@swev 2/2 how can you defend this treatment as protecting a safe place for minorities? Cont’d…

@swev I’m sorry you’ve been unfairly lumped in with the awful people harassing and threatening women. Minirities do need safe places but 1/2

@swev that “freedom from social control” has spawned a view of women that comes from an insular culture. Sunshine is the best disinfectant.

@dedricuth They started by pointing out the pre-existing treatment of women in games and in gaming. Any over-generalized response came later

My 67yo neighbor is out taking a chainsaw to her trees, while I sit at a computer and type words.

Note to self: do not keep twitter analytics open while defending harassment victims. It's not about you.

RT @femfreq: Useful vocabulary terms for the less obvious harassment tactics used against women online. Via http://t.co/KggLqIlgtv http://t…

RT @Blackamazon: I also invite a lot of these women in tech writers to stop pretending "women"=white

I'm just followed @TheQuinnspiracy's, @femfreq's and @freebsdgirl's mentions for the last hour and I'm exhausted. You women are so brave.

@swev @femfreq How does Anita pointing out the treatment of women in games threaten your safe space? Does it depend on that treatment?

@swev Firstly by trying to silence the criticism. If the criticism is invalid, it will fail. If it's valid, it will change society. 2/2

@swev Cultural critique fills an important role in society, and that critique is a catalyst for change. The status quo fights the change 1/2

So, setup tweetdeck with columns for Zoe, Randi's, and Anita's mentions. Unfathomable treatment.

BTW - if you are standing up for harassed twitter users, try to un-@-reply them, to protect their TLs.

@swev @femfreq Your issue with Anita seems to be that she has a platform. Her "speeches" bring in people who can code and do value diversity

Apparently #gamergate is now about "the roles of men and the roles of women" and "when a Jezebel takes on a man's role in the world". ppl.

@Ectocooler_hi_c We disagree on your base presuppositions.

@PeterCornswalle You defend #gamergate and invoke God in the same sentence? wades in did you know Jesus -> major feminist in his time?

@Ectocooler_hi_c You're not interested in reality, I'm not going to try and unpack the mistakes in that question.

@dbounds Facebook? Aw. I thought it was indie.