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I don't give a flying hoot about video games - hifiguy Jun 2012 #1
+1000...couldn't agree more. bullwinkle428 Jun 2012 #2
I don't think these cockroaches will stay in their basements. Zalatix Jun 2012 #116
You can't go to the Internet with pleas for decency... Comrade_McKenzie Jun 2012 #3
Where does she make pleas for decency? Luminous Animal Jun 2012 #11
There's a rhetorical figure malthaussen Jun 2012 #56
You hit a hornets nest Harmony Blue Jun 2012 #122
"Attached below is The Problem. Let's do something about this, okay?" Posteritatis Jun 2012 #76
Not too long ago I would have said something like "unbelievable", Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #4
Very well said. redqueen Jun 2012 #6
Thanks & kick. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #14
+1. nt seabeyond Jun 2012 #134
Where the hell is all that hate coming from? Lucy Goosey Jun 2012 #5
Fascinating? redqueen Jun 2012 #8
"Fascinating" was possibly a stupid word choice on my part. Lucy Goosey Jun 2012 #12
They're coming from a place where women aren't people. redqueen Jun 2012 #21
I honestly doubt much of the gaming demographic hifiguy Jun 2012 #13
They don't have to know anything about him to agree with the sentiment. redqueen Jun 2012 #20
Well, I have always described myself as a "liberal" hifiguy Jun 2012 #23
When I started associating the term with people like Maher, Moore, redqueen Jun 2012 #25
I will speak only to Michael Moore hifiguy Jun 2012 #49
LMMFAO...of COURSE you ignore it. Of course. redqueen Jun 2012 #51
I have "ignored" nothing. hifiguy Jun 2012 #53
It must be nice to personalize discussions and attack prople rather than deal with the ideas redqueen Jun 2012 #57
Projection is not a pretty thing. hifiguy Jun 2012 #60
Oh I'm sorry, did I personally attack you? redqueen Jun 2012 #64
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I have finally realized that. hifiguy Jun 2012 #149
"But the vitriol, bile and sheer nastiness of most of these "comments" is beyond disturbing." demmiblue Jun 2012 #154
Ha ha hifiguy Jun 2012 #158
Sucks to be you when you realize that you are just like them. n/t demmiblue Jun 2012 #162
A jury allowed this. I have never seen such personal vitriol spewed sufrommich Jun 2012 #156
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fascinating in the fact that such an innocuous video can bring out such levels of hatred. dionysus Jun 2012 #18
Google 'women bloggers sexist abuse'. This is not a youtube thing. nt redqueen Jun 2012 #19
Emphatically agreed. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #68
I disagree with the apparent equivalency malthaussen Jun 2012 #73
You're talking about a group that has little social skills and you're threating jeff47 Jun 2012 #15
^^^^^ hifiguy Jun 2012 #17
Great post. redqueen Jun 2012 #22
I think primarily we need to talk to the "non-jock" teenagers jeff47 Jun 2012 #31
I was referring to society as a whole, redqueen Jun 2012 #34
The "typical" video gamer these days is actually somewhere in their thirties Posteritatis Jun 2012 #48
Thank you so much for challenging the 'it's just kids' claim. nt redqueen Jun 2012 #52
Yeah. It really isn't, and I don't believe it is even in an extreme case like this. Posteritatis Jun 2012 #66
And sadly many liberals don't think it's a big deal. Just ensure boys get dates, redqueen Jun 2012 #69
Good catch; that whole angle's got its own barrel of problems to it, doesn't it? (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #74
In a maior, major way. redqueen Jun 2012 #78
You will note I explicitly stated "teenager". jeff47 Jun 2012 #54
I think I see the problem hfojvt Jun 2012 #35
What the actual fuck. redqueen Jun 2012 #36
first of all, I am trying to explain what the commenters are thinking hfojvt Jun 2012 #37
IMO it is misogyny. What if I said 'that ethnic person looks like (fill in the rationalization) redqueen Jun 2012 #44
I cannot see how that would fit hfojvt Jun 2012 #70
Its the basis for the hate. redqueen Jun 2012 #79
but "attractive young women" are a group of people hfojvt Jun 2012 #82
"I do not believe women are an oppressed class." ... Wow. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #85
Ah, but women stand a statistically much higher chance of being sexually assaulted, redqueen Jun 2012 #89
yet of the women I know best hfojvt Jun 2012 #96
Yay, anecdata! (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #97
How do you know? MadrasT Jun 2012 #100
That is also wrong. Beauty has nothing to do with living a happy life, Dash87 Jun 2012 #141
"men will knock down doors for them and sprinkle rose petals at their feet" girl gone mad Jun 2012 #163
That's very superficial, hfojvt. Dash87 Jun 2012 #137
Sarcasm is apparently lost on you. hifiguy Jun 2012 #38
Yes, roll your eyes. I have absolutely no reason to think it might have been their opinion. redqueen Jun 2012 #45
Post 37 proves me 100% right. hifiguy Jun 2012 #47
Fucking duh. redqueen Jun 2012 #55
You didn't seem to realize it in your hifiguy Jun 2012 #58
Quote my "attack". redqueen Jun 2012 #62
OK. hifiguy Jun 2012 #65
I'm done helping you make this discussion about me nt redqueen Jun 2012 #75
More ROFLing... asking for an explanation, PLEASE redqueen Jun 2012 #67
If it looks like an accusation and hifiguy Jun 2012 #72
but I could have made that clearer hfojvt Jun 2012 #84
It was to me. hifiguy Jun 2012 #87
You do know that poster's describing a thought process rather than giving their own, right? (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #50
Just making sure. There is so much misogyny on this site, redqueen Jun 2012 #59
It's kind of depressing that the ambiguity's even a little there, yeah. Posteritatis Jun 2012 #71
Please allow me to apologize redqueen Jun 2012 #77
no worries hfojvt Jun 2012 #83
Don't be silly, redqueen Jun 2012 #88
My guess is her stuff wound up on 4chan or reddit and the usual response ensued. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #40
The almost all of them are anti-social cowards Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #46
Gamers aren't social cowards Harmony Blue Jun 2012 #120
She's a bolshevist nazi jew lesbian, didn't you see? malthaussen Jun 2012 #61
Agreed. hifiguy Jun 2012 #80
They totally missed that her name is Armenian malthaussen Jun 2012 #81
Here's a blog post about the same issue. redqueen Jun 2012 #7
Games vary wildly. Archae Jun 2012 #9
And here's anither article about the misogynist reaction to this woman... redqueen Jun 2012 #10
egads... lots of angry lads who can't find a date harshing on that poor lady... dionysus Jun 2012 #16
They are attacking her. redqueen Jun 2012 #24
She attacked first Harmony Blue Jun 2012 #26
Quote an example of her "attacking". redqueen Jun 2012 #27
it seems devisive may simply be speaking out against misogynit behavior. bad feminist, how dare seabeyond Jun 2012 #28
Speaking out using extreme, inaccurate, and inflammatory language Harmony Blue Jun 2012 #30
Calling that language extreme, inflammatory, or inaccurate suggests you don't understand redqueen Jun 2012 #63
You didn't bother reading my post Harmony Blue Jun 2012 #121
ha ha. surely you jest. there are poster i simply do not waste my time with. nt seabeyond Jun 2012 #136
"Video Game Rape Culture" That is inflammtory and a direct attack towards gaming culture Harmony Blue Jun 2012 #29
So the way this is labeled is somehow an attack on par with the response? redqueen Jun 2012 #33
Wish I could rec your response lapislzi Jun 2012 #42
Thank you for confirming you are out of touch with reality Harmony Blue Jun 2012 #118
There are those who scream "rape culture" at everything hifiguy Jun 2012 #125
Just because you and a few others wish to ignore reality, sugar coat it, etc. redqueen Jun 2012 #128
The reaction she's gotten demonstrates the accuracy of her viewpoint. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #41
These radical feminists believe all men are rapists Harmony Blue Jun 2012 #119
LOL nt redqueen Jun 2012 #129
Thank you, HB. hifiguy Jun 2012 #133
"These radical feminists believe all men are rapists" you would be wrong seabeyond Jun 2012 #151
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you dont get to make things up and call it a reality then accuse people of it. that is the bullshit seabeyond Jun 2012 #161
No, they don't. Jesus, it like the Rush Limbaugh sufrommich Jun 2012 #157
Fuck "Gaming Culture". Odin2005 Jun 2012 #106
Many truths are indeed extreme, but that does not in fact mean those truths should be suppressed. LanternWaste Jun 2012 #32
She didn't attack anyone. hifiguy Jun 2012 #39
you're looking for disagreement where there is none. dionysus Jun 2012 #93
You committed the Unforgivable Sin of Insufficient Rage. 2ndAmForComputers Jun 2012 #95
Clarifying terms is not "looking for disagreement". nt redqueen Jun 2012 #98
fair enough. "harshing on" in this case means being complete, total assholes. dionysus Jun 2012 #103
Cool beans. redqueen Jun 2012 #104
It never fails: the Confucian proposition lapislzi Jun 2012 #43
If you ask me, she just pointed to an open market Taverner Jun 2012 #86
They're not, and it is changing. redqueen Jun 2012 #90
I guess the question I have is: What would a women-oriented video game look like? Taverner Jun 2012 #91
Judging from the content of the bodice-ripper genre malthaussen Jun 2012 #92
So you didn't read the article. redqueen Jun 2012 #113
I read it - you don't have to snark Taverner Jun 2012 #124
Snark is the only thing the radfems can bring hifiguy Jun 2012 #126
LOL! Thanks for educating us all about which issues COUNT. redqueen Jun 2012 #131
I don't think it's the "radical" part that is causing the problem Taverner Jun 2012 #155
not to burst your bubble... keroro gunsou Jun 2012 #135
It is really simple, there is always someone better then you out there Rex Jun 2012 #94
My girlfriend is a hardcore gamer and says this cartoon just about sums it up Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2012 #99
Best laugh I've had all day. n/t malthaussen Jun 2012 #101
Stealing, LMFAO!!! Odin2005 Jun 2012 #107
Hi, I'm Joe, A Host of DU's Gaming Group... Ohio Joe Jun 2012 #102
She has $155,946 towards a requested $6,000 redqueen Jun 2012 #114
Justice is sweet, but rarely so quick. malthaussen Jun 2012 #117
They're certainly throwing tantrums all over the news articles mentioning it. Posteritatis Jun 2012 #130
my husband loves it like you. and feels the same. nt seabeyond Jun 2012 #152
Men who are hardcore gamers are not the most emotionally mature bunch. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #105
Well, "harcore gamer" is a pretty pathetic self-identification, wouldn't you think? malthaussen Jun 2012 #108
Oh yeah, because that's a mindset exclusive to the US or something. (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #109
Couldn't say, I only know the USA n/t malthaussen Jun 2012 #111
Wow. nt redqueen Jun 2012 #115
American? Ever read about South Korean gamers? Odin2005 Jun 2012 #110
No, I haven't. malthaussen Jun 2012 #112
South Korean gamers Harmony Blue Jun 2012 #123
having lived in S. Korea, outside of a few outliers, most gamers there are pretty much normal. NuttyFluffers Jun 2012 #127
No less pathetic than taking any other hobby seriously. nt RedCappedBandit Jun 2012 #148
um... keroro gunsou Jun 2012 #138
I didn't mean ALL of you, I meant the typical one! Odin2005 Jun 2012 #142
alrighty then! keroro gunsou Jun 2012 #144
my husband games with people all over, in canada. they have one mouth. seabeyond Jun 2012 #153
Internet anonymity is a blast. joshcryer Jun 2012 #132
it's the GIFT keroro gunsou Jun 2012 #139
Yep. joshcryer Jun 2012 #140
wasn't complaining keroro gunsou Jun 2012 #143
Oh! I got you. I was just admitting that I can be a really bad fuckwad when posting anonymously! joshcryer Jun 2012 #145
These comments do NOT represent gamers. RedCappedBandit Jun 2012 #147
Yeah im a gamer, these comments have less to do with gaming and more to with the internet Mr.Turnip Jun 2012 #150
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