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(02-15-2015, 02:25 AM)Faye Wrote:(02-15-2015, 02:16 AM)Kilborne Bloodbane Wrote: Did you not see the eleven or so "Gamers are dead" articles that sprung up when the movement started? Or the thousands of reddit comments that got deleted because the media didn't want people to have any discussion at all? And no, you cannot tell me that every single comment was pure vitrol.
No, I did not. There are probably more than 11 articles about most things. I don't know what point that is supposed to prove? o_o I can easily believe thousands of comments on Reddit were pure vitriol, but regardless, Reddit deletes Reddit comments. This faceless entity that's the "media" doesn't swoop in and erase content from their website.
(02-15-2015, 02:16 AM)Kilborne Bloodbane Wrote: And what does the language of the tumblr have to do with anything? Every post has a screenshot
....wat?
(02-15-2015, 02:16 AM)Kilborne Bloodbane Wrote: Also, a ten second google search of "Gamergate" brings up 4 articles about it that were published 9 hours ago. It's still the most trending topic on Know Your Meme. The /gamergate/ board on 8chan is active. It's still very much alive.
Did you ever think it was all dredged back up by the Law and Order episode a la your own post right here?
Except all of those sites banned discussion of GG from the very beginning. It was damage control. And when that failed, they started churning out "gamers are deeeeead!" articles. And when that failed, they just resorted to ad hominem attacks. We're all sexist racist white men. Notyourshield gets created on twitter aaaand... we're still sexist racist white men who apparently control minorities now.Â
That's what critics of the movement do: deflect evidence, move goalposts, and make ad hominem attacks on invisible boogeymen.
Also, another ten second google search brings up an article on February 9th, before the episode aired. Even further back is January 28th. Just because they say it, it doesn't make it true.