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| DC GamerGate meetup disrupted by bomb threat | |
| 2015-05-04 | |
| A 250-strong meetup of GamerGate supporters, which included game developers, journalists and think-tank scholars were evacuated from a bar in Washington D.C on Friday after an anonymous bomb threat was made against the gathering. This followed an unsuccessful social media campaign spearheaded by anti-GamerGate Salon columnist Arthur Chu to convince the bar’s proprietors to voluntarily eject GamerGate supporters from their establishment. The event was the largest GamerGate gathering so far, with somewhere between 200 and 300 attendees. It follows a trend toward offline organising by its supporters, who up until recently have tended to congregate on social media and image boards.
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| Posted by:badanov |
| #9 Gamers won their savings throw vs stupid. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2015-05-04 19:45 |
| #8 They threatened a group with no place to retreat to, who's levels of competitiveness and understanding of in group out group are second to none. No wonder they a) don't know why it didn't work b) have been taken apart The only thing keeping it from a slam dunk is that the media have buried it. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-05-04 17:20 |
| #7 When it comes to making and playing games ... heads shouldn't be on blocks. However, if you're looking at this as a geek-culture analogy for issues that permeate all aspects of our society, then: no ... harmony isn't as important as an open and free society. |
| Posted by: ExtremeModerate 2015-05-04 12:37 |
| #6 Depends. Are you willing to lay your head on the block for social harmony? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-05-04 11:22 |
| #5 I really don't like either of the groups involved in this -- two extremes in this area of life that feel a need to butt heads. Can't we just all make and play games (and get along)? |
| Posted by: ExtremeModerate 2015-05-04 08:18 |
| #4 3dc -- because gamers refused to go along, get along with progressive corruption. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-05-04 06:07 |
| #3 They're fighting a war against their betters---which includes most of humanity, though not Muslims. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-05-04 03:10 |
| #2 Why do the social justice wackos hate gamers? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2015-05-04 01:52 |
| #1 If social media campaigns don't work, phone in a bomb threat. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-05-04 00:09 |