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"Former Nintendo of America staffer violated company policy, Nintendo says"
So GamerGate is still a thing that exists? And Nintendo ended up firing someone because of their asinine bullshit? *weary goddamn sigh + facepalm + headshake*
Yeah yeah, Nintendo came up with some bullshit technicality for why they did it, but it was really because of the GamerGate bullshit. Rapp was a feminist and GamerGate hates feminists, oh yes precious we hates it forever, so they fucked her over with a smear campaign, and Nintendo just didn't want to deal with it, that's all.
(EDIT)
Here is an interesting video from a guy who claims to be a GamerGate supporter (more's the pity for him), talking about all of this shit:
(EDIT 3) Embed replaced with archive.org link because the original video was set to private. (/EDIT 3)
"This was a witch hunt. Flat out. We're better than this."
Um, no. He's openly calling himself a part of GamerGate, therefore, by association, he is not better than that, because GamerGate itself is demonstrably not better than that.
"I want no fucking part in that. I want no fucking part."
Then, uh, maybe he should stop calling himself part of GamerGate?
Ohhh but but but some GamerGate-supporting assholes also got fired from their jobs because they were GamerGate-supporting assholes and that's clearly equivalent to this...
No, it's not. GamerGate is an irredeemably toxic shithole. Always has been. In my not at all humble opinion, anyone fired from their jobs for supporting that shit means that absolutely nothing of value was lost from the company that fired them.
I like that this guy is apparently trying to, I don't know, "fight the good fight" or what-the-fuck-ever from the inside, from within GamerGate, trying to stop the doxxing and smearing and witch hunts and so on and so forth, but... dude. Really. If that's what he's seriously trying to do, then he's been fighting a losing battle on that front from day fucking one. He should drop the GamerGate label and do his own thing. He shouldn't hang that albatross around his neck if he wants to be taken at all seriously by anyone not already mired right beside him in the tar pit that is GamerGate.
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(EDIT 2)
And here is an article by Jim Sterling. This is another one of those rare instances where he's actually using his dark powers on the side of good.
And I like how he doesn't even refer to GamerGate by name, but just refers to them as "Third Party Individuals." I might start doing that, if I ever have reason to write about it again. Or maybe I'll just find/replace "irredeemably toxic shithole" for every instance of "GamerGate," in the future. We'll see.
(/EDIT 2)
So GamerGate is still a thing that exists? And Nintendo ended up firing someone because of their asinine bullshit? *weary goddamn sigh + facepalm + headshake*
Yeah yeah, Nintendo came up with some bullshit technicality for why they did it, but it was really because of the GamerGate bullshit. Rapp was a feminist and GamerGate hates feminists, oh yes precious we hates it forever, so they fucked her over with a smear campaign, and Nintendo just didn't want to deal with it, that's all.
(EDIT)
Here is an interesting video from a guy who claims to be a GamerGate supporter (more's the pity for him), talking about all of this shit:
(EDIT 3) Embed replaced with archive.org link because the original video was set to private. (/EDIT 3)
"This was a witch hunt. Flat out. We're better than this."
Um, no. He's openly calling himself a part of GamerGate, therefore, by association, he is not better than that, because GamerGate itself is demonstrably not better than that.
"I want no fucking part in that. I want no fucking part."
Then, uh, maybe he should stop calling himself part of GamerGate?
Ohhh but but but some GamerGate-supporting assholes also got fired from their jobs because they were GamerGate-supporting assholes and that's clearly equivalent to this...
No, it's not. GamerGate is an irredeemably toxic shithole. Always has been. In my not at all humble opinion, anyone fired from their jobs for supporting that shit means that absolutely nothing of value was lost from the company that fired them.
I like that this guy is apparently trying to, I don't know, "fight the good fight" or what-the-fuck-ever from the inside, from within GamerGate, trying to stop the doxxing and smearing and witch hunts and so on and so forth, but... dude. Really. If that's what he's seriously trying to do, then he's been fighting a losing battle on that front from day fucking one. He should drop the GamerGate label and do his own thing. He shouldn't hang that albatross around his neck if he wants to be taken at all seriously by anyone not already mired right beside him in the tar pit that is GamerGate.
(/EDIT)
(EDIT 2)
And here is an article by Jim Sterling. This is another one of those rare instances where he's actually using his dark powers on the side of good.
And I like how he doesn't even refer to GamerGate by name, but just refers to them as "Third Party Individuals." I might start doing that, if I ever have reason to write about it again. Or maybe I'll just find/replace "irredeemably toxic shithole" for every instance of "GamerGate," in the future. We'll see.
(/EDIT 2)
