#Gamergate goes off the deep end

[derspiess]

With Five Guys, actually

Screwing hamburgers and french fries?

Hey, somebody's gotta pick the low-hanging fruit.  Might as well be the short guy.

Yeah, that seems to be the tie-in joke that has been made (hence my capitalization )

[Grallon]

I expect it will. And I expect it will also undermine some of the potential public support for pushing against that greater control and regulations.

I recently read the Daybreak Trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_51_%28novel%29) which was about net created memes conditioning individuals to develop terror weapons to destroy modern civilization.  Well after reading the article Meri linked this whole shit storm is becoming rather sinister.  She described all the tropes used in the books and it's freaky to think she experienced them all in RL.



G.

[Martinus]

Did anyone actually carry out any of these threats? Finding someone's address is very easy these days - this is what 4chan trolls do. They think it is funny. It is fucked up but that does not mean it is comparable to nazi paramilitary groups actually carrying out acts of violence. 

If someone called in bomb-threats against a gay pride parade or threatened to shoot up a university audience because they were listening to a gay speaker, would you think it warranted a serious reaction or dismissal?

So the only two possible choices are "dismissal" and "this is just like the nazis coming to power"?

[Jacob]

So the only two possible choices are "dismissal" and "this is just like the nazis coming to power"?

No 

[DontSayBanana]

So the only two possible choices are "dismissal" and "this is just like the nazis coming to power"?

No 

Martinalogies in action.

[Eddie Teach]

Is that a Bananalogism?

[DontSayBanana]

Is that a Bananalogism?

I prefer to think of my inane pointing out of the obvious as Bananagrams.

[CountDeMoney]

Ask for banal.

[grumbler]

Ask for banal.

[rufweed]

Mrs B knows about this place, registered here like 10 years ago, but thinks the stuff we talk about is boring.

Frau Spiess would die of boredom here unless every thread was about David Bowie, fashion, or Walking Dead. 

A few years ago she became concerned that it was a gay forum because she kept seeing rufweed's (?) avatar when she walked by.

[rufweed]

give my love.

[garbon]

Looking gaunt, bro. Need a bit more meat on those bones.

[Neil]

Really? People posting stuff online is an apt comparison to people mugging other people and breaking windows? 

Biggest indication that you don't know what's actually going on.

If it were left on the internet, I wouldn't be nearly as upset about this. Since it's gone "real world" into serious threats of bodily harm (with their home addresses attached), murder, the loss of careers, etc., I'm going to go with yeah, the Brown shirts are a pretty apt description.

Not until they actually follow through.

[CountDeMoney]

Looking gaunt, bro. Need a bit more meat on those bones.

Manburger is by its very nature lean.

Stick around once in a while, ruf.

[viper37]

Maybe this Quinn is a really bad person, though?

Maybe my house is made out of candy canes.  Maybe the moon is made of cheese.

So what?  Her entire role in this nonsense was that she had sex with some dude so far as I can tell.  If that makes you a bad person I guess you are fucked.

With Five Guys, actually

Let's say she did.  All at once.  And their dog too.  Even worst, she took the "whore pill".

How does that justify death threats?  Shouldn't a society that values freedom of speech be concerned that people are intimidated when they speak non conformist thoughts?