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In reply to the discussion: I was threatened with rape today, NSFW [View all]Jasana
(490 posts)on the "Leave the Disscussionist alone" thread. You are not alone...
It's happening too much. It's an epidemic.
Perhaps you all are not aware of what has gone on in just this past week alone. Anita Sarkeesian was sent rape and death threats so specific that she had to leave her home. Her crime? A video critiquing violence against women in video games. Round 1 Link: http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/05/pop-culture-anita-sarkeesian-video-games-sexism-tropes-online-harassement-feminist
Round 2 Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/game-industry-critic-faces-rape-threats-2014-8
And Zoe Quinn's crime was breaking up with a boyfriend. Ergo, rape/death threats, revenge porn and calls to her parents. Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/22/gaming-misogyny-gets-infinite-lives-zoe-quinn-virtual-rape-and-sexism.html
The entire gaming community is up in arms and is now making a pushback. THIS WILL NO LONGER BE TOLERATED.
It has been so bad for so long that this man devotes an entire blog to tracking it. Link: http://wehuntedthemammoth.com. It is a high traffic blog. Dig through some of the entries... if you can without vominting. Better yet, visit some of the manboobz sites and read it yourself.
No. We will never clean up the entire internet but I'll be damned if I'll let these bastards soil anything I'm involved with.
(Repeat: I don't advocate shutting the forum down. Just cleaning it up.)