#GamerGate is about ethics, not harassment

Since The Open Standard won't print it...

For the past two months, you've likely heard a lot about #GamerGate. The question is, have you listened.

After reading an article posted to this service, I can see that some still have the misconception that #GamerGate supports hatred. That we were the ones to blame for the threats on Brianna Wu and Anita Sarkeesian. The greatest issue with that statement is that it is provably false.

Let us examine the case of Anita's death threat. This threat was posted in its entirety on the original article, shown here: http://www.standard.net/Police/2014/10/14/Utah-State-University-student-threatens-act-of-terror-if-feminist.html . The threat mentions nothing of #GamerGate. In fact, she has received threats previously, long before this movement ever started. Further, initial repostings of the story even stated there was no link. They did, however, imply one, using phrases like "While not connected to the GamerGate movement, it does keep with its tone." That tone, it must be stated, was labeled by these same sites.

In reality, #GamerGate did more than just denounce the threats made against Anita. In fact, they went so far as to locate the harasser, a Brazillian blogger who wanted to build a career based on garnering hits for negative press directed at her. http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2j3rdi/gamergate_tracks_a_corrupt_journalist_who_made/

You see, #GamerGate is not about harassment. It's about ethical reporting. The transition that took place from the first story to those that now surround it is incredible. These stories are examples of how unethical journalism and willful distortion has taken a known, confirmed fact, and by implication alone, buried it under a mountain of repeated lies. This newly manufactured fact is then used as the backbone to support opinion pieces like this.

What drives most of us is that, after showcasing all of this, we are still shouted down. We are faced with stories and editorials like this. All this done in defense of a feminist known to have taken seminars in media manipulation, and who uses tragedies like the Seattle Shooting to promote feminist books on her Twitter account. https://archive.today/DEpxD

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People are so willing to believe what they are told that they've stopped questioning the source of their information, and just outright believe it. I am not asking you to believe what I say. I ask you to use your own eyes, and your own mind, and examine the facts.