Another Woman In Gaming Flees Home Following Death Threats

[KitSileya]

29. Yes. Thank you for posting this - it really needs to be said.

Too many even here on DU automatically defend games and gamers without even thinking when questions are raised and criticism given. Too many are unable to think rationally when someone points out that perhaps we need a wider variety of games, that gamers aren't only (white) men, and that we should work for and support people who develop games with women protagonists, as well as women game developers. They don't hear what we say, but instead hear "no games should have men protagonists, men are evil, and should be killed." They are irrational, like the Southern Confederates who, when listening to Northerners say 'Slavery should be contained in the states that has it now, and not expand' heard 'whaaa we will force your daughters to marry black men, just try and stop us!' Complete disconnect in their brains.