angrymnk wrote:
I do not like modern day feministas, but I didn't like them when they were fighting to change the language from postman to postwoman.
The 'language' was never postman - except colloquially. I call my mail lady, 'mail lady'. I'd no sooner call her my postman than I'd call your mail man my mail lady. The official title is Letter Carrier.
As for the gaming issue. Sure there are games that are very misogynistic. But it's entertainment/art - they mimic, expand and fanatasize real life. A game reviewer can and should call out a game that is overtly violent or hating on a real life group of people. But I don't see a campaign to end gaming, nor do I see the industry moving more towards bigoted or hateful games. Of course, I gravitate towards the games I like - boob sliders and all (i tend to slide it all the way to the small end), but not violent or x-rated.
Feminism, to me, doesn't have much to do with saving princesses.
The OP sounds like it was just one crazed stalker. Real or not, meh, who cares. The whole deal, even before the 'death threats, has been politicized. It's one woman writing some stuff that pretty much disses the entire gaming industry. She's got some salient points, but over-all her work doesn't seem to be looking to solve a problem as much as it's about notoriety for herself. I'd be surprised if I learned she never had a single hater making threats.
Edited, Sep 1st 2014 2:19pm by Elinda