I don't see how that's an equivalent comparison. Anita's specifically being harassed for not only being a woman, but as well for championing for equal opportunities and treatment for both men and women. That's what feminism is all about. Instead of debating the issues at hand and have a clear and coherent dialogue about about the issues we're facing in the industry today, we have people engaging in misogynistic harassment and other vile scare tactics to try to shut her up. Sure, online harassment is universal, but its venom is very much potent in regards to feminism in gaming. We just have to take a good look at GamerGate to acknowledge that.
The thing is her outlook on the game industry according to her video's is extremely Skewed. There has been more open design in the past couple gaming generations, then the total of video game history. We now have Gay main character's, love scenes etc. We now have strong female protagonist's, like Tomb Raider, Samus, (Lead Character's)Child of Light, Transistor, The walking dead 502 days, Heavenly sword, HellBlade, Echo from Killzone, Cortana from Halo, Starcraft:Heart of the Swarm.
In some of her video's she bring's up older designed games from a era where women were not playing games as much as young men. Games are more casual and universally accepted Now. From mobile, PC, console and so on.
She doesn't deserve all the threat's and what not. But some of those tweets farther down actually dissect her view on the medium.
She just want's attention and is using video games as an in to promote feminism. Which I'm fine with and agree there should be more equal rights for women.
But using video games that after watching some of her video's she seems clueless about interm's of what's been out in the past 7-8 years is insulting to gamer's and makes it look like she is just ignoring evidence that disproves some of her theories.
I think she's right in women get harassed more than men in gaming whether it be online, at a convention, or anything. A lot of people online and in games get harassed at a daily basis.
Most of the harassment and threat's she receives is towards more of feminist movement. itself not video games. Most of the awful tweets are from anit-feminist's, but some of them are from people calling her out on her outlook on the industry.
Just my 2 cent's on the situation.