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In reply to the discussion: Another Woman In Gaming Flees Home Following Death Threats [View all]malthaussen
(17,065 posts)8. The product of a diseased mind.
Unfortunately, it sometimes seems that such disease differs only in degree, and not in kind, from the minds of the masses.
-- Mal
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How dare SHE create a successful game--exposing the abject life failures of those gamers. nt
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2014
#154
It's hilarious how these "superior" people have nothing better to do than troll discussion forums.
arcane1
Oct 2014
#69
Yeah...note the "Men's Rights" Point of view comes from Breitbart.com?
Hong Kong Cavalier
Oct 2014
#82
Except for the fact that your claims against Zoe Quinn have proven to be false.
Hong Kong Cavalier
Oct 2014
#116
No,it's pretty much feminism in general ,stop whitewashing this "movement".
sufrommich
Oct 2014
#143
we hear that often from men. a "brand" of feminism. that would be anything that may step on mans toe
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#146
why not acknowledging and going after in their group, instead of saying... not me? that is the
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#153
I would agree on all of this except that I don't believe Adam Baldwin is related to the other
seaglass
Oct 2014
#140
agree, not to long ago, people like Palin had twitter 'classes' & RW started spamming the R agenda.
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#142
i wonder where justice warrior originated. we started hearing it on here. i thought cool. it was
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#183
Real Time Strategy. Games like Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, Starcraft, etc.
NutmegYankee
Oct 2014
#38
I can't decide who to start with. Might just go with Claptrap but the others look fun too.
Skeeter Barnes
Oct 2014
#46
playing EQ1 & 2 for over a decade, about half the gamers are female & most are adults.
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#139
same with one other. i asked, but he doesnt want to tell me. sigh.... ah well. nt
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#20
She should stay home and wait for the police to figure out who it is, then arrest them?
arcane1
Oct 2014
#70
I saw this retweeted on Twitter last night. There are some really fucked up scary men out
seaglass
Oct 2014
#7
it's easy to see in comments on other mass websites, not game related
BlancheSplanchnik
Oct 2014
#73
because they hate women. because they are weak, and cowardly, and it makes them feel like they are
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#12
ya??? get the dweebs counciling? how about fuckin prosecuting their ass and throw it in jail....
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#58
of course it is not a man. it is a weak coward. hey women on du.... how many have had this SHIT
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#59
good article! twitter trolls are not anonymous.Death threats will result in police charges.
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#135
Women in sports used to get this kind of treatment. Now it's women in gaming...
DesertDiamond
Oct 2014
#17
Isn't making death threats against the law? I don't think the First Amendment
KingCharlemagne
Oct 2014
#22
laws need to be made to address this issue. bring law to 2015. that simple. nt
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#165
I confess that I was totally ignorant of this whole scene, Gamergate & all.
Jackpine Radical
Oct 2014
#27
Someone just shared this information with me, from a book by Charles Eisenstein
classof56
Oct 2014
#28
they need to start sending these men to jail. we NEED to change law, to specifically address
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#61
The Internet has revealed just how many men there are who are outraged about
Arugula Latte
Oct 2014
#72
I see no reason why the person who wrote that should ever see the outside of a prison cell
geek tragedy
Oct 2014
#98
I think scientists, sexists, and Ferengi are the only ones who still use 'female'
KitSileya
Oct 2014
#127
interesting. you are teaching me something. i think most society teaches especially men not to use
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#150
Infantilize her, or constrain her within outdated notions of 'proper behavior'.
KitSileya
Oct 2014
#155
because of this argument, i now use girl/women often enough. but i used female when i
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#148
The entire gaming community is full of little man-children who pitch fits over stupid things.
chrisa
Oct 2014
#159
The irony is I bet you don't see how judgmental and stereotyping your post is.
joeglow3
Oct 2014
#162
I'm for using the state and federal stalking laws against the people who do this.
stevenleser
Oct 2014
#177