought that was a big deal for some reason. Anita (and her supporters) backlash somehow turned what should have been something that everyone could agree on into a gender divisive issue. And yes before anyone says it I completely recognize that some of the #GG supporters are definitely sexists. That doesn't invalidate the majority. Normally I wouldn't care at all what some idiot that posts a lot on social media thinks. There are millions of them. But this particular person in the span of just a few months/years has managed to gain an alarming level of influence over the industry. Her supporters even managed to censor 4chan. That's something that not even the president of the united states could do! She killed one of the few significant positive movements for proper gaming journalism that has ever happened just to boost her sphere of influence. Any true feminist should have been appalled at what these journalists and Quinn did and supportive of TFYC. This kind of shit makes me suspicion about what she actually wants to do to video game development once major devs are inevitably forced to listen to her. Does she really care about these issues or does she just want a platform to prop herself up on? Her words certainly imply the former but many of her recent actions do not.
God I want to stop talking about this already. I believe the only way to kill her power is for everyone to just start ignoring her. No matter how controversial she tries to be or how much drama she tries to stir up just ignore her and she will eventually fade into obscurity.
MaJoR Wrote:This is why I'm a mod and you aren't.
*Doesn't get the joke*
I've been wondering why everyone's been ignoring the Quinn incident. To be honest I'd love to make a discussion thread on GamerGate but I feel like there would be way too much arguing.
