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Zodar
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 Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:52 am |
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If I get mugged on the street or whatever and it becomes a big deal and I get a lot of backlash and attention and I use that attention to spread an anti-mugging message, am I unethically exploiting my victimhood?
If your house gets robbed, you might end up on the local news talking about how messed up that is. Is that you exploiting your victimhood?
I mean, nobody asks to be publicly victimized, but the victim is basically getting free advertising! Of course it's going to cause the victim to get attention! Of course the victim's project is going to benefit from that attention! That's not exploitation, it's cause and effect.
Am I missing something? I keep seeing this type of thinking over and over and I'm just not getting it. Feel free to explain where I might have misunderstood something. |
lately they aren't even accusing Sarkeesian et. al. of inviting harassment -- the new pattern is for antagonistic groups to harass/threaten their target, then accuse the target of faking it when they speak out. if you post a death threat you receive on twitter, or claim that your personal information was posted online, get ready for an MSpaint collage of twitter posts, red arrows and conspiracy-theorist reasoning proving that you did it to yourself for attention.
because of course, internet trolls have turned over a new leaf and abandoned their M.O. of the last decade. you're obviously just crying wolf.
it's nauseating.
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Zodar
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:04 pm |
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arguments -- like sarkeesian's videos, or the few even-handed criticisms of them -- can be engaged academically. witch hunts, ad hominem attacks and public campaigns of harassment can't-- especially when they're based on scant, unfounded evidence and paranoia. to try to do so is to legitimize them as acceptable forms of discourse. the only response is to say "this behavior is unacceptable, and you need to stop."
"nauseated" is not my response to an even-handed critique of Sarkeesian's videos, of which i'm sure there are many. it's my response to a bunch of legal adults throwing a temper tantrum and trying to sabotage a woman's career and reputation because she said something disagreeable, for the umpteenth time
i find it hard to equate the worst actions of both "sides" when i see the sheer volume of bile 4chan and the like are spitting up.
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Zodar
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 11:22 pm |
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the only part of video game culture worth protecting is the unique creative voices within it, and that's exactly what's under attack right now
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