champybh said:
I'm about to generalize here - and for that I'm sorry (not really).
If you are a male gamer who is obsessively trying discredit Sarkeesian you are terrible. For those criticizing her tone... grow up. For those who claim she isn't a gamer (probably not true), it shouldn't matter whether she is one or not. The pure insanity in comment sections and threads that this woman inspires is more evidence than any video she could make that we as a culture have an issue with respecting women. That's it. I'm not saying you have to agree with everything she says. I'm saying that all these immature attempts at discrediting her are unproductive to the actual REAL issue at play here - which is how we portray women in games, movies, television and more. This is a completely valid thing to discuss. And it shouldn't matter who is inspiring the topic, just that it's happening at all. Everything else is a distraction. If you have spent anytime on the internet starting threads like this one you need to take a hard look at yourself. Treat the women in your life with respect. Do I have to get your mother in here to scold you all? Because based on the comments it seems as if everyone is between the ages of 14-16.
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you can quit the patronizing attitude. no one is criticizing that snake oil salesman because she is a woman. the criticism comes directly fromt he fact she conned people out of 100's of thousands of dollars to make a handful of videos on youtube accusing games of creating sexism while having absolutely NO FACTS OR STUDIES to back up her claims.
i resent your implication that a person disagreeing with a con artist means they treat the women in their life without respect.
let's try it on you, shall we?
well, you believe that we are wrong to not consider ourselves feminists... I guess you should stop kicking dogs in the street. Do I have to get your father here to scold you?
do you like this type of argument? no? so next time stick to the point and stop strawmanning other people's positions.
on the point, i consider myself a humanist and egalitarian. maybe read up on it a bit next time
