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View submission: Quinnspiracy Theory: In-N-Out Edition
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Comment by [deleted] at 23/08/2014 at 08:43 UTC
164 upvotes, 8 direct replies
I used to think the whole don't criticize Feminists or you will be labeled a misogynist thing was hyperbolic nonsense but it seems to be pretty right on in the gaming industry. Right now if you Google Zoe Quinn the first result is a horribly written article literally called "Gaming Misogyny Gets Infinite Lives", which misses all the facts and paints the situation like people are rallying behind an angry ex boyfriend to take revenge on his former lover. Totalbiscuit wrote the only reasonable post about the situation and of course he gets attacked for it.
The worst part is how destructive this is to fighting actual misogyny in the industry, because at this point whenever someone try to bring up legitimate issues everyone is so polarized that no one is willing to listen or consider a different perspective.
Comment by [deleted] at 23/08/2014 at 07:29 UTC
213 upvotes, 2 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 23/08/2014 at 09:32 UTC
74 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I might add that the Article on Max Temkin, written by Patricia *"everything is rape"* Hernandez, didn't really care if he was innocent or not.
All she cared about was that he might be guilty in some way or the other and that he publicly defended himself after being publicly accused, which made him somewhat guilty.
Hernandez' **obsession** with rape twisted the matter into portraying Temkin as "somewhat" guilty, not necessarily of rape, but definitely of something.
A golden statement from the comment section is her not saying, but strongly implying that he's **statistically guilty.**
The Arcticle mentioned in the vid, for those who dare to venture into her twisted mind.
Comment by Runemaker at 23/08/2014 at 09:44 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Isn't it true that you can't access the page of a shadowbanned user? I can still see your user page, but not many of the others from that shadowban subreddit.
Edit: Nevermind, you got it sorted.
Comment by allocater at 23/08/2014 at 10:01 UTC
12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Devil's advocate: This argument doesn't work. Because they can say that you compare a "real-rape"-accusation (which is news worthy) with a "not-really-rape"-admittance (which is not news worthy). Zoe Quinn's definition of rape is bullshit and not the legal frame work, so you don't have to report it. Whether somebody has admitted to or has been accused of "not-really-rape" is not news-worthy. It's just relationship cheating.
The correct argument to force a report on this story is, that it has included corruption/nepotism/favors from journalists. The rape angle doesn't work.
Comment by alsdjkhf at 23/08/2014 at 13:34 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I just realized how meaningless the word "rape" is now. Feminists have turned it into a catch-all word for "stuff men do that I don't like".
Comment by nancylikestoreddit at 23/08/2014 at 14:30 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm not into the gaming scene at all, clicked on the link thinking it had something on In-In-Out, the food chain (I apparently am hungry for a burger at 9:00am in the morning) and ended up watching the whole clip.
This Zoey person sounds like a complete asshat. Who goes around saying cheating on someone and then not telling the person you cheated on before you sleep with them is the equivalent of rape? What a dumbass.
Comment by DanGarion at 23/08/2014 at 16:34 UTC*
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
But they are two completely different subjects. One is a felony if guilty the other is possible infidelity. These are not the same apples.
Comment by MisterBadIdea2 at 23/08/2014 at 13:49 UTC*
-3 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Zoe Quinn's public views are that if you commit infidelity in a relationship and do not tell your partner before sleeping with them, you are misleading them and therefore having sex without consent, making you a rapist. These situations are directly comparable.
This only makes any sense if you agree that cheating is the same thing as rape.
If you believe that, you're an SJW imbecile. If you don't believe that then the two aren't analogous in the slightest.
Speaking as an outsider, it's really, REALLY hard for me to believe this is about corruption in any way whatsoever. The anti-Zoe crusade is so full of ridiculous illogic and uncritical swallowing of completely unsupported bullshit -- "real journalists" aren't covering this because it **makes no fucking sense.**
You're being upvoted for equating cheating to rape. You're being *upvoted for equating cheated on to rape.* Are you dumb as a fucking rock or what?
Comment by LaverniusTucker at 23/08/2014 at 09:09 UTC
-8 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Are you kidding me? How is that even close to analogous? One is an accusation of violent crime against a hugely successful game designer, and the other is an accusation of immorality against a completely unknown woman.
That's like asking why Lindsay Lohan's most recent DUI received so much publicity when Joe Smith in your home town just got his *fifth* DUI and only made the local paper. Just because the story is Reddit's new obsession doesn't mean that the rest of the world gives a shit.
Comment by [deleted] at 23/08/2014 at 12:30 UTC
-2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 23/08/2014 at 12:49 UTC
-2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
All I want to say about this is, if Zoe Quinn dies I want her necklace it's super pretty.