Games misogyny? Get real. Although given the people gushing about him, maybe he does know what he's on about. Mention being against an "icky" topic and people lap it up.
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Canadian Prime Minister:"We need to stand against gamergate and video games misogyny"
Games misogyny? Get real. Although given the people gushing about him, maybe he does know what he's on about. Mention being against an "icky" topic and people lap it up.
Mr. Pointy
Member
How much do you think Dyack regrets not working with Nintendo after the GC?
I feel like it would eat him up inside.
I feel like it would eat him up inside.
GrantDaNasty
Member
we must stop the global warming ! (I just said that, I don't actually know how)
TheRealTalker
Banned
It's better than ignoring global warming (or gamergate).
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Lmao holy shit xD
not really. It makes no difference if it is only in the form of speech.they are half-truths
When it's your first day on the job you lay what what you plan to accomplish, and I'm pretty sure him addressing GG directly is a better sign than those who ignore it's existence completely. Him also having a background in understanding game culture seems to indicate he understands what GG is and what they've done so far.
Mysterious
Banned
This article is from September though, not the first day on the job. And to be frank, he has a lot of other issues that are higher priority that he needs to take care of first, before tackling issues like this. It'll probably be discussed in Parliament, but later rather than sooner.
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Did he say "I'm going to handle gamergate before I get to anything else" or is this yet another reading comprehension problem
SolicitorPirate
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Morrigan Stark
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What does this post mean? Please elaborate.
brianmcdoogle
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I'm glad more people are learning about his continuing stupidity.Guess who have something to say on this.
Maybe he'll file a frivolous lawsuit against the Prime Minister only to have it blow up in his face like his other lawsuits.
Hibiki Kurosawa
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Good on ya, Mr. Trudeau!
He's developing a cult of personality that will inevitably lead to disappointment. This is a great statement by him, but it means nothing without the US support. Just sad that there aren't any American politicians who want to tackle online harassment and bullying on a large scale.
For those wondering, Canada has laws against hate speech, and we're really trying to get cyberbullying legislation passed but the biggest hurdle is the US. Most organizations are US based, and it's very difficult to get anything going. But still, it's good to hear a world leader acknowledge an issue that does affect many.
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Go on?
Palette Swap
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Even if it's only speech, publicly acknowledging a problem as one helps raise awareness and might at the very least motivate other people to do something.
To put it differently, not acknowledging a problem has a 100% chance to not do something about it, while publicly accepting it might still yield results.
TemplaerDude
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I honestly hadn't considered it from that perspective, thank you.
Rats Off To Ya
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Wow. A world leader called out GamerGate by name, while virtually no higher-up in the industry has had the balls to do the same.
Bravo, Canada.
Bravo, Canada.
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EXCLUSIVE: Hackers managed to discover his new address and published it on pastebin:
That'll show him.
Harassement and hate speech are important, no matter if the origin is in videogames. You think woman should be left harassed because they work with videogames? Then, well, #gg to you.
I'm gonna just attribute this post as an example of Poe's Law because it is so beyond stupid and ignorant of the real life effects of something like gamergate to women in gaming (and tech in general) that it can't be a serious post.
(Also, the average age of someone who plays video games is fairly north of "child". )
Exactly. It's like when the government talks about education spending or childhood Leukemia. Leave things that affect children to...whoever takes care of that stuff. Other children, I guess?
pock3tmonster
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Statistically, in Australia, more than 76 % of gamers are 18 and over. The typical gamer is 32 years old. I'd imagine those statistics are consistent with Canada's gaming population and thus Gamergate is highly relevant to a political discussion.
Monocle
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If you pretend a problem's not a problem, it doesn't exist. Brilliant!
Pls be the new prime minister.
pock3tmonster
Banned
Why is it sad to see he is anti GG?
This thread is really going interesting ways.
Establishment politician. He's the leader of our centre-left party. We also have a left party and a right party. I'd say he's more our Barack Obama to George W Bush than Bernie Sanders to Barack Obama.
We've had a Conservative government under his predecessor, Stephen Harper, for 9 years and it hasn't been a fun ride.
FF Seraphim
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I am going to wait and see how he handles TPP before I start rooting for him in anything he says.
How are women harassed by video games exactly?
Well, if you want to call it that, you can, and I can do the same to yours. I posted exactly what I think about the subject.
No, not exactly, because public funding of education and childhood leukemia are historically important parts of politics and are actual issues to touch upon. This isn't even comparable.
I believe you but statistics usually govern a citation. Society still looks towards video games as a hobby, particularly for children, unless it's a certain group of people (dudebros and whatnot.)
dragonfart28
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I see where he's coming from but I hope he is not endorsing any form of censorship.
He can speak out, shame and propagate whatever stereotypes he wants but it's ultimately up to people to be sold on his idea and choose for themselves to change.
He can speak out, shame and propagate whatever stereotypes he wants but it's ultimately up to people to be sold on his idea and choose for themselves to change.
I didn't realize Hello was being serious. Trudeau clearly points games as being culturual works and an important part of our modern culture like film, television, music, and literature. He is correct in that. His correct that values in popular culture have an impact on society and vice versa.
Women are being harassed by gamergaters. Which is an example he gave of misogyny, when he was asked about the subject
It's not hard
It's like they crawl out of the woodwork thinking we're asleep or something
We never sleep
pock3tmonster
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Here's a link to the Digital Australia 2014 report that highlights the statistical findings I quoted. I agree that society does not see gaming as an adult hobby, but that is stance adopted by the uninformed. If gaming is highlighted more commonly in an adult context, such as in a political discussion, it will help to shift that perspective.
Dang bish, ruthless but effective.
Also welcomed! Without fail, they always appear in these threads. I'd love to read their complaints from elsewhere!
To be clear this was about a month ago, so he wasn't a world leader at the time.
Always nice to have a thread like this to purge GAF of the unclean a bit.
BlastProcessing
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He's older than Harper was when he became Prime Minister.
PS. Maybe I should avoid mentioning Harper as much as possible and pretend those 10 years never happened
iirc Justin is the second youngest Prime Minister after Joe Clark.
Harper was older than Justin when became PM.
I mean, it's only 10:29 PST so I dunno what they were expecting