A MESSAGE FROM #GAMERGATE TO @AUTISM @AUTISMSPEAKS



To Whom it May Concern,



Recent evens were brought to my attentiontoday, Monday October 13th, 2014, that, as a moral and ethical person, compels me to ask you to consider this. As I was watching MSNBCtoday, they ran a story regarding, "#GamerGate", a consumer revolt against the video game industry who have been dealing in corrupt and unethical business practices for many years now. The guest for this stream was a woman by the name of Brianna Wu who spoke out against this revolt. In her interview, you can see here at the following link:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlnY17pgYwg



and backup copies at these links as well:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMtLPCBIfFY & http://videobam.com/FHRUL



Ms Wu had mentioned people were particularly offended about "a meme" she had re-tweeted on her social media account via "Twitter", (http:www.twitter.com/spacekatgal). which you can hear her reference at the start of her interview when she comes on at 2 minutes 30 seconds seen here:



http://youtu.be/MlnY17pgYwg?t=2m30s



and finishes at 3 minutes 31 seconds has sent a major outcry in the video gaming community. Incase you have never heard this term before, the Wikipedia defination of the word "meme" can be found here:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme, meaning:



"An Internet meme (/ˈmiːm/ MEEM) is an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the Internet."



I mention this because Ms Wu never said why the general public is so upset at Ms Wu over the content she had reposted on her twitter account. The following links are from Ms Wu's twitter account, as I had posted to you above, in addition to, links to, "the photos in question" (the archive.today links are the same as her twitter status tweets just incase she deletes her tweets so I have a backup copy.)



https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/520282355567964160

https://archive.today/2WiRP





and





https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/520283643831681024

https://archive.today/IXunV



As you can see, Ms Wu says about these images and I direct quote Ms Wu you can see from the following links are:



"This was just sent to me, a new meme called Oppressed Gamergater. Love it. "

&

"Haha. This Oppressed Gamergater thing is so full of win. I'll RT the best ones. "



Ms Wu has every right under the American Constitution to, "The right to free speech," which I am perfectly fine with, but my complaint (and more importantly what has to do with your organization) has to do with "the photo she used" in her meme. You may not recognize the origins of Ms Wu's image but Ms Wu's image used in her meme that she claims that she, "Loves It"

and "Is so full of win," came from an "AutismSpeaks" presentation found at the following link,



http://www.templatesforpowerpoint.com/powerpoint-autism-symptoms



I believe this may be a case of Ms Wu, engaging in unlawfully infringing on copy-written content towards your organization by using a photo from a presentation without prior consent to not only harass/bully a large community while using their image, but to also use your company to ridicule people.



Ms Wu has over 15,200+ followers on her Twitter account, who all saw Ms Wu use your image and even encouraged people to "make their own meme's" using the same image that was infringed upon. How dare Ms Wu not only steal an image she has no legal ownership of, but to also openly mock and encourage others to make fun of a community that has been striving to not be ridicule and to be taken seriously for decades! I am outraged by Ms Wu's shallowness meanwhile on worldwide television doesn't even have the courage to address as to "what nor why" people are so upset at her over in the first place is a sure sign of cowardice.





Not only did Ms Wu lie in front of a large national wide audience, but later that same day, Ms Wu used an extremely insensitive word furthering her bigotry against the Autistic Community seen in the photos below:



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bz8IdiCCMAEHFpM.png:large

&

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bz8YZfMIUAAm4oD.png:large



To my knowledge Ms Wu has gone on several television networks and media outlets seen here:

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/522602710710091776



Brianna Wu @Spacekatgal · 13h 13 hours ago

Today I told the following people why #Gamergate is a bad idea:

Bloomberg, CNN, BBC, CBS, Washington Post, Vice Magazine.



I am fairly positive that neither of these companies are aware of Ms Wu's insensivity.





Needless to say, being married to a man with aspergers, I am particularly irate towards Ms Wu disgusting behavior.



Ms Wu pretends to be innocent and a victim meanwhile her interactions via social media depict a completely "different" person than Ms Wu really is in real life. She is a horrific person who steals a photo from the autistic community, lie to millions of people on live television as to what the actual content of the photo everyones upset over in the first place and just the immoral indecency to ridicule a community that she finds it hilarious is appalling.



I hope your company will look this entire affair and request an apology from her for her indecency or possible legal actions if possible. Ms Wu published her personal email address if you would like to contact Ms Wu about her illegal and discriminatory actions;



https://archive.today/UwpsH - "my email address, brianna@giantspacekat.com".



Please keep me in contact if you would like to know further information, require more information about Ms Wu or to update me as to what will be done about Ms Wu's actions. I feel for the community Ms Wu clearly mocks and will stand up to defend them every chance I get.



I thank you for your time and eagerly await your reply,



Sincerely,



Julie M.





Twitter handle: @milky_candy











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