Why is casual racism/sexism more accepted in video games than other forms of media (these days)?

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fuck helpful in the context of this thing, i mean. im down for total abject shaming of the entirety of these gamergate dicks all day every day.

Ass Tchotchke! (jjjusten), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link

they won't be shamed

also there are some pretty clear advantage for the people who are *actually* being threatened by this stuff to not having this stuff stirred up

u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link

like in this case it feels like chris being like "hey pay attention to me guys!!!"

u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link

Cluwe being a visible professional athlete - ostensibly these super macho guys who normally might be assumed to tow the line with reactionary conservatism - taking a stance is a good thing

Nhex, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link

visible ex-professional athlete i guess

Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link

yup yup
you're next, Chris Bosh!

Nhex, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link

OTOH his profile is such that no one who knows who he is is going to be surprised by his stance here so I understand how this reads as empty posturing

💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link

Kluwe really wasn't even known nationally (he's an NFL kicker which is about as un-macho a position as you can possibly have and still be considered a "professional athlete") until he crusaded for gay rights for about a year so he's p much widely seen as more of an internet SJW than a macho football player

u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link

and like i said i like chris a lot and he did a ton of good and raised a ton of money here in minnesota to help successfully overturn the ban on gay marriage

u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link

ah, fair enough. i really have no idea who he was

Nhex, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link

always these conversations devolve into optics, strategizing *j/o motion*

lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link

tbf punter (which is what he was) is slightly more macho than kicker

mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link

sounds to me like he's an NFL analogue to Mick Foley

Nhex, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link

doh punter lol and actually it might be less

u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link

I find him really obnoxious and unhelpful, overall. Also he is delusional about how good a punter he was.

polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link

punter is the ultimate nfl nobody

lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link

Adobe is falling for this now?
I have friends there and they will be hearing from me harrumph

resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link

i want to know what chris kluwe did to poly to get him so mad

Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link

filled up my twitter feed with his inane thoughts

polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link

yeah that'll do it

Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link

cmon poly let us have one likeable viking/exviking, its been rough up here recently

Ass Tchotchke! (jjjusten), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link

he's a nice guy!

u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link

yeah i met him a couple times via music shit and hes a super nice dude

Ass Tchotchke! (jjjusten), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link

Alan Page is one of the coolest players ever

polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link

i like kluwe and i am glad someone is being that guy but i wish he were better at it

Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link

should we be talking about Sportsball in the Gamer place

polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link

i keep waiting for advanced analytics types to start rallying around punters as incredibly important and worthy of left-tackle type money but i havent seen it yet.

ryan, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link

on a per play basis you could make a case but too few plays overall

Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link

i've often wondered how self-styled alpha males get past the apparent paradox that whining about feminism is sorta *deeply un-masculine*

for "gamers" it almost seems as if they see themselves under assault on both sides of that continuum--in a way that strikes me as (and this is obvious) adolescent "mom and dad can't tell me what to do" stuff in the extreme. growing up is hard, etc.

ryan, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link

4chan video games board banned all gg chat a while back but people keep bringing it up and getting legitimate (word used v lightly) threads locked down so now there appear to be a/multiple bot/bots (or just really bored humans) that spam threads with pro/anti gg stuff which often results in locks and the meta shitposting has started to spiral and every couple threads you'll see a desperate comment like "i just want to talk about video games pls all of you just go away" and it is all very lol

i'd rather be arrested by you folks than by anybody i know (art), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link

(honestly I started paying attention to Kluwe when it came out that he played WoW and was in a competitive raiding guild)

💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link

maybe we need to http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG things up whenever GamerGate gets mentioned here

Barry Gordy (Neil S), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link

loooooooool

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0fOAzwIQAAQ5b9.jpg

lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link

whaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Clay, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link

prob fake but w/e

lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link

i don't see that in his timeline

polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link

he did reiterate his claim that rape helped kobe bryant's brand tho

polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:34 (nine years ago) link

spitting fire verses as per typical

lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link

wish that was real. can easily imagine whoever skip bayless's agent or pr guy or whatever being like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKrEDptjps

Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link

lol

lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link

I don't understand Chuck and Marvin Berry's relationship

polyphonic, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link

had to make sure that was not real, and now, lmao

goole, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link

i was wondering if the tweet from this a.m. would be topped. and it was!

https://twitter.com/i_z_e_l_s/status/524605012245499904

(heavy tw: discussion of rape by possibly the msot clueless dipshit i've come across in this whole mess)

goole, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link

can u plz explainer whats goin on w @rainnwilson btw

lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0fwKsoCUAE5GLi.png

lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link

i thought he was hiring someone who copped a plea to assault to avoid a rape charge? maybe my reading comp is poor

Chimp Arsons, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link

ya that was my impression too but want more infos

lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link

i know goole knows

lag∞n, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link

rainn wilson's new landscaper is kobe

Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link


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