Katherine Cross on Twitter: "Even if Wu's threat came from outside, GG's collective response-- to say she doxxed herself, that she did it for attention-- has damned them"

Katherine Cross ‏@Quinnae_Moon Oct 14

And yes, I am furious about Anita's cancelled talk, about the spectre of Marc Lepine being raised over a lecture on *video games*
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Katherine Cross ‏@Quinnae_Moon Oct 14

The fact that such basic issues of access remain such fraught battlegrounds is absolutely frightening. It terrorises *all of us.*
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Katherine Cross ‏@Quinnae_Moon Oct 14

Consider the fact that GG has a list of "LWs" now. Zoe Quinn was the first, Anita the second... and the rest are *all* women.
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Katherine Cross ‏@Quinnae_Moon Oct 14

The perverse damnatio memoriae of the women they despise for speaking their minds is a chilling sociological artifact of this mess.
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Katherine Cross ‏@Quinnae_Moon Oct 14

So many around me are literally sick of this. Physically ill, from anxiety and fear. Myself included. I'm beyond tired of being scared.
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Katherine Cross ‏@Quinnae_Moon Oct 14

Whatever the intentions (or identities) of some in GG, the *impact* of this movement is what it is. The terror it created is real.
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Katherine Cross ‏@Quinnae_Moon Oct 14

The terror is not the result of propaganda or misunderstanding or obtuseness, but the real impact on all of our lives.
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Katherine Cross ‏@Quinnae_Moon Oct 14

That even a "moderate" would be so callous as to say that speaks volumes about a severe failure of empathy endemic to the movement.
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Katherine Cross ‏@Quinnae_Moon Oct 14

In response to my essay on FPS, one GGer quoted Robespierre to say "there can be no virtue without terror," validating everything I argued.
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Katherine Cross ‏@Quinnae_Moon Oct 14

Terror, for one too many GGers, has become the despotism of their perverse digital "virtue," a pure conception of the "gamer" identity.
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Zombie Zwiezen ‏@ZwiezenZ Oct 14

@Quinnae_Moon It should be a red flag to you that people just assume your responsible 4 horrible things.That people expect it at this point
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David Galiel ‏@davidgaliel Oct 14

@Quinnae_Moon @Upstreamism "GG's collective response" - how do you determine that? Blanket generalization fr worst fringe just (1/2)
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David Galiel ‏@davidgaliel Oct 14

@Quinnae_Moon @Upstreamism (2/2) makes it easier for "other side" to do the same & lump you in w worst excesses. Not a path to progress.
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David Galiel ‏@davidgaliel Oct 14

@Quinnae_Moon @Upstreamism instead, why not focus on & engage those who do seek reasonable dialog, w.out quantifying them.
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