Gamergate III: Rise of the Machines

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Jaimas said:
You know, between shit like this and the Stephanie Guthrie case, I've really been finding myself thankful for the rule of law right about now.

And speaking of assholes, remember that "Stolen" app, that the Antis were fucking apoplectic over? If not, it was a simple little game where you could get trading cards of public Twitter profiles. The Antis went fucking nuclear over it, claiming the game was "problematic" (there's that fucking word again) because of its premise, but not willing to own up to that, they claimed it was "enabling harassment" and "invading privacy" (of a public figure on a publically accessible website). During this kerfluffle, Quinn was one of the most widely-discussed people with issues with the game.

Recently, Stolen re-emerged as "Famous," and with a brand new consultant at its helm:
Zoe Quinn.
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Famous logo vs. Tinder's logo (props to KiA):

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Man, bullying a PR intern to shut up even when is liked, as is one of the few good things happening to a once loved video game brand, because a otherkin joke and 4chan memes sure is going to make the world a better place .
 
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Man, bullying a PR intern to shut up even when is liked, as is one of the few good things happening to a once loved video game brand, because a otherkin joke and 4chan memes sure is going to make the world a better place .
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First the Sonic Twitter, then the world.

Isn't that how Hitler started?
 
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Does that sonic account even belong to Sega? I thought it was just a random guy on the internet.
 
Red_Rager said:
How dare these people insult Sonic's identity?!!!! Helicopters are as valid as anything else for an identity and Sonic is clearly kin of the helicopter from Desert Strike. As such we should be supportive of Sonic coming out of the hanger!
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Desert Strike was a great game.

That is all.
 
One of the funniest things is when the crazies get outraged over the idea that they could possibly be crazy. It's like they try to do the motte and bailey argument and catch themselves in their own trap.

It starts when something is pointed out to exist. "rabid feminist" as an example in the dictionary. The video Richard Dawkins retweeted. The Sonic helicopter-kin joke. Nobody's even setting out to offend anyone, it's just something that was said as a normal thing. "Rabid" is a modifier, and no reasonable person would assume it's standard of feminism, just as the example of a "rabid dog" wouldn't automatically imply dogs are normally rabid. Dawkins went out of his way to point out that most feminists weren't like the one in the video. Sonic's joke doesn't even make sense other than in the context of tumblr otherkin/multiple system shit, which you'd have to take dead seriously to even be offended in the slightest. In all of these things, it already takes a certain degree of craziness to be offended, let alone do anything about it.

According to feminists, the stereotypical man-hating radicals are extremely rare, if they exist at all. If that's the case, there should be nothing to be offended about. People who are moderate feminist/social justice might just shrug and move along with the rest of their life because who cares? At the most, you might get something like "*sigh*, most of us aren't like that". It's only the crazies that have any reason to lose their shit. It's the ones who actually do believe in patriarchal conspiracy theories, hate men, or fit whatever other stereotype, they're the ones that flip the fuck out. By flipping the fuck out, they're openly admitting that they're exactly the rabid feminists those things are describing. And they're trying to deny as hard as possible that those crazy people (them) don't exist, even though they're (themselves) doing it right out there in the open.
 
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One of the funniest things is when the crazies get outraged over the idea that they could possibly be crazy. It's like they try to do the motte and bailey argument and catch themselves in their own trap.

It starts when something is pointed out to exist. "rabid feminist" as an example in the dictionary. The video Richard Dawkins retweeted. The Sonic helicopter-kin joke. Nobody's even setting out to offend anyone, it's just something that was said as a normal thing. "Rabid" is a modifier, and no reasonable person would assume it's standard of feminism, just as the example of a "rabid dog" wouldn't automatically imply dogs are normally rabid. Dawkins went out of his way to point out that most feminists weren't like the one in the video. Sonic's joke doesn't even make sense other than in the context of tumblr otherkin/multiple system shit, which you'd have to take dead seriously to even be offended in the slightest. In all of these things, it already takes a certain degree of craziness to be offended, let alone do anything about it.

According to feminists, the stereotypical man-hating radicals are extremely rare, if they exist at all. If that's the case, there should be nothing to be offended about. People who are moderate feminist/social justice might just shrug and move along with the rest of their life because who cares? At the most, you might get something like "*sigh*, most of us aren't like that". It's only the crazies that have any reason to lose their shit. It's the ones who actually do believe in patriarchal conspiracy theories, hate men, or fit whatever other stereotype, they're the ones that flip the fuck out. By flipping the fuck out, they're openly admitting that they're exactly the rabid feminists those things are describing. And they're trying to deny as hard as possible that those crazy people (them) don't exist, even though they're (themselves) doing it right out there in the open.
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Of course, these same people will defend remarks about all of a certain group by trying to say "oh we only mean down with transphobic cis people when we say down with all cis people!" so... yeah.
 
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One of the funniest things is when the crazies get outraged over the idea that they could possibly be crazy. It's like they try to do the motte and bailey argument and catch themselves in their own trap.

It starts when something is pointed out to exist. "rabid feminist" as an example in the dictionary.
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One group of people was actually offended by this.

Actual rabid feminists.

Also, as you predict, people who actually do think all feminists are rabidly insane, i.e. often themselves batshit crazy MRAs, don't say "rabid feminist." They just say "feminist."
 
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