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Christ, what a pack of assholes. Adam Baldwin’s embrace of GamerGate is a reminder that you should never let your affection for a fictional character blind you to the fact that the actor who plays them might be less appealing; many capable artists are assholes. (Although it’s also the case that Jayne is only lovable in fiction; if he were a real person, he’d be in urgent need of shooting.)

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Citation required. No, seriously. If this is the foundational point of your position, you’ve already lost.

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Oh boy. It’s almost like we found out where you lived and what your phone number is and sent you death threats. Creepy, huh?

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So let me get this straight. Anita Sarkeesian’s work discussing the use of tropes in video games and suggesting that games could do a better job of depicting women is “silencing voices”, while credible rape and death threats are “fair criticism of what they say”? Yeah. Pull the other one - it’s got bells on.

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I remember reading posts by people who freaked out that in Dragon Age there was an option to start a relationship with a male character if you were playing a male. They didn’t even want to see the option. And now I’ve read the next game wasn’t going to feature any romance at all. But the feminists are the ones who are “censoring” games with their critiques. I just want to play wedding with my dolls! This is always what it comes down to. Somehow cultural critiques are censorious, but we just …

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I’m actually pretty familiar with the topic. There is a wonderful collection of essays some which cover this topic called Dreamland Japan. A few of the pieces suggest that Japan’s rich fantasy culture provides people with an outlet for behavior that’s otherwise unacceptable is such a staunchly conservative society. I tend to agree. I’m all for a rich fantasy life, I just happen to think that there is a sex-positive way to pursue it. Thing about the GG movement is they aren’t simply defending …

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I liked that exhibit. I found it ironic that “the Blue Army” was out front picketing one of the few religious images to be made in contemporary art. I could have done w/o seeing Dinos and Jake Chapman’s contribution, but I wasn’t going to picket it. Unfortunately, that’s not true at all. It’s like saying that – and yes, I’m going Full Godwin, here – the Nazis were only concerned about having the trains run on time, and why shouldn’t we defend something like that? Because that would be false, …

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You seem to be laboring under the false impression think that Sarkessian’s opinions is relevant to the issue at hand. (That or you are willfully misleading the conversation.) I’ve watched her videos, and nothing she has said can justify the verbal abuse she has received both from persons using the #GG hashtag, and those not using the hashtag but implicitly part of the same movement. As I have mentioned previously. Safety first, discourse second. I’m not interested in debating about whether or …

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