It's kind of weird that both sides feel the need to become
even more extreme, neglecting and forgetting an excluded (I'd also haphazard, majority) middle, till it's time to vote that is. Then "The Pandering" takes place...
I've had to stop reading The Verge and Polygon because of this fiasco.
I've stopped reading all Gawker media (which the Nerdist and io9 are hard to pass up), but Cracked was the surprise loss for me.
Cracked let ZQ write her own article, on what GamerGate was about, and tried to write it off as neutral (while banning counter-arguments).
Bull...shit. I'm sure Nixon would have written a neutral article on WaterGate, a month after it happened, too. :rolleyes:
You know, I actually don't mind if your anti-GG; the Escapist is definitely anti-GG, but (and this is important), they allowed people to disagree on their forums. They didn't outright ban people for having the contrary view.
Even if I disagree with you, if you're willing to have the debate, that earns you a fair shake of respect in my eyes. It also makes me feel like you might
actually believe in what you're saying, rather than saying something with an ulterior motive (be cool, feel morally superior, don't want to be called names, etc).