So:
1. Businesses design and market product for a variety of target audiences.
2. Somebody gets offended when a group of products have a design that they don't like
3. Group takes donations to publicly say "Fuck You" to an entire industry
4. Group successfully picks a public fight with an industry
5. Group acts surprised when consumers and figures in and around industry say "Fuck You" and lash back
6. Group reacts by literally saying "Fuck You"
7. Group acts like a victim in a fight they started in public
Am I accurate? close? 50/50? way off?
Tropes vs Women isn't a "fuck you" to the gaming industry, it's a youtube video series that explores the portrayal of women in movies, games, and general pop culture. It existed for years before it got on Kickstarter (2009-2012), and it was only when the subject turned to games that the death threats started rolling in.
If you can show me in a video where Anita said "fuck this shit and fuck all of you" to the entire industry, I'm all ears (and eyes). If saying "Game X promotes negative stereotypes of women" is equivalent to "fuck you", I really don't know what to say.
She then received constant harassment, death threats, rape threats, and doxxing attempts. This is the "lash back" in your step 5, and is never appropriate in public discourse at any level.
Step 6 is just baffling - if you'd actually watched the video, she explicitly points out it's the thing that she couldn't say to her detractors, as she was trying to be the better person. But she has now realized that people who would latch on and poke fun at any emotional reaction that people give to their harassers are
also part of the problem of stymieing women in society.
Step 7 - who else could possibly be seen as a victim here? Who else is having their life changed, day in and day out, by Anita Sarkeesian blowing up their twitter and email and home phone?
I really hope this was a sarcastic post, because it's only possible to see #GG as victims if you're this blatantly dishonest when framing the discussion.
I was really trying to get caught up. Sorry if I offended anyone. Lots a hate just for asking if what I found online was accurately summarized in my post.
And honestly, don't do this. "Just asking questions" when it's clear you already have a frame of reference and an opinion on the discussion is just condescending and transparent.