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RT @Spacekatgal: HOW TO EXPLAIN GAMERGATE: Videogames used to be a boys club. Now, women are 48 percent of the market and the industry is e…

My lawn care and home renovations are currently being powered by anger at the way GG is treating people.

RT @Ether101_Prime: @steveivy @swev Yet no one can provide proof of #GamerGate involvement.

@swev And with that I'm out of time for twitter arguments today. I don't expect to convince you, and don't expect you will do likewise.

@swev the threats are real and documented, by supporters of #gamergate on 4 / 8 chan and twitter. as for real gamers, choose a new hashtag.

@swev rape and death threats are not harmless. threats attached to an address even less so #threatsareviolence

Why does this need to be said? yes DOXXing uses public information. And stalking uses public streets. Neither is an excuse for threats.

@swev Thanks, I'll pass. :-) Good example that a term that a person decides to own is one thing, but doesn't make it right for others.

@swev Ok, with absurdity: would you tell MLK "don't make speeches, change things"? Anita is changing things by drawing attention to issues.

@swev 2/2 2) Telling her to stop "making speeches" IS telling her to shut up, straight up.

@swev I'm not twisting words. 1) Anita is not a coder herself, she's a social analyst/critic, her videos are her work 1/2

@swev Have you looked at Anita's mentions stream lately? Surprising there's ANY signal in that noise.

RT @337bot: @TheQuinnspiracy Sorry I did not mean to add to your mentions. I'll untag you if I get mad and respond to gg'ers. Hang in there…

@spinzig @BloomfieldJanet They're probably just professional victims.

@Spacekatgal that’s amazing!!

@TheQuinnspiracy so so sorry. Hang in there. This is awful.

i just keep telling myself: "it's not about you".

Told my son a story last night about a lizard trying to escape the giant "Godzhuman". He loved it! 1/2

2/2 He did complain that "Godzhuman" sounded an awful lot like him.

RT @coda: GameraGate: It’s about ethics in kaiju journalism. (Godzilla isn’t even a real god! Wake up sheeple!)