- Okay, I tried a little Twitter experiment last night. I get told over and over again that Gamergate doesn't condone harassment. I don't believe it, but in good faith I put this tweet out there.
#Gamergate is donating to anti-bullying charities in an attempt to clean up its image. That is a good thing amd I approve. but is not enough- The charity-funding, I later discovered, was an attempt to shame an anti-GG writer at Gawker for a pro-bullying joke. But that's neither here nor there.
- If you really want to impress me, #Gamergate, organize to donate money to victims of your movement: Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, Zoe Quinn.
- And make no mistake: Literally Who 1 2 and 3 are victims of #Gamergate members, even if it is a "tiny minority"
- ("Literally Who" 1, 2 and 3 is what Gamergaters refer to these three women as.)
- This is important - only one (Anita) is a journalist. Only one (Zoe) is accused of ethics violations, and in her case Gamergate has backpedaled desperately in an attempt to distance the movement from her (Hence, "Literally Who")
- (cut to 54 minutes after the initial post)
- So, an hour ago, I suggested that since #Gamergate is feeling charitable right now, they might want to donate to harassment victims.
- After all, I figured, #Gamergate has always touted that they reject harassment and the harassers are a "tiny minority"
- So I figured if those were true, #Gamergate would be eager to put some distance between them and this "tiny minority" of harassers.
Here are the responses to that suggestion given to me by #Gamergate pic.twitter.com/UqAq5ERhQ6- (I wish I'd taken a better picture.)
- At this point, I switched over to trying to make the case more sincerely. I could not keep my sarcasm from creeping in, but I made the best possible case I could because I sincerely believe it would be Gamergate's best move.
- Just think, #Gamergate, even if you don't like Zoe/Wu/Anita, by donating to them you could kill this false narrative that you hate women
- And then you could get the focus back to what really matters: ethics in journalism. #Gamergate
- Yeah, I know they've said some superharsh things about #Gamergate but this will show the world how wrong they are. Kill 'em with kindness
- Look, #Gamergate, here's the case for donating to Anita, Zoe or Brianna. Or just *one of them*, doesn't matter.
- You realize #Gamergate is getting called a hate movement, right, by everywhere? The media is turning against you and hard.
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