Lot of connections can be drawn between what happened to Kathy Sierra, what's currently happening with GamerGate, and many other situations
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like the 11 thousand word tirade against Emily Gould—a hateful, incoherent mess that could have been a rallying cry that failed
It boils down to: Women don't deserve success. Women don't deserve fame. Women don't deserve platforms. You got there by being a whore.
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and there's of course a million other things, besides the obsession with female sexuality and the details of the target's intimate life—
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—like the demand "not to feed the trolls" or the policing of "the truth" (see e.g. what KS had to say about the evidence of who doxed her)—
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—or how any hint of anger immediately delegitimizes the target.
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But in any case. You start to see patterns. When people are bad, they are predictably bad, across many industries and subcultures.
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What we can learn from these incidents is how and why being attacked can be scary. We can learn compassion, empathy, solidarity.
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And we can also learn how to sniff out misogynistic shitbags and see them for what they are.
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Have a good night and try not to enable horrible people.
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@sarahjeong But the more people stand up against hate, the bigger their number is. Maybe it'll be big enough eventually.Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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@sarahjeong because deep down they might be scared that they could be the next target.Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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@sarahjeong And who are brave enough to stand up against the hate. Watching onslaught is scary and people might not want to get involved.Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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@sarahjeong I don't know if there will ever be enough people who understand there shouldn't be diff. between men and women in that respect.Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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