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Beaten blokes hate the women who frag them in online games

jonathan1

Depends...on when people noticed the debate...

Truthfully I missed it, I don't know where I was at the time...it passed me by completely.

So from my point of view...it seems Gamergate whilst it may have started off about corruption it got conflated with lots of social issues, such as how certain people can behave on the net to one another. i.e. pretty damn vile.

Problem is whilst some folk were trying to discuss corruption/ethics, other folk* where threatening to rape/kill women. Didn't help the orginal debate at all.

Which is why Gamergate has many meanings depending on who you speak to.

*The same folk who did that are probably the same sort who think its funny/acceptable to call SWAT teams on those that they lose to in video games.

Anyway, above is entirely my opinion based on something I've tried to interpret. Either way, the whole thing from what I read didn't seem when taken collectively a shining example of rational human debate. But then its the internet, most things on it aren't rational ;o)

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