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sundin13 on 02 November 2014
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pepharytheworm said:

Who said I wasn't egalitarian? Feminism doesn't cancel out egalitarianism.


Like I said, feminism has become something different than it originally was. A social movement is really only what those who identify under its banner turn it into. Feminists have turned feminism into something fairly twisted, and therefore, that is what feminism is. I don't disagree with the fundamentals of Feminism, I just dislike all the shit that gets piled up on top of that. 

This is no different than the people who attack GamerGate. It isn't and never was about mysogyny, but a few trolls made some comments and now that is all anyone ever talks about when it is brought up. GamerGate has become, to the masses and to outsiders, an anti-womens movement. That is why I make it clear what I am talking about whenever I discuss it, instead of just waving its banner and acting shocked when people don't understand me. 

Podings said:
I don't think uniting against an entirely fictional common enemy works for anyone other than the north koreans.

In what reality do you live in where the media isn't corrupt? I want to live there too...

o_O.Q said:

i personally believe that at this point gamergate is a fool's gambit

it started with exposing a lack of integrity in journalism and i completely respected that 

however, now it seems to be actually about attacking zoe quinn and anita sarkesian more than about getting to the bottom of the rabbit hole with regards to jounralism

when i first heard about it i was like people who aren't aware before that the media is only there to control their perception are now paying attention? this is great!

but now several weeks later i personally don't see any progression with regards to an investigation into journalism


I think you got the order of things backwards. It started with people exposing all the shit around Zoe Quinn and then, when it began to fall under the GamerGate banner, it became about corruption in the media (the SJW-nature of some media falls under the "clickbait/sensationalism" section of corruption). 

"but now several weeks later i personally don't see any progression with regards to an investigation into journalism": What do you mean by investigation? Nobody denies the nepotism in the industry. Even industry figures acknowledge that it is going on, they just disagree on whether or not it matters. Even still, progress has been fairly quiet, but there have been quite a few sites who have updated their disclosure policies to be more open with readers. 

GamerGate isn't an "investigation", it is a social movement. It is there to raise awareness and spark conversation...I'd say that it met that goal, however, not without a plethora of unwanted side effects.