It's heartening seeing #DNDgate get the scorn it deserves, but if you're someone (esp. a dude) who has dismissed the notion of this happening as "hilarious", I'm going to need you to STOP because that is not a good look. (THREAD)
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First, this is directly modeled on GamerGate - which ruined fucking lives. The perpetrators of GamerGate leveled up into actual fucking Nazis, mostly because all y'all refused to listen to women who were trying to tell you what a threat they were:https://www.cnet.com/news/gamergate-donald-trump-american-nazis-how-video-game-culture-blew-everything-up/ …
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Second, as someone who has actual PTSD caused by tabletop harassment and who has spent thousands of dollars on therapy and medication, this shit is NOT FUCKING FUNNY.
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If you want to laugh at the originators of this steaming dung pile of a hashtag? Be my guest. Remember the time that one of them lost a Twitter argument with a bot? Hilarious. But
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bedbugs still going on about GAMURGATE?? JFC.
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