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You can criticize someone without personally attacking them. Try it.

Because, Quaid, it's something "taboo" that we wouldn't be allowed to do in real life. We get to engage in extremely anti-social (virtual) behavior with zero real-world consequences. The desire being tapped into, despite the action not having a direct real-world effect on another person, is...

Oh, shit. Part 4 is all about GamerGate... (Gets popcorn) Why Are You So Angry? Part 4: An Autopsy on GamerGate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6TrKkkVEhs

Quaid: "She straight up said the developers 'carefully concocted' a situation in which players would fetishize the dead bodies of sexualized women." So? Developers have been "concocting" situations in which players savagely and brutally murder other people for years and years. Is this...

Lith: "If someone believes cyanide is harmful, and puts it in a drink which he knows you cannot help but drink, that is malicious intent." What if they don't believe it's harmful?

Doc: "Believing something is harmful and saying someone is designing a product so that the users of that product are "meant to" and "cannot help but" engage in that harmful behavior is absolutely an accusation of malicious intent. I can already see I'm about to be dragged into an argument...

Tee-hee! Nothing like a good chuckle, eh chums? Now, are we done distracting from the fact that Believing something is harmful =/= Accusation of malicious intent?

Believing something is harmful =/= Accusation of malicious intent Sarkeesian believes that the way women are often portrayed in video games contributes to an environment where sexist attitudes have a better chance of propagating. That is in no way the same thing as saying the developers are...

Doc: "Anita is the one suggesting that it's malicious intent, not me. Anita is the one making a judgement. I can see what you're doing and it's not clever. " She really isn't. That's on you.

OK, found it: Doc: "lol she literally accuses developers of specifically designing their games for players to act out misogynistic sexual control fantasies." I disagree with your use of "specifically", as if that was the primary function of the game, but still... where's the malicious...

Classy.

She never accused anyone of "Building misogynistic rape/murder simulators." I ask for clarification, but get ignored and then insulted instead. Can't explain that.

All right, then. Thanks for troll- err...playing, Doc.

Hey, Cad, welcome back. I'm still trying to figure out what she was supposedly accusing developers of, and whether it is something remotely worthy of offense.

Quaid: "Sorry, where was my 'confirmation bias' coming from when I watched the tropes series? What predetermined notion was I going into those videos with? I watched that video from an article linked on Polygon before I knew who Anita Sarkeesian was, or what #GamerGate was for that matter. I did...

If you're not going to respond seriously, how am I supposed to understand your point?

Old (2011) article by a film critic about sexism in Batman: Arkham City. GODDAMMIT VIDEO GAMES: THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF ARKHAM CITY IS LOTS OF FUN, BUT SUPER-DUPER SEXIST...

Doc: "By literally being an accusation of mal-intent." What's the mal-intent?

Doc: "lol she literally accuses developers of specifically designing their games for players to act out misogynistic sexual control fantasies. The players are "meant" to do it. They "cannot help" but do it." All players? No. Players? Oh, yeah. And if the developers know this (and we have...

"Accusatory language" is not objective. "Those undertones" is not objective. Your justification of the overzealous, strongly negative and vocal reaction is based on people CHOOSING to take something personally that was never meant to be personal. I watched the same videos, which were...

Quaid: "I do think she intentionally misrepresented context in many of her cited game examples. For example, she fails to mention the reality of sandbox games where every NPC is vulnerable, not just sexualized females. To those not well versed in the realities of digital worlds, this point would...

I would like to take this moment to express my sincere thanks to all the posters who have helped this thread thrive up to this point. Heck, we reached the same number of pages as Dr. Mario's own rickshaw thread, and in only a couple of months! There's no way I could have done it without you...

Palum: "People love to be empowered by being in a group, by feeling righteous and by having a moral superiority and SJWdom is just an amalgam of the three at all hazards." So is anti-SJWism.

Quaid: "I've been calmly articulating my case against her false analysis for a year. You are choosing to ignore it, and reduce this criticism to 'she's attacking us!' I do agree with your assertion that she is benefiting from the media's portrayal of her as a victim. I agree that her work...

Convo: "I was not dissappointed." Oh. Sorry for your poor grasp of English, then.

So this guy ain't holding back: Why Are You So Angry? Part 3: Perception Is Everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSmDq5Czae0 (Trigger warning: Use of the term "male privilege") My favorite part: "Choosing your bubble isn?t a real choice, any more than not going to the doctor keeps...

Convo: "Just clicked on this thread to see this guy get slayed by Lithose." Sorry to have disappointed you then.

Quaid: "Why do you think #GamerGate 'acting like assholes', in response to what you admit is flawed (false) criticism, resulted in increased support, fame, wealth, and influence for Ms. Sarkeesian?" Why are you bringing GamerGate into this? I'm not talking about ethics in game journalism...

Dr. Mario: "Still not clear on whether or not she was talking about hitman. Maybe this will finally be cleared up when the new hitman game comes out and legions of shitlords derive a perverse pleasure from desecrating the unsuspecting bodies of virtual female characters. It's a rush streaming...

Right, and when I checked to see what you might have been referring to, I naturally checked the post immediately above yours. The only thing remotely snarky was my jab at the nuts whose YouTube income spikes every time they go off on another rant about Sarkeesian. If your comment was about me...

Quaid: "Complains about snark. Is snarky. That's our Tanoomba!" Wait... Are you suggesting the Sarkeesian hit pieces are anything other than low-brow, dishonest clickbait? Brother, I hope that's not what you're suggesting. Intrinsic: "That's actually a good point and in...

Keep in mind, the videos are about why people are ANGRY with Sarkeesian, not why people disagree with her or criticize her. There is a decent number of entirely fair and thorough videos and articles critical of her work that don't contain a trace of anger (not nearly as many as there are...

Fana: "I've got nothing interesting or relevant to say, I just wanted to participate in the group mentality-driven popularity contest." You're always welcome here, Fana.

*yawn*

Cad: "Who says we hate Anita or are angry at her?" I dunno, dude. Not the video, that's for sure. But there are a heck of a lot lot of people who ARE angry with her. The videos attempt to explain why. Cad: "She's doing what people have done forever... marketed tripe aimed at idiots. If I...

There is no "quick and dirty". For one thing, only 2 of the videos have been released so far. For another thing, it's not as simple as "people are angry because X". It's a nuanced issue. Guess what? A lot of people have terrible personalities and don't get anywhere NEAR the hate Fish got...

A Youtuber is publishing a series of videos exploring why people are so angry at Anita Sarkeesian, and so far it's pretty good. Why Are You So Angry? Part 1: A Short History of Anita Sarkeesian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y8XgGhXkTQ Why Are You So Angry? Part 2: Angry Jack...

Have you got a conflicting account?

Khorum: "It really does come down to teaching our boys not to put your dick in crazy. Even if she DID consent, she can change her mind when you flip her over. She can change her mind on her lonely, bow-legged walk home. She can change her mind when you don't respond to her 276th text. She can...

Bisi: "Obama v Christopher Hitchens Throwback lols" We've been through this before. Hitchens wasn't killed. I would not have thought it so difficult to find examples of SJW hypocrisy, but what do you know? Repeated misdiagnoses from the haters.