Kurina: If you take the time to read my post again I did not compare Jack Thompson to the current situation. I was merely speculating that people did not push back sooner against Sarkeesian because they perceived her to be of little threat, the same as Jack Thompson who also accomplished very little. Obviously that did not turn out to be the case. I was by no means comparing actions or ideologies of the two individuals though, just their perceived presence by the gaming community.
[...] Sorry I cannot take such people seriously, especially those who focus so much of their attention complaining about life's luxuries (social media & video games) while real suffering continues elsewhere.
The pushback against Anita Sarkeesian could not possibly have come any 'sooner'. It has started when her Kickstarter went online, i.e. a year before an argument was even voiced. Anita Sarkeesian is part of the gaming community, so this really is an internal struggle in games culture, as much as some people attempt ideological ousting. Definitely not the entire gaming community pushes back against Anita Sarkeesian, she is welcomed by many (deemed 'corrupt' and 'SJW'); and vocal prominent critics of Sarkeesian's work show the tendency to expressly not belong to the gaming community, i.e. constitute actual outside forces.
Thompson, forgive me that I myself compare and contrast now, can not understand how express members of geek/game culture are able to criticise details about the industry and the narrative media that they LOVE. Consequently, he is not able to understand Anita Sarkeesian:
If you are fighting with an industry, you don’t accept their awards and try to be some sort of heroine to that industry. Pathetic, really. She’s not a warrior on the issue.
Mr. Jack Thompson's assessment here is correct: Sarkeesian is not a 'warrior' like himself who "fights against" the industry (or the consumers of its products even). But these are the only paradigms he is able to think in. It would be great to have a debate outside of them.
Your focus on 'real suffering' is certainly laudable, but if you don't attribute any importance on "first world problems", i.e. interactive entertainment media, you're not just in the wrong thread but also in the wrong forum. :|
Brasas: Even if they are mostly outside of gaming? I'm not super keen to derail and fatigue us.
I'm all for considering intersectional issues, as you well know, but this would indeed take us too far. I'll gladly extend the scope to non interactive fiction if that helps any. "How the SJW ruin my games/books/movies" could be the focus if you like.
Brasas: Some older stuff I recall was the brouhaha against Brad Wardell,
The guy who set gamergate's victory conditions to be literal control of the press according to his unspecified absolute definition of "neutral", and with express firing of unwanted personel. I remember him all too well. Sorry Brasas, that guy doesn't get my vote. Then again, I also didn't urinate in GOG's servers when they started having his games over, I'll say. :|
Brasas: The Kerzner lady, Diana?
I've watched some stuff of Kerzner that was borderline reasonable, though I think it was quite a different topic. She still bases her criticism of Sarkeesian on deeply wilful misinterpretation, in my opinion (off the top of my head, I remember how Sarkeesian's "Listen to women" somehow even translates to "never believe men" for her, serving as the basis for an entire article).
By the way, "GG" is a TV series with six excellent and one abysmal Season, one that gets a netflix revival this year. I'm always having a bit of trouble understanding those letters as an abbreviation for 'gamergate'. :)
