- This contains harassment, verbal abuse, discussion of rape, threats of both physical and sexual violence, and bigotry of all sorts.
The great thing about #GamerGate is that as time goes on we start to see the full mental breakdowns of the opposition. Quite glorious.- GamerGate is a campaign of harassment. Every day, anyone who's targeted by it will wake up to an inbox full of this.
@TheQuinnspiracy Better question: Why are you such a whiny bitch? Can't play around on an even playing ground?
“Go ahead, screen capture this and tweet it you piece of shit” ummm… ok. I’m not afrapic.twitter.com/8B74uYJOOUebuttals". http://t.co/8B74uYJOOU
This is a prime example of why saying you're "against harassment" is useless. I see this justification constantly. pic.twitter.com/sO8tysrBgT- Feminist FrequencyYes please, explain to me again how this has nothing to do with sexism. [TRIGGER WARNING for extreme misogyny, gendered slurs, sexual harassment, sexual violence, victim blaming, graphic rape and death threats]
8chan/#gamergate generated 60 pages of this today attacking me. I'm going on a Twitter break till I feel more safe. pic.twitter.com/A0GYsdJ3KA- And that's on the days they don't wake up to find this.
Multiple specific threats made stating intent to kill me & feminists at USU. For the record one threat did claim affiliation with #gamergate- Note how this threat mirrors the Ecole Polytechnique shooting of 1989.
The police just came by. Husband and I are going somewhere safe. Remember, #gamergate isn't about attacking women. pic.twitter.com/ZU6oEVxMGL- This is from the comment section of an article critical of GamerGate by Felicia Day on her blog.
- "Blocklady" is software developer Randi "freebsdgirl" Harper, creator of ggautoblocker, a tool to reduce harassment on Twitter by blocking people who follow known GamerGate leaders and mouthpieces.
- GamerGate denies responsibility for any of this doxxing (posting someone's personal information in an intimidating way), stalking, or open threats of violence. However, they often rush to justify it, or harass people for pointing out it happened to them.
@Wily_Matt @GoGamerGate2015 @a_man_in_black It kinda isn't. Your just showing addresses. It's information. It's what people do with it.- GamerGate especially likes to pounce when anyone shows any sort of vulnerability. When Brianna Wu, Head of (game) Development at Giantspacekat, mentioned her dog Crash coming down with (and later dying) of encephalitis, GamerGate responded like this:
And, the whole time, Gamergate is harassing the hell out of me. They're making fake accounts with my dog to hurt me. pic.twitter.com/5ALjVDrDju- Even interacting politely with GamerGate can be catalyst for further abuse, this time spreading defamation on 8chan, an anonymous image board popular with GamerGate supporters.
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