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      It was basically a trojan horse to introduce misogyny in gamers discourse. Read about “gamergate”. You can also look up how it “inspired” Breitbart/Steve Bannon, and in turn, the “alt right” as a whole.

      But yeah it’s a shame that the discourse actually centered around ethics in games journalism was hijacked and basically killed by this shit. I certainly don’t enjoy seeing the Doritos pope and his marketing empire being the de facto frontman of my entire industry

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      That’s how you create a narrative. You find a reasonable and well known problem, build an argument with with mostly true ideas, then blame it all on some group that isn’t your target audience. Carefully omit anything that doesn’t fit the it.

      I don’t need to blame women for that Polygon Doom play footage or that Cuphead play footage.

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      I don’t see how the third one is either.

      Stopping FGM would be upholding western standard for example.

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        “Western Civilization” doesn’t mean anything or rather it means whatever the listener wants it to mean. It’s a whistle word used by propagandists. Whenever someone is telling you “the other” is threatening “you way of life”, demand evidence. Sometimes it could be Nazis wanting to cart you off to detention centers, but most of the time it’s a made up caravan from Mexico.

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          Don’t worry I live in a western country where people have death threats for not upholding Muslims views.

          • @Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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            Welcome to the internet. Death threats are a dime a dozen.

            How many of those “threats” are credible? You’re not posting somewhere with your real name attached are you?

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              I meant people showing up outside their work in a big group, people going to their house.

              The whole family had to get in hiding from the Muslims. Good old Islam.

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                While I’m not fan of Islam or any religion, this isn’t a threat to “Western Civilization”. It’s a terrorist action and the authorities should be called. If you’re getting this info from some podcast, it’s most likely withhold certain details to create a sellable narrative.

                Btw, you haven’t actually stated where or when this is happening. Like, I can tell you that Hadi Matar isn’t going go go free. You’re just vague posting so the reader can imagine whatever they want.