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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/27/feminist-video-game-critic-forced-to-leave-her-home-after-online-rape-and-death-threats/Anita Sarkeesian, creator of an online video series analyzing problematic representations of women in video games, was forced to leave her home on Tuesday after death threats made online against herself and her family, Polygon reported.
Some very scary threats have just been made against me and my family, Sarkeesian posted on Tuesday. Contacting authorities now.
After confirming she had found a safe place to stay, Sarkeesian posted a screengrab of the threats, posted by a Twitter account calling itself Kevin Dobson, which identified her address and her parents, as well as several vulgar threats, including one to ram a hot tire iron up [her] c*nt:
I usually dont share the really scary stuff, Sarkeesian wrote on a post accompanying the image. But its important for folks to know how bad it gets.
more at link above
Wow that's really horrible.
villager
(26,001 posts)Thanks for posting it here, and getting the word out....
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)delta17
(283 posts)He should be locked up.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Or, more accurately, because some troglodytic motherfucker is upset that she's doing that.
Ohio Joe
(21,756 posts)Search her name here in GD and see what has been said even on DU.
tkmorris
(11,138 posts)I can't believe that. I refuse to.
niyad
(113,315 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)for being critical of the gaming industry/culture.
But, misogyny isn't a problem.
mythology
(9,527 posts)to press charges for those threats. I suspect some time without freedom will change his tune.
hunter
(38,313 posts)niyad
(113,315 posts)WCLinolVir
(951 posts)I can only point out all the examples of violent behavior when someone says stop.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)For the record here, to be truthful, I don't quite agree with everything that Ms. Sarkeesian says. Sometimes I'll find something that we differ on. But honestly, this kind of thing looks gamers as a whole look bad.....but more than that, I think we can all agree that nobody deserves to be threatened with rape, or even *murder* just because you disagreed with them on something. Such behavior is unacceptable and should be condemned.
Honestly, FUCK YOU, Kevin Dobson. FUCK YOU.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)comments on.
That said, NOTHING JUSTIFIES THIS BULLSHIT AGAINST HER!
These people need to be found and prosecuted, then imprisoned for many years.
Hayabusa
(2,135 posts)Hope they catch the guy that did it. Even if it was their idea of a sick joke, that goes way, way too far.