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Come, ye mighty, and witness the brigadeRecent Revelations, Privacy, and Personal Lives (self.GamerGhazi)

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I honestly don't know how to even begin this. I've seen KIA and 8chan and what the hottest new trend is over there and I'm furious.

They spent weeks digging and digging and digging up everything they could about their potential targets. Looking for everything that they could smear or taint their target. Even the hint or whiff of immorality or impropriety and they would hoist it skyward like glorious triumph of success. Then, once their success validated amongst themselves and the consequences of their crowing, they turn to the crowd and feign ignorance as if it wasn't their doing that ruin had befallen their prey. They merely dug, and may have ruptured buried sewage lines and water mains, but those lines and pipes shouldn't have been there. Anything that happened after or during they started digging was the doing or fault of someone else.

I don't understand the cognitive dissonance of some people that they can reveal the deepest and most personal aspects of people's private lives and act as if this is completely normal, acceptable behaviour. There is nothing different in this latest witch hunt than all the worst muckracking of 4chan and it's archivists at ED. It's mindless pursuit of destruction of the personal, private, and public lives of anyone deemed an enemy. I knew it was ridiculous, but the back tracking and historical revisionism of it all this time sickens me. Zero accountability, zero responsibility, as if all the information washed up on the beach as a force of nature, waiting to be found. I don't even think they realise the extent of their offense; the erasure of private, personal lives.

EDIT: I intentionally omitted identifying anyone and adding links to avoid turning this into a beacon or a spotlight.

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[–]GhaziModsThe Collective[M] [スコア非表示] stickied comment (2子コメント)

We're aware of the brigade. It's coming from a KiwiFarms thread about a current target they're digging on. Not much we can do, unfortunately, but we'll continue monitoring this thread.

[–]Urdnot_VexGG: A fire hose full of failure and wharrgarbl. 25ポイント26ポイント  (4子コメント)

One only has to look at this submission to see how much Gators value dissenting voices.

Face facts kids, you're bullies and that's all you'll ever be.

[–]ElephantAmoreGamergate was left here by a race of Titans. 15ポイント16ポイント  (1子コメント)

This is like, the only thing they're talking about.

[–]EthicsOverwhelming 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

A solid win for Ethical Video Games Journalism....

/s

[–]RogueLadyCeruleanSocial Justice Sailor Senshi 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's always funny how they yell about how 'hysterical' and 'oversensitive' feminists and SJWs are. Mr. Pot? I'd like to introduce you to Ms. Kettle.

[–]Foresight2 14ポイント15ポイント  (5子コメント)

There are far worse things they have done. Not long ago, the Alt-Right guys on /pol/ uncovered a Moderate Syrian Rebel base camp via google maps and sent the coordinates to a Russian General via Twitter. And of course, the Russians proceeded to airstrike the place, killing at least 70. Said Russian General then publicly thanked /pol/ for their efforts and the Alt-Righters on /pol/ high fived each other on the board on the fact that they've finally "removed kebab" like true crusaders who are saving the west from the "Islamic plague"

Yet these people aren't being prosecuted for framing murder, the worst they get is being unverified on twitter.

Edit: For those of you seeking the source, it's on the link of "remove kebab"

[–]Ayasugi-san 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

What. The. Fuck.

[–]-Guardsman-Not Technically Illegal 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

holy shit

Do you have a source? I don't doubt you, but I'd like to know more.

[–]Foresight2 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

It's on my "remove kebab" link.

If you want even more of their underhanded trickery, I believe not too long ago there was also a thread where Alt-Righters were phonebanking Bernie Sanders with quotes like "WHY AREN'T THESE FUCKING NIGGERS NOT VOTING FOR BERNIE AND VOTE CLINTON INSTEAD". Making it seem like Bernie's voterbase is composed entirely of entitled racist university twats and far left communists.

In fact after this I wouldn't be surprised if the Bernie bros thing turned out to be another one of Alt-Right Trump supporter falseflagging.

[–]-Guardsman-Not Technically Illegal 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

It's on my "remove kebab" link.

Ah, sorry. I feared it was a link to some kind of racist meme.

Holy shit again.

In fact after this I wouldn't be surprised if the Bernie bros thing turned out to be another one of Alt-Right Trump supporter falseflagging.

Some of it maybe, but not all of it, or even most of it. Bernie does have quite a few supporters he'd rather not have.

[–]RogueLadyCeruleanSocial Justice Sailor Senshi 12ポイント13ポイント  (0子コメント)

I've seen it talked about elsewhere, but the GG/KiA lot treats it as a game. In that game, they're the all-powerful, perfectly justified player character. Anyone else is just some stupid NPC that's there for storytelling flavor. They aren't real people in a GG's mind. They're a thing to attack, to score XP off of, no matter what underhanded or out-of-context methods they use. And when their gloating is quieted, they raise their voices and cry about frozen peaches and censored sheep, almost as though they think moderating spaces is a sort of 'haxx' they must push back against.

It's the most effed-up MMORPG anyone could come up with, really. So glad I don't play.

[–]3spacemenandababy 21ポイント22ポイント  (0子コメント)

In many cases the digging itself becomes justification. After spending days sifting through the mutinae of someone's life they fish out an out of context tweet from 2008 and say "Don't you see! This is why we're against this person!" Like we all didn't know they were already stalking them to even find that.

It's an exploit, in a way. Humans are actually pretty good at recognising bullshit like this, but we've built systems* where it's considered impolite or weak to simply point out, "these are bad faith arguments" and refuse to engage. So instead they force people to rebut their fictitious justification, legitimising it. In order to be seen to be a 'serious person' you have to treat their completely non-serious points seriously.

*You might argue that it's these kind of amoral right wingers who can't debate worth a damn who've invented these standards.

[–]Enleat+1;dr 15ポイント16ポイント  (1子コメント)

GamerGate is so sex positive. I'm sure all the adult stars and sex workers who support GamerGate will be very vocal about this whorephobia, harrasment of sex workers and slut shaming.

Hah, no.

This is fucking ridiculous.

[–]GreyWardenThorgaSocialJusticeZordon 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have no idea what they're up to now but after everything that's happened over the past few months I don't think anyone is surprised at how low GG will sink.

[–]forkisDiGRA Academic Marxist Feminist 17ポイント18ポイント  (6子コメント)

Welp, looks like you hurt the gator fee-fees so they're going to silently downvote you like the cowards they are.

9/10 brigade, very entertaining to watch and laugh at.

[–]RogueLadyCeruleanSocial Justice Sailor Senshi 12ポイント13ポイント  (2子コメント)

Their thought processes amuse me.

They're going to strike pure, mortal terror into the hearts of feminists everywhere....by clicking a small arrow on a computer screen.

Yup, that'll sure show them fem'nists, won't it? Such brave. Very guts. Wow.

[–]forkisDiGRA Academic Marxist Feminist 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

They targeted my internet points. My Internet Points.

[–]EthicsOverwhelming 21ポイント22ポイント  (16子コメント)

They honest to god think they're fighting a war. Like...in the future they'll be sitting at home with their 20-years-younger supermodel wife and tell their children about how they fought off the evil Ess J Dubbleyoos from taking away their anime titties

These aren't humans. It's not fair to "dehumanize" people, I know, but real honest, caring human beings with empathy and feelings don't do this kind of shit they just did. They don't throw a woman's life into the spotlight and, in doing so, result in her getting fired...and they don't just keep digging after they've already got what they wanted.

There was nothing to gain at this point besides pure malice. A warning maybe? An example to all the other Feeeeemales who dare to speak against their Glorious Consumer Revolution? A trophy to hold up and say "this is what will happen to any of you who defy us"?

I honestly don't know. They had already won. They brought enough attention to someone that they got her fired and then they just....kept...going.

They're monsters and I do not regret painting every single person who sides with the GG mindset with this broad brush because anyone that stays with them through and after shit like this has earned the label.

[–]AngryDM 22ポイント23ポイント  (9子コメント)

These creeps will be the end of privacy on the internet, and it will be their damn fault.

[–]InMedeasRage☭☭Cultural Marxist☭☭ 6ポイント7ポイント  (2子コメント)

These creeps? Nah, but that Trump staffer threatening GOP delegates with doxxing would probably get the GOP controlled house and senate on the case in a hot second.

[–]SchoolboyKyubeyI submit my own stories to /r/delusionalartists because I suck 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Did the RNC respond to that?

[–]InMedeasRage☭☭Cultural Marxist☭☭ 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I haven't checked.

[–]QuartzKitty 19ポイント20ポイント  (5子コメント)

I've said before and I still stand by it. They'll attack the wrong person, and the reaction will be an 'Internet User Registration Act', where all of your online activity is linked to your legal ID and stored in a database. And they will have no one but themselves to blame.

[–]AngryDM 13ポイント14ポイント  (2子コメント)

I think that's all but inevitable.

When cowardly bullies and even outright terrorists (look up the definition, the worst of the gaters are committing terrorism, destructive acts intended to silence political opponents. SWATting counts) use exposure of identity as a weapon while hiding their identities, it's going to come to a head.

[–]QuartzKitty 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

And of course, like the TSA, it won't stop much of the abuse and toxicity but it will harm whistleblowers and those who rely on the internet for journalism.

[–]samjak 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Nobody's saying it's a good thing, but it will happen and these people will be the cause of it. It's inevitable at this point.

[–]OneJobToRuleThemAllPolygon Is Not A Very Popular Site And My Blog Is Quite Popular 12ポイント13ポイント  (0子コメント)

'Internet User Registration Act'

They'd never choose that name, it's gonna be something like "Net Citizen Safety Act" or "Anti Online Terror Act" or "Online Child Protection Act."

Oh no, I've got something even better: "Social Media Secure Identity Act!"

[–]Lasombria 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I wish I didn't find that such a plausible outcome.

[–]JimmiusChotal Toad 13ポイント14ポイント  (1子コメント)

'I'm all for free speech, until people on a subreddit try and point out how much of a piece of shit I am'

Oh what a brigade!

[–]RogueLadyCeruleanSocial Justice Sailor Senshi 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

What a lovely brigade!

They will arrive at the gates of KiwiFarms, rusty and dull.

[–]yung_asbestos 13ポイント14ポイント  (0子コメント)

They targeted gamers. Gamers.

[–]Inspector_Sands 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

To be honest, people with power rarely think about how using that power will negatively affect anyone else. A good example I stumbled upon today is from Scotland. Apparently a celebrity couple have gotten an injunction banning English and Welsh newspapers from covering their private life and publishing their names. A Scottish newspaper, under a different court system, decided to publish their names. Why? Because Freedom of SpeechTM, duh!

[–]mo60000Canadian Ghazelle 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

They been doing this shit for over a year. It's a way to make their target looked bad in public and weaken their support network. I'm not surprised they are still at it with one of their targets still.

[–]Blackrock121Social Conservative and still an SJW to Gamergate -2ポイント-1ポイント  (5子コメント)

I have said this a billion times, its McCarthyism all over again.

[–]TheSmugChub 15ポイント16ポイント  (4子コメント)

That's really trivializing the damage McCarthy did to people.

[–]Blackrock121Social Conservative and still an SJW to Gamergate -2ポイント-1ポイント  (3子コメント)

McCarthy did more damage because McCarthy was in a position to be able to deal more damage then the average person. The point is that it is the same tactics that he used.

[–]TheSmugChub 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Ehhh, comparing the GG idiots to the Red Scare is a bit over the top, but YMMV.

[–]srhbutts 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

they're "idiots" in the sense they won't cause any real change they desire, but please don't underestimate the pain they cause to the people they target.

it's not a stretch to call it mccarthyism. it's on a smaller scale, it's not backed with the legitimacy of the state, but it's absolutely wreaking havok on people's lives and even definitionally fits:

McCarthyism: the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism.

... that's literally exactly what this is.