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Are_grits_groceries

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67. Wait? Wut?

Sun Oct 19, 2014, 02:36 AM

Oct 2014

The subgroup isn't the problem. It's some members of that subgroup who have hijacked the message with their threats.
I am saying that pushback will be needed to counteract that message. Demand? No. Strongly suggest? Yes.
Any discussion about ethics and journalism in gaming is now drowned out by the threats. Comment all you want about the ethics and there probably should be a discussion. This has become a firestorm.

AND you really want to start discussing gaming and people who have connections that affect their views?
You will have to include a whole spectrum of writers and others. Developers aren't the only ones with conflicts. One woman was said to have been given a good review because of a relationship that her ex claimed and she gets death threats?

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If you seriously care about gaming, you better pay attention to #Gamergate and its damage. [View all] Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 OP

I am paying attention Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #1

It is a quandry. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #3

Which leaves one feeling so bloody impotent Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #4

I'm going to get a beanbag chair and see what my kittens do. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #5

it may seem that you can't do much, but in my opinion, doing something in your own life BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #7

you "care about getting more women into gaming"? What does that mean? Why? KittyWampus Oct 2014 #10

GTA is third person. Skeeter Barnes Oct 2014 #11

Still graphic violence though. AND > “Grand Theft Auto V” Is Now A First Person Shooter* KittyWampus Oct 2014 #14

Of course it's violent. Just like an R rated movie. Skeeter Barnes Oct 2014 #15

Wow, did you break something jumping to those conclusions? Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #13

Do you play any games that don't require a console? I will join and try. KittyWampus Oct 2014 #17

I play dozens of games without a console. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #20

Minecraft is really good Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #21

Keyboard isn't more difficult. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #22

Keyboard is more difficult for the Lego games Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #28

My little great grandson plays Mindcraft and plays it with his sister. And I think it is a good game jwirr Oct 2014 #42

Most of us are fine playing with women Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #69

Yes, I know. The boys in our family are all gamers and if they were misogynists I would be the one jwirr Oct 2014 #70

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #71

Adam Baldwin sent his twitter troglodytes after Wu. JaneyVee Oct 2014 #2

"...but now the whole lot of them are tarred with the poison from those groups." Android3.14 Oct 2014 #6

see, this is the thing....you'd sound a lot more sincere if you did one thing first.... BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #8

Looks like hypocrisy is the thing Android3.14 Oct 2014 #46

you seem to believe that mentioning a serious prroblem--which is acknowledged asa global epidemic -- BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #49

Wait. Seriously? NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #53

violence against women is a global epidemic. gamergate is merely BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #55

I obviously misinterpreted your previous post. NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #56

thank you very much! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #60

. NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #64

Please allow me to clarify Android3.14 Oct 2014 #62

ok, there's a basic miscommunication going on here.....right now, I just BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #66

Wait? Wut? Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #67

Bingo maced666 Oct 2014 #12

No. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #24

Then I respectfully ask that you refrain from adding to the noise Android3.14 Oct 2014 #47

When and how did "gamers" come to mean first person shooters & graphic violence? KittyWampus Oct 2014 #9

As a Gamer Nativechef Oct 2014 #16

you just strengthened my analogy to how media refers to Fundies when Christianity comes up... KittyWampus Oct 2014 #19

worthy of its own thread Skittles Oct 2014 #36

Excellent post, thank you and hope to hear more from you. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #41

so how do the "trolls" become the outspoken majority of gamers online? alp227 Oct 2014 #44

Their not the majority Nativechef Oct 2014 #52

Why is it the obligation of a grandma who plays Farmville to stop the assholes? AngryAmish Oct 2014 #18

Nobody. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #23

I'm not a gamer. According to you I have no obligations of any sort. AngryAmish Oct 2014 #25

what defines a gamer in the community? i get where you're coming from; these "people" are scumbags. dionysus Oct 2014 #58

Why do YOU allow trolls on DU? antiquie Oct 2014 #27

4-3 to leave this post. Me... leave. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2014 #45

From a good article about all this... gater Oct 2014 #26

In other words, we should consider the media the arbitrar of who constitutes 'gamers'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #31

Ummm, I take it you did not read the article then. That's cool. gater Oct 2014 #32

Ok, now I read the article. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #33

Here's the thing about #Gamergate that I really don't *grok*: Coventina Oct 2014 #29

You're right, it's made-up bullshit. An excuse to attack women in gaming. n/t nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #57

Take it to the police. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #30

Second that. If people are making death threats or terroristic threats, that's a crime. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #34

Thanks, grits. Lives are more important. freshwest Oct 2014 #35

My daughter bought me this little Atari device... NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #37

I care as a liberal and a mild gamer LostOne4Ever Oct 2014 #38

Great post. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #40

Gamers do need to get off their asses. ileus Oct 2014 #39

I care seriously about threats... 99Forever Oct 2014 #43

Gamergate was never about the industry. It's sexist MRA / SJW bullshit. chrisa Oct 2014 #48

+1 it just shows there are assholes in every community.. SomethingFishy Oct 2014 #50

The type of men doing this shit will not listen to anyone. MicaelS Oct 2014 #51

If the ones driving people from their homes are arrested and charged with making terroristic threats nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #59

Of course, threats should be taken seriously Shankapotomus Oct 2014 #54

Yawn BlindTiresias Oct 2014 #61

Would it offend you to say I have no idea what you're talking about? brooklynite Oct 2014 #63

60 second intro LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #65

I love gaming and I'm paying no attention whatsoever. PorridgeGun Oct 2014 #68