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This. Is. FREEDOM!!!

I have recently glanced upon a KotakuInAction thread that is part GamerGate morale boost and part warning. We are allowing a return to the world portrayed in 50's TV sitcoms. Of course we have left that world along time ago, but that does not stop some people from advocating a return to those days were authoritarian charlatans hawked the prospect of a happier life if we just did what they said. As the decades passed, we have seen that authoritarians are the biggest threat to individual liberty. We have begun to reject their teachings. They have responded by insulting our intelligence and our personalities. There is nothing wrong with living the life you choose just so long as it doesn't bother anyone else's liberty or it's illegal.



Sure, gaming has assholes. EVERY scene would have assholes. The difference is that gamers know how to isolate them, and most social media outlets would become better places if they just listen to their users and not outlaw free speech just because it rustles someone's jimmies. Gamers know the fine line between free speech and bullying, and try hard not to cross it. Some skirt the line, but not cross it. Be free to talk whatever, from Bayonetta's ass to a tough Mario stage. That is freedom.



Original KIA thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2wnmid/a_friendly_reminder_were_seeing_the_attempted/

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