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Elheru Aran wrote:This behavior has been going on for a while, ever since Anonymous proved it could be done without major consequences for most of the people involved. The GamerGate thing is just the most recent incarnation of this attitude.

Spekio wrote:

Elheru Aran wrote:This behavior has been going on for a while, ever since Anonymous proved it could be done without major consequences for most of the people involved. The GamerGate thing is just the most recent incarnation of this attitude.

Really guys? You need more screen shots to prove harassment against people in GG? Milo, a reporter from breitart who gave positive coverage was sent a syringe. A lot of people were doxxed, some by Quinn herself. Do you know what most people are doing? Writing e-mails to company reps.

This is really not 4chan doing a raid.

Spekio wrote:

Elheru Aran wrote:This behavior has been going on for a while, ever since Anonymous proved it could be done without major consequences for most of the people involved. The GamerGate thing is just the most recent incarnation of this attitude.

Really guys? You need more screen shots to prove harassment against people in GG? Milo, a reporter from breitart who gave positive coverage was sent a syringe. A lot of people were doxxed, some by Quinn herself. Do you know what most people are doing? Writing e-mails to company reps.

As for Zoe Quinn doxxing someone, I highly doubt that, but you're welcome to produce evidence.

Jub wrote:Should I feel afraid every time a stranger gets close to me when I'm walking alone at night, or when a less than well kept person approaches me at a bus stop?

Broomstick wrote:

Jub wrote:Should I feel afraid every time a stranger gets close to me when I'm walking alone at night, or when a less than well kept person approaches me at a bus stop?

Well, if we ever needed proof Jub wasn't a woman (as if that was ever in doubt) there's proof.

I'm sorry it fractures your veneer, Jub, but that is EXACTLY the world for the majority of women. Fear of every stranger. Fear of many acquaintances.

Maybe that has an effect on how they view threats, hm?

Deseret News wrote:
LOGAN — A prominent feminist scheduled to speak at Utah State University on Wednesday has canceled her presentation after an email threatening a campus shooting was sent to the school.

The message, sent to about a dozen school offices late Monday night, threatened "the deadliest school shooting in American history" if Anita Sarkeesian, a feminist known for her critical look at how women are portrayed in popular media, is allowed to speak at the school.

The email, provided to the Deseret News by USU, purports to have been written by a student with access to a semiautomatic rifle, several pistols and pipe bombs.

"I'm giving you a chance to stop it," the message reads, demanding that Sarkeesian's presentation be canceled.

Sarkeesian was invited by USU's Center for Women and Gender to speak Wednesday as part of the school's weekly Common Hour presentation series. The speech had been scheduled to take place as planned until Sarkeesian contacted the school and canceled Tuesday night.

Sarkeesian asked school officials whether firearms would be allowed in the auditorium where she was scheduled to speak. USU officials replied that, in accordance with Utah law, anyone with a valid concealed carry permit would be able to enter with the gun, according to a statement released by the university.

State and local law enforcement, the FBI and other specialists were contacted as soon as the email was discovered, USU spokesman Tim Vitale said. Those who reviewed the message say it is unlikely a USU student sent it and that the threat is consistent with others that Sarkeesian has received in the past, Vitale added.

The sender has not been identified, and the investigation is ongoing.

"We are an institution of higher learning. We educate people. This is what we do. In this case, we invited a nationally known speaker who is bringing an interesting perspective about an important topic," Vitale said.

Increased security measures were already in the works before USU received the email in light of threats made against Sarkeesian in the past.

Sarkeesian is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a Web series that looks to deconstruct female stereotypes in pop culture, as well as harassment of women online and in video gaming.

The writer of the threatening email calls Sarkeesian "everything wrong with the feminist woman" and blames feminism for the emasculation of Western men. The message also refers to to Marc Lepine, the gunman behind a deadly attack against women at a Canadian university in 1989, as a hero and promises a similar shooting at USU, specifically referencing Sarkeesian, attendees at the presentation, and students and staff at the women's center.

No prior threats had been made against USU in the 17 years Vitale has been on campus, he said.

Terralthra wrote:People in GG have been harassed, too" is a tu quoque fallacy. That GGers are being harassed is also bad.

If you believe anything Breitbart.com publishes, you have major issues. Breitbart has a repeated, public history of staging hoaxes designed to make the targets look bad. The purported ACORN videos, the "Friends of HAMAS" hoax, the Shirley Sherrod selective editing...they have zero credibility.

As for Zoe Quinn doxxing someone, I highly doubt that, but you're welcome to produce evidence.

The Romulan Republic wrote:I think the threats to Utah State deserve a thread in News and Politics. Or perhaps its time for a general domestic terrorism in America thread like the one for North Korea given how much of this kind of shit happens.

Spekio wrote:There were pics that were removed. You can search the doxx yourself if you doubt me.