I watched an interesting, if short video from Sargon of Akkad this afternoon started me thinking about the so-called feminist movement not only in the U.S. but around the world.
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Month: August 2015
Silence of the Anti-GamerGate Harpies
By today, I was certain I would see the detractors of GamerGate on the Internet with their counter talking points, foisting upon their readers their continuous, harpy-like narrative of how GamerGate representatives at the SPJAirPlay event over the weekend were coddled by the SPJ and never really challenged on any of their points. I am sad to report that there’s not been a peep out of them as of this writing.
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Arthur Chu Weighs In (Of Course)
For some reason, I knew someone would ask Arthur Chu about the bomb threats at today’s SPJAirplay in Miami and of course, he could not help himself but reply in his usual fashion.
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#GamerGate, Journalism, and Bombthreats
I’m not sure how this afternoon session at SPJAirplay is going to be able to move forward. Not because of the 10 bomb several bomb (edit: apparently there’s been two bomb threats but the latest was actually called into the police.) threats they’ve had so far (if you haven’t been watching, they just evacuated the auditorium again (about 1138 PDT).
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The Future of a Hate Site
Since Brayton has abruptly left Freethought blogs, is it Myers that has taken the reigns? It appears so as far as anyone knows. Will anything change? It’s doubtful.
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