Regarding the last page's discussion on Sarkeesian, as started by Dawg: I'm real tired of the same tired criticisms against her being levelled at her arguments. Articles, clarifications, and interviews have all debunked the majority of the old and invalid counter-arguments. If you still invoke these types of grievances with Sarkeesian and feminist criticism of video games, then you need to sit down, listen, and educate yourself before arriving at conclusions or assessments of her work. (And no, theinternet aristocrat and thunder foot and all those other misogynists don't count)



Moreover, I think there's a hugely wrong set of priorities when a person thinks someone like Sarkeesian needs critical attention and time to write a long post about how they think she's wrong, all the while there's this huge glaring problem of toxic sexism in video game culture that's actively harming and hurting people, especially Sarkeesian (and countless others).



And when someone links a person like Sommers' invalid apologia for white male hegemony, then they're looking at the wrong arguments that only serve to pollute the discussion and muddy any sort of possible connection we might build between the different parties involved.



I know education and learning are about repetition and building bridges, but in year 3 of this shit and seeing someone not having read up on the topic and think it's important to talk about a woman's YouTube videos rather than the severe problem of sexism in video games and how people are literally terrorized just make me depressed and tired.



It's not about Dawg specifically, it's mostly a general tendency that tires me.



Regarding having Hatred being allowed as discussion on GAF: my personal opinion is that hate speech shouldn't get a platform or attention in a curated space. It's a hate game that doesn't deserve the time of day, at least here.