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kremlindusk:

“No sanctions at all were proposed against any of Gamergate’s warriors.”

Well.  I hope everyone decides to pull any donations they passed on to Wikimisogyny

Wow, I’m not donating to them again. I’m going to let them know, too. 

Is there any more to back this up than the one article? I want to make sure this is legit before I regret giving them money and then decide to never donate again.

Yes:

http://www.themarysue.com/wikipedia-gamergate/

http://www.play.tm/news/710409003/wikipedia-arbitration-committee-bans-five-feminist-editors-from-commenting-on-feminist-articles-over-gamergate/

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/23/wikipedia-bans-editors-from-gender-related-articles-amid-gamergate-controversy

http://www.inquisitr.com/1786642/gamergate-wikipedia-ruling-bans-harassed-feminist-editors-outrage-ensues-videos/

http://groupthink.jezebel.com/wikipedia-is-banning-feminist-authors-from-gender-relat-1681409715

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/wikipedia-bans-five-editors-from-gender-related-articles-amid-gamergate-controversy/

Hit them where it hurts: donate@wikimedia.org. Let Wikipedia know why you’re not donating to them anymore. 

“No sanctions at all were proposed against any of Gamergate’s warriors, save for a few disposable accounts created specifically for the purpose of being sanctioned,” says Mark Bernstein, a writer and Wikipedia editor .

In contrast, he says, “by my informal count, every feminist active in the area is to be sanctioned. This takes care of social justice warriors with a vengeance — not only do the Gamergaters get to rewrite their own page (and Zoe Quinn’s, Brianna Wu’s, Anita Sarkeesian’s, etc); feminists are to be purged en bloc from the encyclopedia.”

He is exaggerating but there’s a pretty good reason for this: namely, have you read any of the articles related to GamerGate? They are so biased in favor of the anti side, subjective statements are made with objective language. The pages aren’t written like encyclopedia entries. And from what I’ve read, this isn’t even true - Wikipedia IS banning pro-GG people who don’t abide by Wikipedia’s editing terms. 

Have any of you stopped to consider that maybe you’re on the wrong side, and the media loves and supports you for the same reason the media has a tendency to paint the groups they like the best in the best light, even when they do something wrong, not because they’re good but because media is biased? Have you stopped to consider this is exactly why GamerGate exists which is why the media is so against it? Even the article I posted still basically says “BUT YOU’RE STILL BANNING FEMINISTS YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT” as if it’s totally okay to ban one side but not the other. Media consistently and adamantly IGNORES the harassment and abuse people on the pro side receive, including doxxing and sometimes even worse. 

And when you bring it up people just go “Yeah but” because it doesn’t fit the narrative. 

It’s strange to me that Tumblr could be so anti-GamerGate, when realistically, the fight GamerGate is fighting is something that could be so readily applied to things people complain about. Don’t like how the media always paints black men as “thugs” but white criminals as “omg but they were so nice”? Guess what? That’s an issue with journalistic integrity. What about when journals take advantage of a travesty to get views? That’s clickbaiting, also covered by GamerGate. GamerGate started off just covering gaming journalism because that is what was easier to change and what a lot of people in the movement were passionate about and in large part they succeeded but hear me out: the broad message of GamerGate can be applied to all journalism everywhere. I support GamerGate because I see journalism in this country has a real problem, and it’s easier to change the simple journals covering smaller issues and work up. Look at how GamerGate has leaked into mainstream media and how they’ve proven the point by only showcasing things in a biased, objective way. Look how they just aim to promote this status quo - that gamers are all sad nerds, that there are no women or POC in gaming, that video games are dangerous and violent and we all need to play football and follow the gender roles set out for us. That’s what GamerGate is against - journalism should be a means of sharing information, not a means of driving society to behave how YOU want. 

And if you’re against that, then quite frankly, I don’t know what else to say. I’ve already talked about how saying “But GamerGate is full of trolls therefore it’s not legitimate” isn’t a good argument since the same people making that argument will quickly go “NOT ALL FEMINISTS” when people point out the same in them. 

- Mod Dawes Sr. 

#not all feminists