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(02-15-2015, 04:23 PM)Faye Wrote:(02-15-2015, 11:38 AM)Kilborne Bloodbane Wrote: Except all of those sites banned discussion of GG from the very beginning. It was damage control.
Crazy talk here, I know--but maybe, just maybe, Gamergate was considered a taboo topic because, especially at its peak, it was a heated issue that led to tons of profanity-ridden arguments, hatemail, harassment, and death threats (from both sides, I'm sure) as do eventually most all pseudo-political discussions on the internet?
Except the banning and the censorship occurred from the very beginning, before Gamergate was even conceived. It was the entire reason that the movement was started. And when it did pick up steam, so did the censorship. It's a textbook example of the Streisand effect. And if you don't believe me...
Surely all of these people deserved to be banned without any notice for their profanity-ridden arguments, hatemail, harassment, and death threats.
http://rgz.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/6AFyFxl.png
Look at this inflammatory, hateful thread title!Â
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At least this guy tweeted a polite "warning" to indie devs who might think about supporting gamergate.
https://archive.today/Tcx3M
And on 4chan, of all places...
http://imgur.com/a/NkevG
Also, collusion...
http://i.imgur.com/jfWtl7M.jpg
And that's not even getting into the harassment. Y'know, like shutting down this charity...
http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/...ychack.png
Or supporters being sent wonderful gifts like this...
https://archive.today/27y57
And the idea that anything can be a taboo topic based on the whims of moderators is really, really shady. Censorship is wrong 100% of the time, and in this case the "censorship" was somehow justified because every single discussion was hateful and derogatory? You would have to go through some insane mental gymnastics to believe that.