| CosmicSex said: I used to be against these guys until I realized that it was just another version of mind control. Of course they have the right to voice their opinion on anything really. Its almost like they triggered everyone. And for what? Its still about one group demonizing another group and putting them down. Then it became about bigots saying if you had an opinion that was counter to yours that it made you SJW. In the end, I realized that they are all the same. I see my friends now constantly telling me about what feminist are doing and who they are worst than hitler and I don't get it. What I have learned is that hate is based on fear. And it can be used to control others. Trump does it all the time and it works to great effect. But in short, I respect these guys and their opinion even though I don't agree. I will not be tricked , however, into hating them or being afraid of them. If you stand up for what you believe in, in doesn't make you a social justice warrior whatever the hell that means. If you take a subject like feminism and distort it into an attack against gamers, you are an idiot. Simple. |
Agreed - pigeon holing entire groups that are mostly comprised of well meaning people who have real grievences - WHATEVER that group may be, is a recipee for disaster and doesn't help anyone. I tend to be anti-feminist (at least the modern iteration of it) as I've seen many of the very ugly, hateful, and hypocritical sides of it - though as the same time I realize there are plenty of reasonable and kind people within it who have genuine gripes and who am I to say they are wrong? The problem is that an extreme and vocal minority (whether it be feminism, Gamergaters, Bernie Bros, Trump supporters, whatever) that use these much larger platforms as a vehicle to spew their hatred and garbage, and unfortunately, whether by the media or gullible people who don't bother to do their own research, often fall for it and view the entire or vast majority of the group in that negative light. People need to start listening to one another more often, but I fear we are only going more in the opposite direction, which with the rise of the internet - and a wealth of knowledge at our fingertips - has always struck me as odd, though I suppose people get used to their own echochamber, which the internet helps streamline.
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