They're not changing their gender, they're changing their body to match their gender
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The Escapist hires on transphobic Brandon Morse
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They're not changing their gender, they're changing their body to match their gender
Garrett Hawke
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But iirc there was controversy about it because some of the people lied about their identity or gender.
Pound_lb003
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Amazing to think humans like that still exist.
There's that theory that prejudices die out, and that once the older generation passes, so will the prejudice. This guy is young enough to know better, but selfish enough to have this view on the world. That's all it is, he is a selfish human being.
No one is asking you to pretend. You can think whatever you like, just try to avoid hurting people's feelings.
Is that such a big ask?
There's that theory that prejudices die out, and that once the older generation passes, so will the prejudice. This guy is young enough to know better, but selfish enough to have this view on the world. That's all it is, he is a selfish human being.
No one is asking you to pretend. You can think whatever you like, just try to avoid hurting people's feelings.
Is that such a big ask?
A Link to the Past
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And I forgot to say this, but yeah, oni-link said it really well. It's not changing your gender, it's adapting to your actual gender.
Portugeezer
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He has some views I disagree with.
Well for one you can actually change your gender. Hard to explain since english isn't my first language, but basically your gender isn't equal to your biological sex. Your sex is defined by your sexual organs, gender is what you identify as. In most cases gender and sex align, trans people are an exception.
He can come across issues relating to transsexuals when commenting on gaming culture or specific games, and he obviously feels strongly about his views, which can easily impact on his work. It's difficult to know how far he is willing to take his line of thinking considering we have him saying something like this:
Throwaway123456789
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There's really no need to even be a little upset about this, as I'm guessing it's a problem that will fix itself when people stop going to the Escapist site. Look at his sad Twitter feed. He's pretty much arguing that common courtesy isn't something you should be needing to adhere too.
Which, by the way, is completely something you can decide for yourself. Just don't think people will like you if you act like an asshole. If you go around calling black people the n word, then that's a choice you can make, but damn if that isn't going to land you in some kind of trouble sooner or later - no matter how much you argue about "
society isn't going to control meeeeeeee-BLARGARGH
"
Which, by the way, is completely something you can decide for yourself. Just don't think people will like you if you act like an asshole. If you go around calling black people the n word, then that's a choice you can make, but damn if that isn't going to land you in some kind of trouble sooner or later - no matter how much you argue about "
……forgetit
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This will be fun
ConradCervantes
Banned
Well damn, I want to be a Viking now.
Wow, you learn something new everyday.
Holy freaking crap, I am SO glad Jim Sterling jumped ship. How awful.
Dear Mr. Morse, you're missing the key point that no one should have to tell you not to refer to people as the wrong pronouns or racial slurs. That kind of human decency and respect should have been ingrained in you by however-old-you-are. Sadly, it seems in our society trans and black people are not guaranteed that respect like you and I are.
They know. It was announced by the owner, Alexander Macris, who shares similar political views, along with the other Gater, and they joked about it.
SteveWinwood
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first i dont really get how you can be stupid enough to believe crap like that
second i dont understand how you can be so stupid to broadcast it to others openly like that
second i dont understand how you can be so stupid to broadcast it to others openly like that
Garrett Hawke
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It could impact the way he works with colleagues, could make trans* co-workers or members of the forums uncomfortable, and many might not want to go to the site anymore as they're paying him. Like, if he was racist, would it be okay? Because a lot of people get fired for that.
The Faceless Master
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looooooooooooooooooooooooool, we most certainly are.
doll experiment, skin bleaching, cosmetic contacts, hair straightening, etc...
The Escapist is actively courting a right-wing audience (Gamergate). These kinds of sentiments are basically cat nip for them. Defending the right to drop n-bombs is not an embarrassment, it's an advertisement.
Intheflorsh
Banned
As if I needed more reasons to avoid that site.
No. It is absolutely not possible.
A bunch of stuff, but the first big thing I remember was refusing to pay the Extra Credits team, and then claiming they were owed a chunk of the crowdfunding money the team collected for their artist's medical expenses.
reptilescorpio
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Nobody gives a shit bout Escapist any more, smart of them to move in a certain direction even more to bring in a certain type of user.
ShockingAlberto
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There was a thing with Extra Credit where the animator got sick and the other two people involved held a fundraiser to pay for her medical bills. Since they used the Extra Credit name in the fundraiser, Escapist demanded a significant percentage of the money, placing her in dire straits again.
Oh, you can be sure he'll bring them into his content.
The Escapist has found an audience and is doubling down on it.
Extra Credits and Jimquisition and Escape to the Movies... Which are all gone.
They chased off all their actual talent besides Yahtzee. When Yahtzee finally stops making Zero Punctuation, they're gonna burn.
Nothing1016
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Well I agree with him in principal. No one has the right to tell you what you can and cannot say.... But at the same time that means I have the right to criticize what you do say. It works both ways and he doesn't seem to understand that. Pretty immature and horrible way of thinking.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
I think he did bruh...Morse is an asshole.
I believe Alexander Macris who runs the escapist has been pretty pro gamergate so I am not surprised. His abhorrent views are probably why he was hired.
It's been a troubled company. They've been passed on in ownership like 2 or 3 times (themis, defy, etc)
The extra credits thing was a payment dispute for contracted content. There might've been more incidents after that, but I'm not certain.
As for the gamergate series of articles, they rushed to get stories, and a few of the articles turned out to be products of bad actors in the conflict
He has negative and harmful views about society, he writes about video games, video games are a part of society, we can't just accept people who are racist or sexist or bigoted because they do something else really well (I don't know how good of a writer he is)
You can roll your eyes over people who are annoyed by things like this if you like, but you can't just say "it's fine to be an asshole" in the long run it's never fine to be an asshole, this is the only way we'll ever combat these kinds of attitudes
The Faceless Master
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there is no such thing as race.
gender and sex both exist and may not always match.
can you explain why you thought that was even remotely a relevant or good comparison?
I doubt it. Both him and @lizzyf620 (a prominent Gamergator up until she was doxed by 8chan a while ago) announced the same day that they would be writing for the website (as freelancers, I assume, so I think saying he was "hired" is a bit misleading). So it seems like they knew what they were doing, these tweets are very, very easy to find.
A Link to the Past
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I'm saying that our skin isn't determinate by what we're taught. Men are taught to be masculine, women are taught to be feminine. Yes, white skin is idealized in our society, but it's a different thing than what I'm talking about. A lot more people would be trans if it was acceptable in society.
Gross. I guess I'll... continue to never go to this website.
3rdamention
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That is one very insensitive, sexist human being.... Those are some pretty disgusting things to say...
The fact that I read through the thread to find that The Escapist has a modest group of gamergate supporters and thought "that makes sense" is distressing.
Wow, that's... a lot worse than I thought it would be. I thought you just meant that they were regressive. What the hell.
Mushroomer25
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"I have no problem with trans people, I just hate it when they have some impact on my ability to say something without it having repercussions."
More or less what the dude's saying. It's fine if he wants to be a goddamned idiot, but that doesn't entitle him to freedom from consequence.
Velcro Fly
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Yeah it definitely feels like there is an audience they are trying to appeal to and I definitely do not want to be a part of it.
Thank God Jim Sterling left there. I never have to go back again.
Thank God Jim Sterling left there. I never have to go back again.
pinkurocket
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Makes me upset that people like that are so judgemental with their ignorance. It's so easy to be part of society's norm, isn't it?
Kinda makes me want to punch him
The Faceless Master
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a lot more people would be Black too!
lazyproblems
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Gross. I've pretty much stopped going there for a while, now I see there's no reason to go back.
Holy hell, how scummy can you get?
Holy hell, how scummy can you get?
Polygon is/was a major GG site?
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