“Anita Sarkeesian, creator of the popular Tropes vs. Women video series, is at the center of yet another death threat. The Standard Examiner reports that the director of Utah State University’s Center for Women and Gender, along with several other people, received an email promising a mass shooting if they didn’t cancel a speaking engagement for Sarkeesian, who was scheduled to talk at the center on Wednesday morning.
Sarkeesian later announced on Twitter that she had been forced to cancel the appearance because of security fears; requests for firearm searches at the venue were turned down because of Utah’s relaxed open-carry laws. A member of the Center for Women and Gender confirmed to The Verge that the threat was real, although she and campus police declined to provide more details.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
Read more here: http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/14/6978809/utah-state-university-receives-shooting-threat-for-anita-sarkeesian-visit
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Guns, Ebola, Media, CIA & Panic – The Young Turks 10/15/2014 News & Politics
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTpcK80irdQhGdfrbaeZG83rEkJiknnqP
Comments
to be honest,
on all sides of gamergate,
people have received threats, and have lost jobs
the bulk of gamergate doesn’t agree with nor endorses the people who go on witch hunts and harass people online.
personally I don’t agree with this woman, I don’t feel that games cause violence or make people into Misogynists. but id never advocate death threats.