If you grit your teeth and do a search for #GamerGate and #Ferguson together on Twitter, you will find Tweet after Tweet from worried #GamerGaters earnestly imploring their comrades not to make any connections between the two hashtags. Why? Because they know that those who cross the streams are likely to Tweet things like the following.
This what happens when #GamerGaters try to make sense of what is happening in Ferguson.
#GamerGate is more relevant to me than Ferguson because, well, I'm not a black Missourian, but I am a gamer.
— Jason "Rabbit" (@Klohinx) November 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/SHREKFLEX/status/537070193311494144
https://twitter.com/fireye47/status/537088458406125568
I feel for #MikeBrown's family and supporters, but most of all, I feel for #Ferguson liquor store owners tonight.
— Izel (@i_z_e_l_s) November 25, 2014
You have to be understanding about the #FergusonRiots. After all, don't white people riot every time a black suspect is acquitted? #Ferguson
— Izel (@i_z_e_l_s) November 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/Noin007/status/537095206630199297
#Ferguson is a great example of how SJW mindset just leads to irrational behavior #GamerGate
— Shota Loli Trap (@ShotaLoliTrap) November 25, 2014
SJW's looting and setting fire to stores, yeah you're really showing you're "peaceful". #GamerGate #Ferguson
— Shota Loli Trap (@ShotaLoliTrap) November 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/PKtheHedgehog/status/537104422472400896
https://twitter.com/PettanPettan/status/537105479030173696
#gamergate #ferguson HA! pic.twitter.com/kOyS6DlH53
— EthicsGate (@Ethics_Gate) November 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/MaxSkyFan/status/537184055004266496
https://twitter.com/PettanPettan/status/537197193501765632
https://twitter.com/PrestariumRetar/status/537273589616365570
https://twitter.com/ItalyGG/status/537276021096329217
https://twitter.com/triumfantloser/status/537290714896674816
Oh, and yes, these are all genuine #GamerGaters; check out their timelines for proof, and you’ll also see some of the terrible racist crap some of them have been tweeting and retweeting.
Oh, Jennifer, the “technically true statement that draws a false equivalence” bullshit isn’t clever. It’s just a way to reflect very poorly on yourself.
So, Jennifer, does that mean you don’t have any proofs at all ?
Technically true statement that draws a false equivalence? Nice try. People are comparing the two on both sides of the aisle and it’s disingenuous to suggest otherwise. You’re going to find people making idiotic remarks in every corner of the internet regardless of what they stand for.
Also: https://archive.today/z8pux
Whenever someone condescendingly posts a dictionary definition, you know they didn’t even come to the fight with an argument – just smugness and hot air.
You can also look all over my Twitter feed, I’ve been sharing the silly tweets since the verdict was given.
That’s cute that you’re assessing my intentions for me; I don’t really care what you think about my approach.
uh, that tweet you linked to argues that Ferguson is not at all like Gamergate.
Awww, the angry gamergator is mad.
There is no bottom of the barrel, because whenever horrible people hit it, they just grab pickaxes and go right on through.
http://i.imgur.com/TNYBz6v.jpg
Oh Jennifer (or Jemma, Alexandre Armont, Vivian James and RougeDemon, since you all share the same freakin’ avatar) you’re troll-fu is weak. I mean, did you actually read the tweet in your ‘proof’?
Silly ggators.
You realize that drawing comparisons means showing how things differ, yes?
How to put that nicely? You are comparing someone giving a definition of journalism integrity using the ferguson events to people (read GGer) saying that the riots are basically saying that their own material comfort is less important than a racial issue , that anti-GG people (or their likes) started the pillage of stores during the said riot, and other racist statements about how the good white man wouldn’t have started all this riot shenanigans. Sorry but no. This is not the same thing. At all.
@M, I’m totally stealing that meme.
Nobody shares my face which is in my avatar, I’m not trolling anyone.
That’s the thing about gamerghazis … I can’t actually tell when I’m dealing with a troll. I mean, misusing words, making obviously fallacious arguments (“Look, they’re doing it, too! Therefore we’re not and you’re biased!”) and responding 300 times a moment … the overlap’s pretty strong between the true believers and the lolzy types.
You do realize that google allows people to search images?
Folks, it’s like they’re not even trying anymore.
You are really reaching, with a lot of added fluff, to try and explain away how two things that are being compared are somehow not being compared.
@mewens, they’re all lolzy types, they’re just not all self-aware.
Izels is probably the stupidest fuck in gg.
@Jennifer:
Sure, gamergators aren’t the only ones that can be racist… good thing the OP isn’t making any sort of argument like that. Your point?
the tweets jenn is holding up seem to be people pointing out that there are a lot of gamergaters on twitter supporting the police in this, as David did, using fairly reactionary and fairly racist language; pointing this out is somehow terrible, and just like saying that gamergate is just like ferguson.
Puddleglum: I’m confused, what does google image search have to do with my avatar? Please show what you’re alluding to?
These people acting like white people don’t riot. Oh, please. White people riot all the time. Their football team loses? Riot. Their football team wins? Riot. A college football coach ignores the fact that one of his assistants molests boys and then gets fired for it? Riot.
Jennifer/Alexandre /Vivian/RougeDemon, if you can’t use google, I’m pretty sure there is no way I can possibly explain it to you. And frankly, since it makes laughing at trolls like you so much easier, I’m really sure why I’m required to show you how to make your trolling less obvious.