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[Mesoian]

anyone calling in a bomb threat to a game awards show should be doxxed , a bounty put on his head, and then a legal mob allowed to chase him around the country like the Running Man.

You say that facetiously, but things like this are what's going to lull the american public into doing away with anonymity on the internet.

More idiots ruining it for everyone, then complaining afterwards about the good old days when people weren't watching them all the time.

 

[catapult37]

There's the huge argument everyone knows about going on (I'm not going to discuss it as it's not needed and I don't side with either). I never said they shouldn't report on it, just they should have done so after everything has died down, when this probably wouldn't be used as ammunition in any way.

this post reminds me of gun advocates reaming pro-gun control politicians for "politicizing" tragedies, as if those events bear no relation to the issue of gun violence. As if it's irresponsible and opportunistic to suggest gun control after a gun-related incident.

This story is absolutely relevant to the current climate. No matter when this story was released, it would remain relevant.

 

[HolyBaikal]

This is horrifying. Why would someone do such a thing?

.. and.. and people blame feminists of being like "nazis"? This is like those Neo-Nazis who tried to hurt Barack Obama for being a black president.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

I laughed so hard at this. Thanks.

 

[Mr. Desu]

I already made my connection as clear as I can. I'm tired and to prevent me from saying something wrong or offensive, I'm refraining from comment further. It's not my purpose to report on either side of the GG debate, so if you wish to know more, you know where to look. (Twitter, YouTube, etc.) If my connection is not clear after people brush up on it, then I really can't do anything about that.

What I will say is that no matter how the situation/reporting/etc is looked at, the threats were in no way in the right.

 

[Oersted]

There's the huge argument everyone knows about going on (I'm not going to discuss it as it's not needed and I don't side with either). I never said they shouldn't report on it, just they should have done so after everything has died down, when this probably wouldn't be used as ammunition in any way.

Since when does journalism work that way? Not reporting on facts because some people don´t like them.

 

[Garcia]

Dude, what is this shit? I mean, honestly...

I miss the old NES days.

 

[Dryk]

This is pre-Gamergate hash tag too. If people were making bomb threats in March, I can't imagine what it was like after gamergate. Anyone who would threaten to bomb an awards show because an award was being given to an outspoken woman is on the same level as say someone from the Taliban to me.

At least the Taliban have religious extremism as their motivation instead of "A girl I don't like criticised a thing I do like". The Taliban would actually build a bomb too instead of just issuing empty threats.

What a cunt.

EDIT: So is this guy

 

[GillianSeed79]

nevermind

 

[JB-the-Hunter]

This whole thing is starting to get really fishy.

 

[Oersted]

I already made my connection as clear as I can. I'm tired and to prevent me from saying something wrong or offensive, I'm refraining from comment further. It's not my purpose to report on either side of the GG debate, so if you wish to know more, you know where to look. (Twitter, YouTube, etc.) If my connection is not clear after people brush up on it, then I really can't do anything about that.

What I will say is that no matter how the situation/reporting/etc is looked at, the threats were in no way in the right.

For someone not suggesting/saying or implying anything, you surely post alot, so why not just say loud out what you want to say?

This whole thing is starting to get really fishy.

Huh? Care to elaborate?

 

[Paskil]

This whole thing is starting to get really fishy.

Please elaborate.

These people don't even make any sense.

 

[Vylash]

Don't pretend there is not a bunch of other gamers harassing her. Sure, the bomb threat might have been the work of only one person, but a lot of gamers (yes, gamers) are contributing to the climate of hate and violence toward her. That thing didn't happen in a vacuum.

Every single time something like this happens, the response is always "but that's one person! it's not everyone!" I think it speaks volumes when the default reaction for some people isn't admitting their culture is toxic, but instead is to instinctively cover their own ass and act like none of this concerns them

 

[poorlonelycomputer]

Jesus, if you guys would take even a fraction of the time you spend arguing on the internet about how there's no way the actions of these harassers represent gamers, and devote it to addressing the fact that this kind of bs is still way more prevalent in the gaming community than many others, we'd be halfway to solving this shit.

 

[JDSN]

Guys, remember that there is already a thread for posting or implying dumb conspiracy shit that is not right and makes you look like you are more concerned about fucking reptile illuminati Beyonce than a woman getting a bomb threat. I know it says 9/11, but im sure your creative minds will find a way to connect the dots.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

The responses to Kotaku are so eye-rollingly dumb:
https://twitter.com/Kotaku/status/512353097314611201
smh

 

[Oersted]

The responses to Kotaku are so eye-rollingly dumb:
https://twitter.com/Kotaku/status/512353097314611201
smh

I´m seriously lost at this point what these guys are implying. And really want to know why they are championing Breitbart from all places.

 

[Heart of Black]

Dude, what is this shit? I mean, honestly...

I miss the old NES days.

When Nintendo was strong arming stores in borderline illegal manners, and making games was incredibly difficult for anyone who wasn't a super coder (and also wasn't a company because only companies could publish games that required an enormous amount of copies to be ordered?

Yeah, me too.

 

[StuBurns]

It is beyond embarrassing that the gaming community can sink to such disgusting lows.

She makes bad videos, it's cause for calling her a hack, not threatening her life, or a dozen random lives.

 

[DoktorEvil]

*sigh*

You'd think these same people who have such fervor for being anti-Sarkeesian and are willing to go to dramatic lengths to scare and potentially harm people for criticizing video games would put their energies towards actual injustices in the world, not on a tiny insider community and a woman who makes videos that aren't even half as influential as they think she is.

Threats like this coming to light only make her work appear that much more important, and what's shameful is that she's threatened for expressing an opinion in free speech. You know, the one universal freedom America takes very much for granted.

This is getting ridiculously out of hand and I refuse to believe there are grown adults doing these things for the sole interests of a fucking hobby! I have to tell myself this in order not to say fuck it and quit games altogether.

 

[Jado]

When Nintendo was strong arming stores in borderline illegal manners, and making games was incredibly difficult for anyone who wasn't a super coder (and also wasn't a company because only companies could publish games that required an enormous amount of copies to be ordered?

Yeah, me too.

Yeah, more people need to read the history of Nintendo. Imagine if Nintendo had successfully prevented the Playstation from gaining traction in the States, or if Sony literally blocked stores from selling Xbox all around the country, causing it to fail in the biggest gaming market. That's what Nintendo did to Sega's Master System with its strongarm tactics. And they treated third party devs and publishers much worse than anyone around now and since that time.

 

[Deleted member 126221]

I´m seriously lost at this point what these guys are implying. And really want to know why they are championing Breitbart from all places.

It's because they're against dishonest and ideologically tainted journalism.

Oh wait.

 

[Kunan]

Fucking scumbags. The things this woman has had to go through because she is making a series critiquing fucking VIDEO GAMES.

Seriously. I'm so sick of all the bullshit surrounding this like we have to silence any dissent or critiques whatsoever. It then feeds in to the belief that it's always some big conspiracy why everything is the way it is for some reason, lPeople have the ability to hate, critique and ignore her videos all they want. Instead, everything always seems to be treated as some massive personal attack, and responded to with hysteria.

 

[Aaron Strife]

I´m seriously lost at this point what these guys are implying. And really want to know why they are championing Breitbart from all places.

It makes perfect sense. Breitbart manipulated stories all the time to fit a narrative that his readers wanted to believe.

Hey why does that sound familiar

 

[Dr. Feel Good]

We had bomb threats at my high school like multiple times a year. It's just smokes and mirrors folks.

 

[FlyinJ]

We had bomb threats at my high school like multiple times a year. It's just smokes and mirrors folks.

I know, right? Just like the bomb threats that dental, home appliance, astronomy, psychology, car and all other conventions get.

Oh wait. They don't.

 

[Deleted member 126221]

We had bomb threats at my high school like multiple times a year. It's just smokes and mirrors folks.

What you should get from that is that your school is pretty frightening, not that bomb threats are "no big deal"...

 

[chaobreaker]

These people who hate Anita to the point of sending her death/rape/bomb threats: what are they fighting to preserve? Some pixelated cleavage and damsel in distress stories? What a sad bunch of gamers. Inb4 #notallgamers. If you don't partake in any of this garbage then you shouldn't be offended in the first place.

 

[Toparaman]

We had bomb threats at my high school like multiple times a year. It's just smokes and mirrors folks.

Uh, you know that's not normal, right?

 

[Magwik]

These people who hate Anita to the point of sending her death/rape/bomb threats: what are they fighting to preserve? Some pixelated cleavage and damsel in distress stories? What a sad bunch of gamers. Inb4 #notallgamers. If you don't partake in any of this garbage then you shouldn't be offended in the first place.

Their ignorance and intolerance.

 

[lmpaler]

At least the Taliban have religious extremism as their motivation instead of "A girl I don't like criticised a thing I do like". The Taliban would actually build a bomb too instead of just issuing empty threats.

What a cunt.

EDIT: So is this guy

I....don't even get the connection between him being in the military and killing Anita?

How is she a worse threat than a terrorist?

Jesus people.

I will be honest, I do not agree with what I have seen Anita present in her arguments(I also stopped watching after the first Tropes because of this), but that does not mean she deserves any of this shit.

 

[Deleted member 126221]

Why do so many of you feel compelled to give your appreciation of her videos in a thread about her receiving a bomb threat? There are so many "I don't think she deserved that but I don't agree with her videos" posts. Why is that?

 

[dark_chris]

This is stupid and that guy needs to get caught and thrown behind bars.

 

[lmpaler]

Why do so many of you feel compelled to give your appreciation of her videos in a thread about her receiving a bomb threat? There are so many "I don't think she deserved that but I don't agree with her videos" posts. Why is that?

To make it clear that even though you support her in the sense of her safety and well-being as a human that you are not one of her followers or supporters in her work.

People do this all the time because if they do not they get accused of supporting it.

For example, Adrian Peterson and the child abuse issue going on. I flat out said, prior to the pictures being released, that that was just part of his culture and upbringing. Not that it makes it right and he should have used more common sense, but that is how he was raised and that is how he knows how to raise a child.

I was instantly accused of supporting child abuse by the person I was speaking with and it wasn't until a few minutes later that said person calmed down and truly understood my point and my stance.

 

[ryanmac]

I wouldn't say "what is wrong with the times we live in".

My high school used to get evacuated several times a semester for fake bomb threats and that was 20 years ago. Hoax bomb threats are nothing new.

The whole situation is still fucked -- but not a "sign of the times" per se.

 

[Opinionatedfish]

I know, right? Just like the bomb threats that dental, home appliance, astronomy, psychology, car and all other conventions get.

Oh wait. They don't.

Your sentence is weird. I take it that you're trying to say that other conventions don't get bomb threats? Because threats of violence, harassment, protestors, and so forth.. also show up at other events.

Psychology conventions/events get protestors and threats. There is an entire "religion" dedicated to getting rid of psychology and psychiatrists. I've seen Labor Union protests at Car Shows/Conventions. But none of that is smoke and mirrors. The bomb threat at this event isn't smoke and mirrors either. Some people are just sick. They make up a very small portion of the population, really; but every single one of them has the potential to make everyone miserable. So, we should take these threats seriously, every time. We should condemn the people that would make these threats, every time.

No one deserves to be violently killed or assaulted.

Also, if these people hate Anita or Zoe so much, why would they want to make them into martyrs? That's counter-intuitive to their "revolution."

 

[DICKS AHOY]

These people who hate Anita to the point of sending her death/rape/bomb threats: what are they fighting to preserve? Some pixelated cleavage and damsel in distress stories? What a sad bunch of gamers. Inb4 #notallgamers. If you don't partake in any of this garbage then you shouldn't be offended in the first place.

That one level in Hitman Absolution.

Also, if these people hate Anita or Zoe so much, why would they want to make them into martyrs? That's counter-intuitive to their "revolution."

Most acts of terrorism against a certain culture/religion/group/individual are counter-productive since it'll turn them into a martyr, assuming the intent behind the attack is to sway public opinion to the terrorist's side.

 

[Oersted]

Your sentence is weird. I take it that you're trying to say that other conventions don't get bomb threats? Because threats of violence, harassment, protestors, and so forth.. also show up at other events.

Psychology conventions/events get protestors and threats. There is an entire "religion" dedicated to getting rid of psychology and psychiatrists. I've seen Labor Union protests at Car Shows/Conventions. But none of that is smoke and mirrors. The bomb threat at this event isn't smoke and mirrors either. Some people are just sick. They make up a very small portion of the population, really; but every single one of them has the potential to make everyone miserable. So, we should take these threats seriously, every time. We should condemn the people that would make these threats, every time.

No one deserves to be violently killed or assaulted.

Also, if these people hate Anita or Zoe so much, why would they want to make them into martyrs? That's counter-intuitive to their "revolution."

The whole "movement" isn´t really reasonable. Some acting extremely dumb is about to expected.

 

[Lernaean]

And in the year 2014, both the gaming community and journalists, realized there are crazy people hiding behind their anonymity in the internet.
Next year let's invent the wheel.

 

[Poltergust]

So, even after all of this, why hasn't anyone been arrested? I mean, this kind of stuff is simply not acceptable.

 

[Oersted]

To make it clear that even though you support her in the sense of her safety and well-being as a human that you are not one of her followers or supporters in her work.

Yeah, he is asking why the need to say it. Its kinda like " RIP Robin Williams but his movies sucked." Why bring this up?

 

[FF Seraphim]

I know, right? Just like the bomb threats that dental, home appliance, astronomy, psychology, car and all other conventions get.

Oh wait. They don't.

I wasn't going to reply to this thread but reading this... what city do you live in where you are lucky that some stupid shit doesn't call in a bomb threat for a convention?

I have dealt with bomb threats at many different conventions, they are not fun...

Anyway, people who call in bomb threats are shitty people to begin with. To call one because you don't like a person's opinion is quiet frankly unAmerican.

 

[jooey]

I already made my connection as clear as I can. I'm tired and to prevent me from saying something wrong or offensive, I'm refraining from comment further. It's not my purpose to report on either side of the GG debate, so if you wish to know more, you know where to look. (Twitter, YouTube, etc.) If my connection is not clear after people brush up on it, then I really can't do anything about that.

Can't one of you troglodytes just follow through with an answer?

 

[DICKS AHOY]

Anyway, people who call in bomb threats are shitty people to begin with. To call one because you don't like a person's opinion is quiet frankly unAmerican.

I'm pretty sure Australia, the UK, Cananda and really the vast majority of the world has a problem with people calling in bomb threats because they disagree with someone's opinion, not just the US.

 

[Deleted member 20920]

At least the Taliban have religious extremism as their motivation instead of "A girl I don't like criticised a thing I do like". The Taliban would actually build a bomb too instead of just issuing empty threats.

What a cunt.

EDIT: So is this guy

This is just disgusting...

I don't understand why people would go to such an extent to threaten her. These threats need to be looked into more carefully and legislation really needs to be stepped up to ensure that online threats are taken seriously.

And those people who are saying that it might not have been a gamer who did this, I really have nothing to say lol.

 

[tonysidaway]

The fact that this is being reported while all of that's going on and claiming (true or not) that the author was only informed a week ago could only lead to GG using it to theorize against them.

Oh nooo! If Kotaku do their jobs, Gamergate people will come up with another bizarre conspiracy theory!

And?

 

[FiggyCal]

I....don't even get the connection between him being in the military and killing Anita?

How is she a worse threat than a terrorist?

Jesus people.

I will be honest, I do not agree with what I have seen Anita present in her arguments(I also stopped watching after the first Tropes because of this), but that does not mean she deserves any of this shit.

Looks like trolling. But like really awful trolling.

Look at his handle: warhero @ aol.com

I can't see that as not being a joke.

 

[tonysidaway]

I'm pretty sure Australia, the UK, Cananda and really the vast majority of the world has a problem with people calling in bomb threats because they disagree with someone's opinion, not just the US.

I find this assumption rather disturbing. Does anybody have figures on the frequency of credible bomb threats, leading to a police bomb squad being called out to conference venues, in different locales? My instinctive feeling here is that this is a pretty unusual occurrence, except where local factors or the subject of the conference play into it, but I don't have any solid figures. I will go looking myself, but I would appreciate it if others would too.

And while we're at it, how often do gaming conferences in the United States normally get a credible terroristic bomb threat? By that I mean one that makes demands that must be fulfilled by the organisers to avoid the bombing.

 

[tonysidaway]

Oh, I just remembered one complication: Swatting. I found a recent case of a bomb scare at Niagara Falls where one if the the event was a games tournament. Gamers present thought it might be a case of Swatting.

http://www.chch.com/bomb-scare-niagara-falls/

Actually that kind of irresponsible behaviour is almost as disturbing as the Sarkeesian case. Scarce police resources being wasted, and large numbers of people being brought into close proximity with nervous heavily armed police: no laughing matter.

 

[BPoole]

Why do people hate Anita Sarkkesian so much?