Peh said: Well, personally, I think it goes way too far. If she is a call-girl, then that's her decision. Nothing wrong with that. That she didn't told Nintendo about her 2nd job, well, the blame goes to Rapp. And that's it. Why dig even deeper? Just let her be ffs. |
The biggest problem largely stems from the fact that I've noticed this particular, er, 'faction set' has basically acted as a lightning rod in terms of attracting the least considerate, potentially sociopathic elements of the Internet. While I'm sure at least some on both sides of the issue went in with legitimate concerns, (I've seen cordial, albeit brief discussions on matters such as ethics in journalism back in the early days,) plenty of others just see it as justification to doxx, harass, and basically represent the worst possible elements of human nature and social behavior, because it's easiest to find people just as abusive as they are who they can laugh about it with. This is aided in part due to an insistence that neither movement is 'responsible' for the actions of those within it- basically, GG supporters will take credit if the movement is connected to something positive, but anything negative its followers do is 'somebody else did it,'- and so neither condemns their own radical elements with anywhere near the zeal they'll condemn 'The Other Side.'
Heck, it's already happening. Plenty of people will tout how their zeal and dedication got Alison the prostitute fired, but once it's brought up that she and her relatives are being doxxed and harassed, suddenly it's not worth talking about/she super duper deserves it/Gamer Gate would neeeeever do something like that, etc.
Basically, it's all a big Crusade. =P Supposed pursuit of higher ideals, and a convenient hand-wave to dismiss the atrocious acts comitted in that pursuit.
Zanten, Doer Of The Things
Unless He Forgets In Which Case Zanten, Forgetter Of The Things
Or He Procrascinates, In Which Case Zanten, Doer Of The Things Later
Or It Involves Moving Furniture, in Which Case Zanten, F*** You.