GamerGate - Reactions to Lizzy being hired by the Escapist

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$HES Bob Chipman Follow Follow The Escapist hired some mega-conservatives and GamerGate is very happy. But GG is left-leaning, I thought? Hmmm. Curious. Confusing The defining game series of the last/current generation is a pro-war right-wing neocon wankfest. Years later, right-wing lunatics... RETWEETSFAVORITES 15 RETEET 25 3.00 AM-21 Feb 2015 10:43 AM Bob start slithering into the games press, feigning "nerd cred" to spread their poisonous, hate -based ideology to a new generation... lan Miles Cheong@stillgray The once venerable establishment is now home to wingnut anti-feminist pundits. Free from politics, my ass 11 3, gee, who could've predicted that? Who could've POSSIBLY seen that coming? eES Logan Westbrook@LoganWestbrook 29m @the moviebob No Bob, you misunderstand. Media can't change perceptions. To suggest otherwise is to advocate f in bloggers who aren't even gamers to write MockingGrey GreyTheTick 28m @the moviebob I don't want to be the "actually," guy. But while COD certainly fetishizes guns and the military, I'm not sure if calling- n Miles "It was a joke you guys!" Bob Chipman @the_moviebob-28m American cuiture had a chance, however slim, in the fallout of the Iraq/Afghanistar/Bush disasters, to FINALLY accept that. 邙 Damned if you do, damned if you don't There's always some neckbeard who's going to call you an SJW Follow Has the escapist commented at all about hiring a known bigot/transphobe or? 邙 lan Miles Cheong stillarav 19h Polygon gave The Order: 1886 a bad review. Boogie says they gave it a good review because they are SJWs who like small breasts, Go figure Follow @tellahtruth @GNT_Josh @Hailinel The Escapist has been getting rid of various liberal staff and is now hiring from a pool of questionable NeoGAF New Threads @NeoGAFNewThread Follow Justin Grahamm The Escapist hires on transphobic Brandon Morse neogaf.com/forum/showthre So if understand recent events correctly, The Escapist is undergoing a Kafka-esque metamorphosis into a rightwing nutjob media website? the escapist fires good people, hires bigots #gamergate celebrates Mitch-\ ( ) /"Bowman ollow Here's a tip: If you're a developer, just don't talk to anyone from The Escapist anymore Problem solved Follow If you support inclusiveness and diversity in gaming (and in general), don't support The Escapist. And hope the good people left leave soon FAT NERD CAT ollow The Escapist becomes the Fox News of Video games mcc This person ("liz") personally directed harassment toward me, more than once twitter.com/untimelygamer Captain America @bobleponge1000 4h So the Escapist has apparently decided that the worst the gaming community has to offer should be their audience. I pity their forum mods. mcc L.E., personaly directed her followers at my tweets for purposes of directing abuse, in order to silence a message of mine she d 35 mcc Now, according to a tweet from their founder, the Escapist is going to be running content from her. Giving an abuse ringleader a platform Over/under how many months until a harassment campaign originates in the Escapist's comment sections mcc Don't try to tell me, after this, the abuse is not coming from the game Untimely Gamer @untimelygamer Follow It isn't "Gamergate" that's abusive. Just games TotalBiscuit may be a noxious ass whose worldview is complete poison, but he's never advocated hate speech. The Escapist's new friends have. な Follow Want to prove me wrong? Then the games community needs to treat the escapist like an outsider attacking the community & not a member of it The Escapist's Endorsement of Transphobia$