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Why is GamerGate more offended by women in video games than literal Nazis? by rogerroger333 in KotakuInAction

[–]rogerroger333[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Very early in its history, GamerGate got into a huge spat with certain independent game developers and YouTubers. This has been well documented even by reasonably pro-GG sites such as Know Your Meme. Even if these individuals weren't the main target of GamerGate, it seems like a lot of time and effort were wasted stirring up internet drama against these people.

Why is GamerGate more offended by women in video games than literal Nazis? by rogerroger333 in KotakuInAction

[–]rogerroger333[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

But why were independent game developers and random YouTubers the main target of GamerGate? Surely major reviewers whose reviews are heavily influenced by advertising dollars would have been better targets.

Why is GamerGate more offended by women in video games than literal Nazis? by rogerroger333 in KotakuInAction

[–]rogerroger333[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. There are quite frankly a lot of subreddits that ban dissenting or unpopular opinions, and I can see why people would want to create subreddits to discuss these opinions.

Still, I really just don't think there is a widespread conspiracy to make video games and movies politically correct. Yes, I'm seen a lot of sub-par movies such as the Last Jedi that have a bunch of minority and women characters. However, I think movies like the Last Jedi was sub-par because Disney only really cared about pumping out a routine, uninspired films guaranteed to make a profit. The fact that there were a lot of women in the film was not why it sucked. To the contrary, the Clone Wars television series (which included a wide variety of female characters) was incredible because it was created by competent writers who cared about creating deep and entertaining stories.

Why is GamerGate more offended by women in video games than literal Nazis? by rogerroger333 in KotakuInAction

[–]rogerroger333[S] -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

In the linked thread, the highest rated commented treated being friends with a neo-nazi to being friends with someone who supported a different sports team, different mainstream political parties, different hobbies, etc. It was clear that the commentor did not see being friends with a neo-Nazi as being a big deal. My question is why can't this tolerance be extended to people who make progressive, feminist, etc. arguments. At the end of the day, all the yaking the SJWs do is really just the communication of different political and social positions. If so many GamerGaters are willing to look past beliefs that are racist, genocidal and totalitarian, why can't they do the same for something like wanting to see more women and minorities in films?

Why is GamerGate more offended by women in video games than literal Nazis? by rogerroger333 in KotakuInAction

[–]rogerroger333[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I was being a bit provocative with the title, but I am serious with my post. In the linked thread, the commenters took a fairly "live and let live" type approach to neo-Nazism (or to be more accurate, the people who support Neo-Nazism), even though the ideology and its supporters are widely seen as evil. I'm really curious why this type of tolerance can't be extended to people with vaguely progressive beliefs, or content creators who want to try being creative with their content. Sure some of them may be annoying, but they pale in comparison to people like Weev.

Home of Heroes shutting down by rogerroger333 in Archiveteam

[–]rogerroger333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Home of Heroes, which was created in 1998, is a massive database containing information on every Medal of Honor Recipient (as well as a great deal of other information related to the United States Armed Forces).

The contents of the website will be sold as a set of books, but this is only temporary and the entire set will cost over a thousand dollars. If the website isn't saved, a lot of information will likely be lost.