MHWilliams
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Its incredible how the GG supporters have been painted with this bus-sized brush as being misogynistic, sexist e.t.c while Anti-GG supporters are somehow now the victims (not to say that a number of Anti-GG supporters have not been victimized). Its sadder that different forums have taking sides and dug in, and the mods for these forums are allowing no middle ground whatsoever. I think we all agree that there are shitty people in the GG movement but using that to condemn it is quite unfair (Considering any movement has radical groups in it), we are regressing back to days when gamers were painted with a train-sized brush but this time its not just the media (Gaming and mainstream) doing it, it's gamers themselves doing it against one another. This will accomplish nothing, infact this new divide that is being created might end up destroying this industry but the shortsightedness of both developers, gamers, journalists and even moderators in forums (from all sides mind you) will not allow them to see it. Gaming controversies flare up and die in days, but the fact that this has persisted for weeks is a source of concern. Hopefully this is resolved and we all go back as one community of gamers, until then however their needs to be open discussion from both sides. Do not shut people down for their support of one group or the other, all that does is further discord between different gamers and that unfortunately further rips apart the gaming community (not that we were ever agreeable but this new political slanted divide is dangerous).
Once again "anti-GG" isn't a group. They're just people who for whatever reason aren't a part of GG. GG is a specific movement/group that has come together under one banner. Anti-GG is currently not.
For example, if you have people who say they're a part of religion A, everybody who's not a part of that isn't anti-religion A. Some don't know it exists, some don't care, some dislike its ideas, some are simply atheist, and yes, some absolutely hate religion A. But together they aren't a second side. It's something Fox News doesn't quite understand in its War of Religion segments.