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and another, this time reported by notorious alleged “sheep****er” Chuck Johnson (to quote his Gawker lawsuit)

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If that is an intentional visual reference, they did a pretty shitty job of it. The face is supposed to be centered, and the text supposed to be repeating as a backdrop, not simply one instance floating next to the face.

Edit: actually, there might be repeating text behind the Sarkeesian pictures…it’s hard to make out if that’s a printing artifact or light gray text. But still, there’s no reason for the single big block text.

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Looks like they originated from some kind of GOP counter campaign.

http://libertyunyielding.com/2014/11/03/picture-of-day-street-art-popping-up-nationwide-in-support-of-gop-candidates/

There’s another one too “#Gamergate pwns Sarkeesian” and the pwn and All Your Base reference point to someone a bit more out of touch with memes.

Interesting to see who is behind this. Some kind of right wing pseudo Banksy I reckon.

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Theres the Tip of The Iceberg theory: on you life, you only meet 10% of all the people that exist. There are people so crazy, so dysfunctional, that they never ever abandon their house. The Internet allow these people to look out, and perhaps to other people to look in, in the abyss.
That we don’t “get” the joke probably means that we are not turn insane yet.

5245

I see in classic GamerGate form, a nice sample of positively upvoted comments genuinely positing all the reasons why Anita must have put the posters up herself.

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Well, when you put out strong opinions and are the public face of something (in this case a non-mainstream feminist message) , you should expect criticism like this.

It’s not harassment. (not saying she should be, or that she hasn’t been, but that in itself isn’t harassment)

To me, this is no different than posters/ads criticizing a poliitician like Scott Walker of Hillary Clinton

5247

She did suggest Lara Croft wear a coat, so it’s pretty easy to see how extreme she really is.

5248

The only response to that was people posting pics of Lara in a range of warm winter clothing going back years with the “she doesnt play games lulz” attached.

I’ve seen stuff about her surreptitiously posting pics of booth babes, complaining about a pass card, and the violence is bad thing, which is just her pushing McIntosh’s toxic masculinity theories anyway. The response has entirely been mockery.

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I find the ‘you’re not a true gamer’ refrain pretty insulting as a argument tactic. I had it thrown at me on reddit numerous times at the start of this GamerGate thing, from people who literally were not born when I was uploading my own Wolfenstein 3D map packs and Doom mods to the local BBS.

5250

Definitely about ethics in journalism.

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Gamergate is a gestalt entity living in social media that has evolved to prey on social justice hashtags.

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So are they actually promoting Sarkessian, or just anti-GG posters using her?

Edit: just realized they could be pro-GG too. They’re so lame I just presume they are from the SJW side.

Whatever the source, they’re pretty gross.

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Because they promote Sarkessian and look exactly like the sort of moronic nonsense loons like McIntosh do. Who else would want to promote her?

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If you honestly believe they put up the posters themselves I feel like we’re in evolution vs intelligent design territory and there’s not much point in discussing it.

5255

Probably just failed guerrilla marketing for Polygon.

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Wow, yeah, I guess we’ll (hopefully) see if the really cynical propaganda was put up all over the city by the people who benefit from it, or by the people who want her to get less attention.

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Yeah they really want her to get less attention. The person no one had ever heard of that they bring into every conversation. That person. Let’s not give her attention, by mentioning her 50 times a day everywhere possible non-stop. You know who had heard of her pre-GG? Only GG-minded folk. You know who’s heard of her after it? Fucking everyone on the planet. GG got her on The Daily Show and every news outlet there is. Unless you’re saying the GG is really run by her!!! Oh it all makes sense now! Also she might be a reptoid.

Gotta agree with Quaro on this.

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Both sides want the attention. They crave the drama and the power they get from that drama. That’s why they are Social Justice Warriors- they live for that battle. (and yes, Gamergate-types are also SJWs)

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The femfreak account has been criticising GG for being a decentralised org, although using the term “folksonomic communities”.

Someone trying to imitate McIntosh? This ones way down the rabbit hole, whatever it is.

Edit: fingers now pointing at Republican art collective SABO / unsavoryagents

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I’m honestly astonished that anyone thinks this is anyone other than mcintosh and his clown brigade. This is all he does. Doesn’t he sell or have a history of these ridiculous style of posters? Nobody else benefits from this.

So when it’s publicly confessed and they argue that it was just an experiment to see who agreed with it, you’ll admit you misjudged the situation and were manipulated by huxters?

Hey, maybe you’re right. I never underestimate the propensity for people GP be moronic. But this seems like the most transparent, moronic, propaganda seen in some time. Who else would use terms like “freak” and “honey” looool. Jaysus.