| Mr Khan said: The question is one of timing. Were the people condemning Quinn's detractors doing so before or after (some of) Quinn's detractors turned r/videogames into a toxic dump site? |
It would be impossible to nail down the timing because the whole thing became so vitriolic so quickly. Reflexive misogynists and reflexive feminists swarmed instantly and reacted predictably, and in a neat trick Quinn's friends used the misogyny of trolls to invalidate any and all criticism of her, the argument being that pursuing any such criticism puts one on the side of the misogynists. That is, of course, bullshit on stilts on par with the claim that any criticism of the U.S. government post-9/11 makes one a terrorist sympathizer. There is no room for nuanced views when the feminist Dubyas play the "you're either with us or against us" card.
This ploy particularly stinks in light of Quinn's own past behavior, like the Fine Young Capitalists fiasco (in which she was on "the side" of the doxxing and death threats) and her quickness to judge Stardock as "bad people" and side with Alexandra Miseta's claims against Brad Wardell (which were flogged all over the 'net by Kotaku, et al, before eventually being thrown out of court). It really sticks in my craw how Wolf Wozniak's own claim of sexual harassment by Quinn have been completely ignored in all this, and his seem rather credible due to the way he clearly agonized over whether or not to say anything because of the repercussions and immediately backed down and recanted as soon as Phil Fish tore him a new one. That incident alone kind of gave the lie to the idea that there is nothing nepotistic going on here.
