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I SUPPORT #GAMERGATE ETHICAL JOURNALISM I SUPPORT I STAND UP AGAINST CORRUPTION Anthony Burch @reverendanthony - 28s That's f------ "corruption" as much as any of the other s--- is. But, nah, I'm a guy, and so were those reviewers, so just let it be I guess Expand Russ Roegner @IncrediRoe 9. toukokuuta We're an accepting and welcoming industry but if you disagree with us we're gonna make you pay! 一一 Retweet ★ Anthony Burch @reverendanthony 1m --BL2 DLCs l wrote got pretty good reviews from Destructoid writers who I was friends with. This has never been mentioned by #gamergate once Expand Russ Roegner @IncrediRoe 9. toukokuuta F--- this. I tried to have a calm conversation about an issue and clearly if I disagree I'm a bad person that should never be hired Daniel Vavra @DanielVavra Sep 2 Why do you think that guys fromlOInteractive CDProjektRed and many others are silent? They dont want to be bullied. That is #GamerGate Leigh Alexander @leighalexander - May 9 IncrediRoe be careful with me. I am a megaphone, I am much less kind than 232 ★261 Rami and I won't mind making an example out of you Daniel Vavra @DanielVavra Sep 2 And I will tell you why. Everyone (me included) is scared, that if he raises his voice, media will not write about his game. #GamerGate ★241 Russ Roegner @IncrediRoe 228 Paul Hubans @phubans Sep 2 What a mess.. I should have just kept my mouth shut and never questioned anything... The only winning move is to not play @leighalexander That's fine. I have not attacked or insulted anyone. I have been kind and respectful this entire time. 32 ★33 I SUPPORT DEVELOPERS I CONDEMN INTIIDATION AND BLACKLISTING #GAMERGATE
I SUPPORT #GAMERGATE ETHICAL JOURNALISM I SUPPORT I STAND UP AGAINST CORRUPTION Anthony Burch @reverendanthony - 28s That's f------ "corruption" as much as any of the other s--- is. But, nah, I'm a guy, and so were those reviewers, so just let it be I guess Expand Russ Roegner @IncrediRoe 9. toukokuuta We're an accepting and welcoming industry but if you disagree with us we're gonna make you pay! 一一 Retweet ★ Anthony Burch @reverendanthony 1m --BL2 DLCs l wrote got pretty good reviews from Destructoid writers who I was friends with. This has never been mentioned by #gamergate once Expand Russ Roegner @IncrediRoe 9. toukokuuta F--- this. I tried to have a calm conversation about an issue and clearly if I disagree I'm a bad person that should never be hired Daniel Vavra @DanielVavra Sep 2 Why do you think that guys fromlOInteractive CDProjektRed and many others are silent? They dont want to be bullied. That is #GamerGate Leigh Alexander @leighalexander - May 9 IncrediRoe be careful with me. I am a megaphone, I am much less kind than 232 ★261 Rami and I won't mind making an example out of you Daniel Vavra @DanielVavra Sep 2 And I will tell you why. Everyone (me included) is scared, that if he raises his voice, media will not write about his game. #GamerGate ★241 Russ Roegner @IncrediRoe 228 Paul Hubans @phubans Sep 2 What a mess.. I should have just kept my mouth shut and never questioned anything... The only winning move is to not play @leighalexander That's fine. I have not attacked or insulted anyone. I have been kind and respectful this entire time. 32 ★33 I SUPPORT DEVELOPERS I CONDEMN INTIIDATION AND BLACKLISTING #GAMERGATE

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Paul Hubans @phubans 8s I'm just a man who has loved making games for the past 25+ years. My childhood dream. I never asked for my hobby to be a battleground Expand Reply Retweeted ★ Favorited More
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John Walker Folgen botherer If you are still willingly contributing to #GamerGate after the events of the last 24 hours, you are consciously complicit in harassment hAntworten t Retweeten ★ Favorisieren Mehr RETWEETS FAVORITEN 34 02:34 -4. Sep. 2014 John Walker Folgen botherer There is no longer room for pretending it's about your delusions of corruption. Or pretending it's a minority in your wretched masses わAntworten t7Retweeten ★ Favorisieren Mehr RETWEETS FAVORITEN 12 羽鑾 15 02:35-4. Sep. 2014 David Goldfarb @locust9 2 Std @botherer the whole thing makes me think the best option is unplug completely unacomn @unacomn 2 Std @botherer When World of Tanks alone hase 100 million players, a couple of thousands of assholes are a minority Don Mayer @Brashnir 1 Std @botherer As someone who has always held you in high regard as a reasonable voice i this, I can not believe that last sentence came from you dolo @doloyeung 19 Min @botherer I don't understand the seeming desire of the games press to make their vitriol as broad and imprecise as possible 办台 John Walker @botherer 塩Folgen l'm so sickened by the harassment @jennatar and others have received by #GamerGate. You are a force of hate. You disgust me わAntworten t7Retweeten ★ Favorisieren Mehr RETWEETS FAVORITEN 30 27 02:37-4. Sep. 2014
John Walker Folgen botherer If you are still willingly contributing to #GamerGate after the events of the last 24 hours, you are consciously complicit in harassment hAntworten t Retweeten ★ Favorisieren Mehr RETWEETS FAVORITEN 34 02:34 -4. Sep. 2014 John Walker Folgen botherer There is no longer room for pretending it's about your delusions of corruption. Or pretending it's a minority in your wretched masses わAntworten t7Retweeten ★ Favorisieren Mehr RETWEETS FAVORITEN 12 羽鑾 15 02:35-4. Sep. 2014 David Goldfarb @locust9 2 Std @botherer the whole thing makes me think the best option is unplug completely unacomn @unacomn 2 Std @botherer When World of Tanks alone hase 100 million players, a couple of thousands of assholes are a minority Don Mayer @Brashnir 1 Std @botherer As someone who has always held you in high regard as a reasonable voice i this, I can not believe that last sentence came from you dolo @doloyeung 19 Min @botherer I don't understand the seeming desire of the games press to make their vitriol as broad and imprecise as possible 办台 John Walker @botherer 塩Folgen l'm so sickened by the harassment @jennatar and others have received by #GamerGate. You are a force of hate. You disgust me わAntworten t7Retweeten ★ Favorisieren Mehr RETWEETS FAVORITEN 30 27 02:37-4. Sep. 2014

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Anthony Burch @reverendanthony 7h Not going to stop calling out misogynist b------- just because you tweet "memelands 2" at me, bros #Stillhere Randy Pitchford @DuvalMagic @reverendanthony Consider that your approach has the same result with the people you hope to affect. 3h
Anthony Burch @reverendanthony 7h Not going to stop calling out misogynist b------- just because you tweet "memelands 2" at me, bros #Stillhere Randy Pitchford @DuvalMagic @reverendanthony Consider that your approach has the same result with the people you hope to affect. 3h

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Anthony Burch @reverendanthony Sep 4 "I just want more transparency in games journalism! Cool, you're still part of a group that tried to get rid of Jenn Frank for no reason 73 ★88 Anthony Burch @reverendanthony Sep4 Even if you're just interested in "corruption" #gamergate is inherently based on sexist harrassment. You can't take 1 without the other. わ 2구 71 *87 Anthony Burch @reverendanthony Sep 4 Seriously Justin hired his BROTHER at Polygon. How is that not the "corruption" train's first stop? Oh right it's "corruption" among chicks わ £782 ★101
Anthony Burch @reverendanthony Sep 4 "I just want more transparency in games journalism! Cool, you're still part of a group that tried to get rid of Jenn Frank for no reason 73 ★88 Anthony Burch @reverendanthony Sep4 Even if you're just interested in "corruption" #gamergate is inherently based on sexist harrassment. You can't take 1 without the other. わ 2구 71 *87 Anthony Burch @reverendanthony Sep 4 Seriously Justin hired his BROTHER at Polygon. How is that not the "corruption" train's first stop? Oh right it's "corruption" among chicks わ £782 ★101

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RPGFan's Grand Lecture Part III Grand Finale

What I am is tired I am tired of coming back from work every day where I do my best to help people and see others who sit in front of their computer all day tell me what a horrible person I am for having passion for my hobby I am tired of toeing a party line that has been alienating me more and more while calling me names and attempting to shame me for disagreeing, even while they claim to be representing my best interests I am tired of the activity I partake in to forget the cruelties of real life becoming the battleground for ideologies and extremist propaganda I am tired of self-styled "progressive" journalists who grab onto individuals' immutable traits as a reason to drag them through the mud I am tired of game developers who behave in increasingly abhorrent and infantile manners I am tired of opinion pieces and propaganda being put forth in lieu of facts and news I am tired of innocent individuals like those at Wizardchan being the victims of a campaign of verbal violence to forward the interests of selfish journalists Most of all, I am tired of the constant viciousness the gaming press shows more and more of with each passing day, daring us to object to their methods I was raised to respect all people equally, I still believe in the basic human decency all people deserve, and that will always matter to me far more than making other people feel bad about themselves because game journalist A at shady game site B told me to I am now writing this because out of all the people who work in the game journalism industry, I have the least to lose. I am not a game journalist by trade, I don't make games for a living, and my livelihood does not revolve around games. I only started working at RPGFan because l loved the games I wrote about, I loved the industry, and I loved sharing my passion for my hobby with the world. This is a labor of love for me and it is heartbreaking that my labor of love has turned into such a toxic environment almost overnight. The fact that I am not a journalist by trade and yet have a better grasp of journalistic ethics and accountability than people who purport to be journalists is appalling. I find the politicization of gaming to be an absurd trend that only fome both game journalism and game development. sentment and decreases the quality of I have seen some people - mainly women quit their jobs as game journalists in the aftermath of GamerGate. While I am sorry that they were "forced" out o orry for the reasons they had to go. Did Jade Raymond quit her job? Did Jane Jensen? Amy Hennig? Yuki Kajiura? Any of the women in game development? No, because they actually have passion for the craft and love for the medium, rather than a chip on their shoulder and lack of basic human decency. If a few individuals need to be evicted to bring ethics and accountability back to the industry of game journalism, then it is a small price to pay, in my opinion obs, I am not I have seen many people - fellow game journalists and game developers whom I used to respect - resort to tactics that revolt and disgust me, and as such no longer deserve my respect. If I am run out of the game journalism industry for writing this, then let it happen with the knowledge that I did so pursuing the truth and defending those who couldn't defend themselves. The victims of this entire debacle, like Wizardchan, deserve that much at the least. My head will be held high, and my conscience will be clean Whatever happens from here on out, don't forget to game on, and game well, valued readers. Know that not all game journalists are against you A. Ashton Llu Contributing Editor RPGFan.com 6 notes
What I am is tired I am tired of coming back from work every day where I do my best to help people and see others who sit in front of their computer all day tell me what a horrible person I am for having passion for my hobby I am tired of toeing a party line that has been alienating me more and more while calling me names and attempting to shame me for disagreeing, even while they claim to be representing my best interests I am tired of the activity I partake in to forget the cruelties of real life becoming the battleground for ideologies and extremist propaganda I am tired of self-styled "progressive" journalists who grab onto individuals' immutable traits as a reason to drag them through the mud I am tired of game developers who behave in increasingly abhorrent and infantile manners I am tired of opinion pieces and propaganda being put forth in lieu of facts and news I am tired of innocent individuals like those at Wizardchan being the victims of a campaign of verbal violence to forward the interests of selfish journalists Most of all, I am tired of the constant viciousness the gaming press shows more and more of with each passing day, daring us to object to their methods I was raised to respect all people equally, I still believe in the basic human decency all people deserve, and that will always matter to me far more than making other people feel bad about themselves because game journalist A at shady game site B told me to I am now writing this because out of all the people who work in the game journalism industry, I have the least to lose. I am not a game journalist by trade, I don't make games for a living, and my livelihood does not revolve around games. I only started working at RPGFan because l loved the games I wrote about, I loved the industry, and I loved sharing my passion for my hobby with the world. This is a labor of love for me and it is heartbreaking that my labor of love has turned into such a toxic environment almost overnight. The fact that I am not a journalist by trade and yet have a better grasp of journalistic ethics and accountability than people who purport to be journalists is appalling. I find the politicization of gaming to be an absurd trend that only fome both game journalism and game development. sentment and decreases the quality of I have seen some people - mainly women quit their jobs as game journalists in the aftermath of GamerGate. While I am sorry that they were "forced" out o orry for the reasons they had to go. Did Jade Raymond quit her job? Did Jane Jensen? Amy Hennig? Yuki Kajiura? Any of the women in game development? No, because they actually have passion for the craft and love for the medium, rather than a chip on their shoulder and lack of basic human decency. If a few individuals need to be evicted to bring ethics and accountability back to the industry of game journalism, then it is a small price to pay, in my opinion obs, I am not I have seen many people - fellow game journalists and game developers whom I used to respect - resort to tactics that revolt and disgust me, and as such no longer deserve my respect. If I am run out of the game journalism industry for writing this, then let it happen with the knowledge that I did so pursuing the truth and defending those who couldn't defend themselves. The victims of this entire debacle, like Wizardchan, deserve that much at the least. My head will be held high, and my conscience will be clean Whatever happens from here on out, don't forget to game on, and game well, valued readers. Know that not all game journalists are against you A. Ashton Llu Contributing Editor RPGFan.com 6 notes

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RPGFan's Grand Lecture Part II

It has been no secret to the gaming community that many video game news sites have been employing increasingly extremist and reprehensible tactics to gain site hits and forward their ideology. I have long tolerated these tactics, erasing and moving back lines in the sand against my better judgement because l believe that at the heart of these tactics were genuinely good intentions dedicated towards progressiveness and inclusiveness within the gaming community. I have recently been disabused of that notion There has been evidence of people within the industry approving of tactics such as shaming sexual harassment victims, black wome and instigatin cha that are helping to get more nto game development to ensure a lack of competition for their industry friends Wi wha to promote a game about depress When their audience caught wind of this kind of behavior, they were aghast. These were the people pushing for equality. They were the "righteous" ones telling us how to behave. How could they treat obvious victims and minorities in such a way? At first the industry responded with silence. Then, they began to censor and ban anyone who spoke of these events. This only caused the situation to spiral out of control. Now, they have resorted to character assassination. There have been a deluge of articles on ma es calling gamers misogynists, man children, and all manner of terrible things in an attempt to shame all of them into backing down. Journalists have started behaving abhorrently on twitter, likening people like me to terrorists and Nazis. These journalists behave terribly and browbeat anyone whose opinions don't fall lock step with their own While they claim to and may honestly believe that - they fight for equality, they are actually representing the exac positions of power and privilege attempting to shout down anyone who takes issue with their tactics stitution which they decry - a hegemony where they are in the their defense," some of you may be beginning to think. But Ashton," "In all fairne Stop. There is nothing worth defending here They will attack anyone, even people the im to be protecting and representing. They will timidate all who disagree or voice dissent. They bully those who have less influence and power than they do. They doxx anyone who steps out of line. The depressed NEETs over at Wizardchan should have been their primary focus if they wanted to promote a game regarding aware assaulted at the whims of a few game j jackals who believed that bullying and harassing others is okay. It is not. When we object to this kind of behavior, game journalists will use the standard "straight white male" argume to dismiss us. Some will call us traitors to "the cause." Some, like game developer Chuck Jordan, will others reframe the argument to make us out to be women haters. This is incredibly alarming behavior because it echoes many immoral and unethical actions that have taken place during the history of our country. The Salem Witch were all propaganda driven character assassination campaigns aimed at people who were deemed of depression ead, they were harassed, abused, and verball rnaiists. They were the victims of opportuni nprovoked. Still the Red Scare, and McCarthyism ven or t progressive." On a more personal level, it parallels simila cidents that happened to individuals such as Wen Ho Lee, who was crucified and virtually mob lynched by public opinion and bad journalists simply for being different. We currently find ourselves in an oddly opposite predicament than we were in a few short years ago. Gamers have changed. They don't care about gender politics. They don't care about sexuality. They don't care about race. They just want to enjoy games and play with those who share their passion for gaming, regardless of what they identify as Progress playing a new, better game ness has won, and is now the rule of the day. Gamers have leveled up, and are se to change. They refuse to change, continuing to play is now game journalists that an old, broken system that doesn't work anymore. They have been left behind. They are the te the fact that everyone else ha If-described cool kids in high school who can't grown up and don't think they are cool anymore, so they utilize increasingly extreme and underhanded tactics to gain others' approval, and when they fail, they accuse others of being "uncool." Now that they can tactics such as bullying. Game j instead of adapting to the new environment they stamp their feet and hold their breath until they are blue in the face. If game journalism is to have any respectability as an industry, then this kind of unprofe unacceptable and should not be tolerated urry favor by being "cool" they resort to strong-arnm cannot grasp that their methods do not work but nal and disrespectful behavior needs to stop. It is absolutely These journalists believe they can hide behind "progressiveness" and claim to represent the only defense mi exclusively straight, white, and male themselves. I am a minority and I absolutely repudiate what they are doing. I am not a tool to be used to defend their i am not an excuse for them to act as bullies. I am not a shield to be used to deflect legitimate complaints aimed at their vitriol and hatefulness. I am not a convenient defense one second, a liability the next. ties have against the "straight white male" gamer, despite being almost ompetence as journal
It has been no secret to the gaming community that many video game news sites have been employing increasingly extremist and reprehensible tactics to gain site hits and forward their ideology. I have long tolerated these tactics, erasing and moving back lines in the sand against my better judgement because l believe that at the heart of these tactics were genuinely good intentions dedicated towards progressiveness and inclusiveness within the gaming community. I have recently been disabused of that notion There has been evidence of people within the industry approving of tactics such as shaming sexual harassment victims, black wome and instigatin cha that are helping to get more nto game development to ensure a lack of competition for their industry friends Wi wha to promote a game about depress When their audience caught wind of this kind of behavior, they were aghast. These were the people pushing for equality. They were the "righteous" ones telling us how to behave. How could they treat obvious victims and minorities in such a way? At first the industry responded with silence. Then, they began to censor and ban anyone who spoke of these events. This only caused the situation to spiral out of control. Now, they have resorted to character assassination. There have been a deluge of articles on ma es calling gamers misogynists, man children, and all manner of terrible things in an attempt to shame all of them into backing down. Journalists have started behaving abhorrently on twitter, likening people like me to terrorists and Nazis. These journalists behave terribly and browbeat anyone whose opinions don't fall lock step with their own While they claim to and may honestly believe that - they fight for equality, they are actually representing the exac positions of power and privilege attempting to shout down anyone who takes issue with their tactics stitution which they decry - a hegemony where they are in the their defense," some of you may be beginning to think. But Ashton," "In all fairne Stop. There is nothing worth defending here They will attack anyone, even people the im to be protecting and representing. They will timidate all who disagree or voice dissent. They bully those who have less influence and power than they do. They doxx anyone who steps out of line. The depressed NEETs over at Wizardchan should have been their primary focus if they wanted to promote a game regarding aware assaulted at the whims of a few game j jackals who believed that bullying and harassing others is okay. It is not. When we object to this kind of behavior, game journalists will use the standard "straight white male" argume to dismiss us. Some will call us traitors to "the cause." Some, like game developer Chuck Jordan, will others reframe the argument to make us out to be women haters. This is incredibly alarming behavior because it echoes many immoral and unethical actions that have taken place during the history of our country. The Salem Witch were all propaganda driven character assassination campaigns aimed at people who were deemed of depression ead, they were harassed, abused, and verball rnaiists. They were the victims of opportuni nprovoked. Still the Red Scare, and McCarthyism ven or t progressive." On a more personal level, it parallels simila cidents that happened to individuals such as Wen Ho Lee, who was crucified and virtually mob lynched by public opinion and bad journalists simply for being different. We currently find ourselves in an oddly opposite predicament than we were in a few short years ago. Gamers have changed. They don't care about gender politics. They don't care about sexuality. They don't care about race. They just want to enjoy games and play with those who share their passion for gaming, regardless of what they identify as Progress playing a new, better game ness has won, and is now the rule of the day. Gamers have leveled up, and are se to change. They refuse to change, continuing to play is now game journalists that an old, broken system that doesn't work anymore. They have been left behind. They are the te the fact that everyone else ha If-described cool kids in high school who can't grown up and don't think they are cool anymore, so they utilize increasingly extreme and underhanded tactics to gain others' approval, and when they fail, they accuse others of being "uncool." Now that they can tactics such as bullying. Game j instead of adapting to the new environment they stamp their feet and hold their breath until they are blue in the face. If game journalism is to have any respectability as an industry, then this kind of unprofe unacceptable and should not be tolerated urry favor by being "cool" they resort to strong-arnm cannot grasp that their methods do not work but nal and disrespectful behavior needs to stop. It is absolutely These journalists believe they can hide behind "progressiveness" and claim to represent the only defense mi exclusively straight, white, and male themselves. I am a minority and I absolutely repudiate what they are doing. I am not a tool to be used to defend their i am not an excuse for them to act as bullies. I am not a shield to be used to deflect legitimate complaints aimed at their vitriol and hatefulness. I am not a convenient defense one second, a liability the next. ties have against the "straight white male" gamer, despite being almost ompetence as journal

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RPGFan's Grand Lecture Part I

Gamers Are Not Dead, They Just Leveled Up I SUPPORT #GAMERGATE CONDEMN PERSONAL THREATS SUPPORT WOMEN IN GAM I AM AGAINST BIASED AND CORRUPT GAME JOURNALISM can we play video games already? Some of you reading this may have read editorials and reviews by me on sites I've written for. My name is Ashton Liu, and I am a contributing editor for RPGFan. This post is not endorsed or approved by RPGFan. By writing this, I have effectively “gone rogue." I am attaching my name as a sign of solidarity for my fellow gamers, and as a statement that what is happening needs to stop. My colleagues at RPGFan have nothing to do with this, they are excellent journalists and writers who have a passion for gaming and writing about gaming that is unequaled by anyone else in the industry. Yes, you can quote me on that But that's not what I'm here to write about. Today I come to you from a position of humility. Some may recall that I have previously made scathing remarks about fans of the RPG genre, as well as admonishing those whose complaints regarding Jennifer Hepler veered into harassment. I still stand by those editorials, as they reflected the behavior of the gaming community at those respective points in time. Today, however, I am here not to vilify or condemn you, but rather to add my voice to yours, in a situation where the shaming and bullying of one side towards the other has become out of control. I am, of course, referring to GamerGate.
Gamers Are Not Dead, They Just Leveled Up I SUPPORT #GAMERGATE CONDEMN PERSONAL THREATS SUPPORT WOMEN IN GAM I AM AGAINST BIASED AND CORRUPT GAME JOURNALISM can we play video games already? Some of you reading this may have read editorials and reviews by me on sites I've written for. My name is Ashton Liu, and I am a contributing editor for RPGFan. This post is not endorsed or approved by RPGFan. By writing this, I have effectively “gone rogue." I am attaching my name as a sign of solidarity for my fellow gamers, and as a statement that what is happening needs to stop. My colleagues at RPGFan have nothing to do with this, they are excellent journalists and writers who have a passion for gaming and writing about gaming that is unequaled by anyone else in the industry. Yes, you can quote me on that But that's not what I'm here to write about. Today I come to you from a position of humility. Some may recall that I have previously made scathing remarks about fans of the RPG genre, as well as admonishing those whose complaints regarding Jennifer Hepler veered into harassment. I still stand by those editorials, as they reflected the behavior of the gaming community at those respective points in time. Today, however, I am here not to vilify or condemn you, but rather to add my voice to yours, in a situation where the shaming and bullying of one side towards the other has become out of control. I am, of course, referring to GamerGate.

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Christina H. Sommers @CHSommers Follow Women would cry foul if little group of male bloggers started "critiquing" & policing their romance novels or fashion magazines. TWEETS FOLLOWING FOLLOWERS Follow 3,498 87 8,330 Christina H. Sommers @CHSommers Resident scholar at American Enterprise Institute. Former philosophy professor. Author of Who Stole Feminism? Host of weekly video blog: The Factual Feminist. Washington, DC aei.org/scholar/christ.. Christina H. Sommers @CHSommers Follow Christina H. Sommers @CHSommers 20m @RollyKahn Interesting.When feminists tried to "correct" sexist themes in romance novels in 80s, they were reviled by readers &industry Is it true that game journalists challenged bad research linking video games to violence,but caved to feminist "studies" linking to sexism? Our new hero Reply t7 Retweet * Favorite More #gamergate #pax Christina H. Sommers @CHSommers Follow It is clear that gamers are being bullied by opportunistic,evidence-free gender warriors.But who are the enablers?Game companies? Bloggers? Reply t7 Retweet * Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 110 97 4:15 PM-30 Aug 2014
Christina H. Sommers @CHSommers Follow Women would cry foul if little group of male bloggers started "critiquing" & policing their romance novels or fashion magazines. TWEETS FOLLOWING FOLLOWERS Follow 3,498 87 8,330 Christina H. Sommers @CHSommers Resident scholar at American Enterprise Institute. Former philosophy professor. Author of Who Stole Feminism? Host of weekly video blog: The Factual Feminist. Washington, DC aei.org/scholar/christ.. Christina H. Sommers @CHSommers Follow Christina H. Sommers @CHSommers 20m @RollyKahn Interesting.When feminists tried to "correct" sexist themes in romance novels in 80s, they were reviled by readers &industry Is it true that game journalists challenged bad research linking video games to violence,but caved to feminist "studies" linking to sexism? Our new hero Reply t7 Retweet * Favorite More #gamergate #pax Christina H. Sommers @CHSommers Follow It is clear that gamers are being bullied by opportunistic,evidence-free gender warriors.But who are the enablers?Game companies? Bloggers? Reply t7 Retweet * Favorite More RETWEETS FAVORITES 110 97 4:15 PM-30 Aug 2014

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An explanation about the Hugo awards controversy Posted on April 24, 2014 by correia45 A few days ago the finalists for the Hugo were announced. The Hugos are the big prestigious award for science fiction and fantasy. One of my books was a finalist for best novel. A bunch of other works that I recommended showed up in other categories. Because I'm an outspoken right winger, hilarity ensued. Many of you have never heard of me before, but the internet was quick to explain to you what a horrible person I am. There have been allegations of fraud, vote buying, log rolling, and making up fake accounts. The character assassination has started as well, and my detractors posted and tweeted and told anyone who would listen about how I was a racist, a homophobe, a misogynist, a r--- apologist, an angry white man, a religious fanatic, and how l wanted to drag homosexuals to death behind my pickup truck. The libel and slander over the last few days have been so ridiculous that my wife was contacted by people she hasn't talked to for years, concerned that she was married to such a horrible, awful, hateful, bad person, and that they were worried for her safety I wish I was exaggerating. Don't take my word for it. My readers have been collectinga lot of them in the comments of the previous Hugo post and on my Facebook page Plug my name into Google for the last few days. Make sure to read the comments to the various articles too. They're fantastic. Of course, none of this stuff is true, but it was expected. I knew if I succeeded I would be attacked. To the perpetually outraged the truth doesn't matter, just feelings and narrative. l'd actually like to thank all of those people making stuff up about me because they are proving the point I was trying to make to begin with. Allow me to explain why the presence of my slate on the Hugo nominations is so controversial. This is complicated and your time is valuable, so short explanation first, longer explanation if you care after. Short Version: 1. Isaid a chunk of the Hugo voters are biased toward the left, and put the author's politics far ahead of the quality of the work. Those openly on the right are sabotaged. This was denied. 2. So l got some right wingers on the ballot. 3. The biased voters immediately got all outraged and mobilized to do exactly what I said they'd do Point made 4.
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