You know what I find the worst part of this? It's at least partly true.
Because lets face it, there's plenty of sexism in the gaming community that should be addressed, and I have no doubt that some of the "harassment" claims are indeed very true and in some cases even serious.
But before we continue, lets do a Godwin. Those are always fun.
Anyone ever heard of the German corpse factory myth? During the first world war there were widespread rumours of German troops committing all sorts of atrocities: rape, pillaging, looting, you know, the usual. Two of the most famous are crucifixion of British soldiers and the myth that the Germans had factories to corpses to soap and oil. It's often said that these rumours were initiated by the British government to increase the anti-German sentiment, but I'm not sure if that's actually true. But they sure as hell never did anything to waylay these patently false rumours and they were wildly printed in newspapers of the day as truth. Much of the public believed these fairly outlandish myths because, why would they lie about it? Why wouldn't it be true? It was a more naive time...
After the war the truth came out, and people were rightfully enraged. Much of the British public wasn't a big fan of the war effort after some spectacular losses early in the war, and the public pretty much got lied to in order to sucker them into the war (sounds familiar, doesn't it).
Now, fast forward 25 years and there was another war going on. This time the Germans really
were the "bad guys" (unlike the first world war, which is a lot more murky), and when the German extermination camps started churning in 1942 there were again, rumours. But this time, the public was a lot more skeptical as they remembered the lies from the previous war. Some of the stories sounded really overblown and incredible, just like the stories from the first world war. Note that this applies to both the British *and* German population.
Das habe ich nicht gewusst (I did not know) was for the most part true. Allied troops showed footage of the camps in movie theatres after the war, and it was mandatory for all Germans to attend. To make sure everyone knew this wasn't yet another rumour spread by the British government.
Would things have turned out different if the lies of the first world war hadn't occurred? Maybe, maybe not. But I feel that it's entirely likely that millions of lives could have been saved.
How does this relate to Brianna Wu? She also lies to gain support. Most likely some of it is true, but at this point it's difficult to tell what exactly. In lying (which she's not even very good at) she is really fucking over her own community. The next female gamer (or game dev) that really *IS* being stalked by some pathetic basement dwelling sperg will not be taken serious; "yeah, yeah, another Wu". And yes, there have been cases of
internet stalkers killing people. Every time someone talks about sexism in video games eyes worldwide roll and thing "yawn, another Wu". And yes, sexism is video game community is real.
The best thing anyone interested in stopping sexism and harassment (and I'm one of those left-wing liberal bleeding heart assholes who cares) is to disown Brainna Wu as loud and clear as possible and then never ever talk about her again. I'll restrain myself so I'll be polite, but I have nothing but disdain for this pathetic cunt who rapes her own community for selfish personal gain. This is why she's an order of a magnitude worse than CWC or Nick Bates or any of those unhinged assholes with several personality disorders if you ask me.
So there. I've said my piece.
