Can someone accurately explain GameGate in a sentence?

[paulgiamatti]

Originally Posted by Raev [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But even if you believe that these people are a credible threat to public safety, why is your primary concern censoring video games and gamer thoughtcrime and not privatizing the police force?

What do these people have to do to convince you that they're a threat to public safety? Going on a killing spree and murdering dozens of women and children isn't enough? For the third time, my primary concern is simply the way we understand video games. I'm not advocating censorship.

Originally Posted by Raev [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If she really cared about the issue, she could have either gone ahead with the talk or moved to a private venue and hired a security guard or two to pat people down, but as someone else pointed out earlier, she is just trying to be as oppressed as possible, because somehow that is a badge of honor in today's society.

Oh right, my bad. It's her fault some lunatic threatened to murder her and everyone attending the lecture at Utah State. It's her fault feminists "ruined" this guy's life, pushing him to these measures.

Enforcing a no firearms policy on a college campus for one event after a very serious threat is not a violation of rights. It's common sense.

[Raev]

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What do these people have to do to convince you that they're a threat to public safety?

From Slate: 287 people have been killed in school shootings (1980-2012), or < 15 people per year.

Meanwhile cars kill 30,000 people per year and cancer kills 500,000.

To make me seriously care about this, they'd have to be killing at about 100 times the current rate. It is not a problem.

Originally Posted by paulgiamatti

Enforcing a no firearms policy on a college campus for one event after a very serious threat is not a violation of rights. It's common sense.

I don't see how you can say this with a straight face. In the Bill of Rights, the 2nd Amendment declares that the right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed. Enforcing a no firearms policy is obviously a violation of those rights. A college campus is government property. If she wants to give her talk in a private building, she can enforce whatever rules the owner will let her get away with.

Again, I support the rights of the game developers to make whatever games they want, the feminists to complain, and the gamers to complain about the feminists complaining. But keep your dirty paws of my Bill of Rights.

[paulgiamatti]

Well, there you have it folks. People like Adam Lanza and Elliot Rodgers are not a threat to public safety. Good thing we have Raev here to clear that up for us.