Congratulations slashdot, you just jumped the shark for me. A front page story about a scam artist with a victim complex and a direct link to a Patreon account so people can give her more money. Time to go find another tech news site.
Regardless of what you believe Ms. Wu experienced, do you truly not know any women in software or gaming who've experienced the kind of awful "boy's only club" attitudes and sometimes downright literal sexual harassment?
Its "offtopic". thats why. How she was born has nothing to do with unethical activity. Its a personal attack on a very hotbutton topic which will do nothing but legitimize her.
For the record, I had never heard the claim that Brianna Wu is a transwoman before today, and I have no idea if it's true or not. I have followed GamerGate only minimally and can't say I understand all the issues.
BUT, if it's true that Brianna is a transwoman, that is certainly not off-topic. It's the same as Rachel Dolezal claiming to be black, and to have suffered her whole life for being black, when she is white and grew up in a racially accepting family. If Dolezal wants to make herself look black and claim to be black, that's fine with me, but it stinks of hypocrisy for her to lie about her past, her experiences, and her identity while at the same time claiming to be a spokesperson for people with that identity!
Likewise, if Brianna Wu is a transwoman but also claims to speak towards a personal history of suffering gender prejudice and so forth, it doesn't exactly look kosher.
Let me make sure I've got this right. Are you saying that skin color is the same as gender?
No. They are different. One is skin color and the other is gender.
It sounds like you're trying to imply that transgenderism isn't a real thing. You're welcome to think that if you want, but keep in mind that if you're trying to say it's not real and she isn't really a woman, all you're going to do is attract people who will defend her purely on that basis, and criticisms of her actual behavior and ethics will get pushed under the rug.
Not at all. The way I view it, identity is pretty much the most personal thing we have. It's maybe the only thing that is entirely self-contained within "me." I control how I present my identity to the outside world, and so do Brianna Wu and Rachel Dolezal--everybody does. I have no interest in judging whose identities are valid and whose aren't--they're identities! They just are.
My point, rather, is that if you build your public persona on b
For the record, I had never heard the claim that Brianna Wu is a transwoman before today, and I have no idea if it's true or not. I have followed GamerGate only minimally and can't say I understand all the issues.
BUT, if it's true that Brianna is a transwoman, that is certainly not off-topic. It's the same as Rachel Dolezal claiming to be black, and to have suffered her whole life for being black, when she is white and grew up in a racially accepting family. If Dolezal wants to make herself look black and claim to be black, that's fine with me, but it stinks of hypocrisy for her to lie about her past, her experiences, and her identity while at the same time claiming to be a spokesperson for people with that identity!
Likewise, if Brianna Wu is a transwoman but also claims to speak towards a personal history of suffering gender prejudice and so forth, it doesn't exactly look kosher.
No, fuck that noise. I'm a trans woman too, and we definitely don't experience "male privilege." Having a dick doesn't seem to stop the bile people keep spewing at women in general. It gets directed at us even moreso because people can't understand why you wouldn't WANT to be a guy, like it's superior or something.
But why is it different from Rachel Dolezal? Well, what Dolezal did is nothing short of cultural appropriation and manipulation. Blackness is a cultural and heritage thing, white people take black
Both gender and race are ultimately an identity. If you believe that Dolezal is "racially appropriating", then every trans woman is "gender-appropriating" in exact same way. I've read many articles trying to explain why this is not the case, but it all boils down to "because it is, and fuck you for even asking" (some make that latter part very explicit, basically saying that even daring to make an analogy is incredibly offensive).
The closest thing that came to a reasonable argument is that you can't change
As MRAs love to keep pointing out, men can be victims of gender prejudice too. In any case, she is a woman, and guys threatened to rape and sexual assault her [businessinsider.com], so by any measure she has a right to speak about those issues.
Your first image is too small to read. The second one... Well, if it is real then I despair at the poor literacy level in the prosecutor's office, but that issue has been dealt with anyway. There was a mistake made by Wu's staff when reporting the incidence, since corrected. Try emailing them again.
Okay, now I can actually read it (the image you posted earlier was tiny) it's obvious from the tag line that she was just curating a list of idiots who jumped at the bait.
Okay, now I can actually read it (the image you posted earlier was tiny) it's obvious from the tag line that she was just curating a list of idiots who jumped at the bait.
Hah, that's hilarious. "Curating a list of idiots who jumped at the bait." That's rich.
Do you, out of curiosity, have any connection to Brianna Wu (or anyone else directly involved in GamerGate?). I'm asking because you seem to be taking these slashdot threads really personally, and it seems a bit suspicious.
I'm asking because you seem to be taking these slashdot threads really personally, and it seems a bit suspicious.
I can happily disclose that unlike the other poster who didn't say whether or not they have connections. I don't have connections with them, and I do have something to do with Gamergate. [reddit.com]
You mean like how she claimed she was threatened and had to leave her home out of fear, only to do the video interview in the home she claimed she left?
She is Trans. Go look up any available public records for John Flynt. He stopped existing when Brianna Wu came around, and they share the same addresses. Also, Mr. Flynt was born a rich white male. I take his perspective on anything besides being a trans woman with a grain of salt. Even then....
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> boy's club
Incredibly ironic, since briana wu aka john walker flynt is actually a man.
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Why is this modded down? It reveals a fact: that "Brianna Wu" was born "John Walker Flynt," and was born male.
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For the record, I had never heard the claim that Brianna Wu is a transwoman before today, and I have no idea if it's true or not. I have followed GamerGate only minimally and can't say I understand all the issues.
BUT, if it's true that Brianna is a transwoman, that is certainly not off-topic. It's the same as Rachel Dolezal claiming to be black, and to have suffered her whole life for being black, when she is white and grew up in a racially accepting family. If Dolezal wants to make herself look black and claim to be black, that's fine with me, but it stinks of hypocrisy for her to lie about her past, her experiences, and her identity while at the same time claiming to be a spokesperson for people with that identity!
Likewise, if Brianna Wu is a transwoman but also claims to speak towards a personal history of suffering gender prejudice and so forth, it doesn't exactly look kosher.
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Let me make sure I've got this right. Are you saying that skin color is the same as gender?
No. They are different. One is skin color and the other is gender.
It sounds like you're trying to imply that transgenderism isn't a real thing. You're welcome to think that if you want, but keep in mind that if you're trying to say it's not real and she isn't really a woman, all you're going to do is attract people who will defend her purely on that basis, and criticisms of her actual behavior and ethics will get pushed under the rug.
Not at all. The way I view it, identity is pretty much the most personal thing we have. It's maybe the only thing that is entirely self-contained within "me." I control how I present my identity to the outside world, and so do Brianna Wu and Rachel Dolezal--everybody does. I have no interest in judging whose identities are valid and whose aren't--they're identities! They just are.
My point, rather, is that if you build your public persona on b
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For the record, I had never heard the claim that Brianna Wu is a transwoman before today, and I have no idea if it's true or not. I have followed GamerGate only minimally and can't say I understand all the issues.
BUT, if it's true that Brianna is a transwoman, that is certainly not off-topic. It's the same as Rachel Dolezal claiming to be black, and to have suffered her whole life for being black, when she is white and grew up in a racially accepting family. If Dolezal wants to make herself look black and claim to be black, that's fine with me, but it stinks of hypocrisy for her to lie about her past, her experiences, and her identity while at the same time claiming to be a spokesperson for people with that identity!
Likewise, if Brianna Wu is a transwoman but also claims to speak towards a personal history of suffering gender prejudice and so forth, it doesn't exactly look kosher.
No, fuck that noise. I'm a trans woman too, and we definitely don't experience "male privilege." Having a dick doesn't seem to stop the bile people keep spewing at women in general. It gets directed at us even moreso because people can't understand why you wouldn't WANT to be a guy, like it's superior or something.
But why is it different from Rachel Dolezal? Well, what Dolezal did is nothing short of cultural appropriation and manipulation. Blackness is a cultural and heritage thing, white people take black
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Both gender and race are ultimately an identity. If you believe that Dolezal is "racially appropriating", then every trans woman is "gender-appropriating" in exact same way. I've read many articles trying to explain why this is not the case, but it all boils down to "because it is, and fuck you for even asking" (some make that latter part very explicit, basically saying that even daring to make an analogy is incredibly offensive).
The closest thing that came to a reasonable argument is that you can't change
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As MRAs love to keep pointing out, men can be victims of gender prejudice too. In any case, she is a woman, and guys threatened to rape and sexual assault her [businessinsider.com], so by any measure she has a right to speak about those issues.
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Oh boy probably one of my favorite tweets and was quoted directly to her feed...by her. Funny how there was never any investigation about it right? Never mind they've been caught attempting to victimize themselves [imgur.com], or lie about pretty much anything. [imgur.com] Not even hitting the tip of the iceberg here.
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Your first image is too small to read. The second one... Well, if it is real then I despair at the poor literacy level in the prosecutor's office, but that issue has been dealt with anyway. There was a mistake made by Wu's staff when reporting the incidence, since corrected. Try emailing them again.
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Really? Cause it sure shows up easily on a 29" monitor. [archive.is] And of course you can't forget the other stuff either. [breitbart.com] I'm sure someone will go hurdurdur breitbart because they have an ideological bias.
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Okay, now I can actually read it (the image you posted earlier was tiny) it's obvious from the tag line that she was just curating a list of idiots who jumped at the bait.
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Okay, now I can actually read it (the image you posted earlier was tiny) it's obvious from the tag line that she was just curating a list of idiots who jumped at the bait.
Yeah, sure. It's not that they're mentally unbalanced or anything right? That they fish for attention, and have a martyr and victim complex. It's nothing like trying to blame GG for 'sarin gas' but in truth it was a anti-GG person who said it either right? [imgur.com]
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Hah, that's hilarious. "Curating a list of idiots who jumped at the bait." That's rich.
Do you, out of curiosity, have any connection to Brianna Wu (or anyone else directly involved in GamerGate?). I'm asking because you seem to be taking these slashdot threads really personally, and it seems a bit suspicious.
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I'm asking because you seem to be taking these slashdot threads really personally, and it seems a bit suspicious.
I can happily disclose that unlike the other poster who didn't say whether or not they have connections. I don't have connections with them, and I do have something to do with Gamergate. [reddit.com]
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You mean like how she claimed she was threatened and had to leave her home out of fear, only to do the video interview in the home she claimed she left?
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