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![#GamerGate get-together sabotaged by threats 1 hour ago-11:00 AM on 05.03.2015 Feminist speech sabotaged by threats 3 hours ago 1100 AM on 0503.2015 CONVERSATIONS WITH POP CULTU Social event in Washington D.C. ruined by criminal actions Speech at Utah State ruined by criminal actions Photo via Daddy_Warpig.] Photo via Radica Bytes.] A recent #GamerGate-themed meetup organized by "critic of contemporary feminism" Christina Hoff Sommers and political pundit/wonk Milo Yiannopoulos was put to a disturbing and sudden end a few days ago. Current reports vary on if the event was attacked by a bomb threat, some other promise of violence, or both, but it remains clear that local police we concerned enough to ask the reported +300 #GamerGate "members" in attendance to leave the premises as they investigated the situation. A recent lecture by "feminist culture critic"/wonk Anita Sarkeesian was put to a disturbing and sudden end a few days ago. Current reports vary on if the event was attacked by a mass shooting threat, some other promise of violence, or both, but it remains clear that Ms Sarkeesian was concerned enough that she cancelled the event. As you might expect, accusations are currently being thrown back and forth across gaming's political isle as to whether the threats came from those who view #GamerGate as a hate group, or by "members" of #GamerGate themselves in order to help signal boost their "cause" and gain sympathy from would-be supporters As you might expect, accusations are currently being thrown back and forth across gaming's political isle as to whether the threats came from those who view Sarkeesian as puritanical and a professional victim, or by fans of Feminist Frequency themselves in order to help signal boost their "cause" and gain sympathy from would-be supporters Seeing as how both Hoff Summers and Yiannopoulos showed little-to-no visible interest in gaming prior to their apparent recognition of #GamerGate's signal boosting power (in fact, Yiannopoulos even went as far as to describe gamers in their 30s as "a bit tragic" not that long ago), it's easy to see why some are suspicious about this particular threat Regardless, the whole thing is a mess and we at Destructoid are grateful that no one was hurt. Seeing as how Anita Sarkeesian showed little-to-no visible interest in gaming prior to her apparent recognition of "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games" signal boosting power (in fact, Sarkeesian even went as far as to describe gamer culture as a pit of toxic masculinity" not that long ago), it's easy to see why some are suspicious about this particular threat. Regardless, the whole thing is a mess and we at Destructoid are grateful that no one was hurt. For more about Tropes vs Women in Video Games, and its origins as a Kickstarter scam that plagiarizes TVTropes, check out this recent video by Sargon of Akkad. For more about #GamerGate, and its origins as a smear campaign against a game developer by her ex-boyfriend, check out this recent article on Boston.com. Did Anita Sarkeesian Fake Death Threats Against Herself? [Return of Kings] GamerGate Meetup Evacuated After Apparent Threat [Kotaku]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/958/487/f47.png)
![#GamerGate get-together sabotaged by threats 1 hour ago-11:00 AM on 05.03.2015 Feminist speech sabotaged by threats 3 hours ago 1100 AM on 0503.2015 CONVERSATIONS WITH POP CULTU Social event in Washington D.C. ruined by criminal actions Speech at Utah State ruined by criminal actions Photo via Daddy_Warpig.] Photo via Radica Bytes.] A recent #GamerGate-themed meetup organized by "critic of contemporary feminism" Christina Hoff Sommers and political pundit/wonk Milo Yiannopoulos was put to a disturbing and sudden end a few days ago. Current reports vary on if the event was attacked by a bomb threat, some other promise of violence, or both, but it remains clear that local police we concerned enough to ask the reported +300 #GamerGate "members" in attendance to leave the premises as they investigated the situation. A recent lecture by "feminist culture critic"/wonk Anita Sarkeesian was put to a disturbing and sudden end a few days ago. Current reports vary on if the event was attacked by a mass shooting threat, some other promise of violence, or both, but it remains clear that Ms Sarkeesian was concerned enough that she cancelled the event. As you might expect, accusations are currently being thrown back and forth across gaming's political isle as to whether the threats came from those who view #GamerGate as a hate group, or by "members" of #GamerGate themselves in order to help signal boost their "cause" and gain sympathy from would-be supporters As you might expect, accusations are currently being thrown back and forth across gaming's political isle as to whether the threats came from those who view Sarkeesian as puritanical and a professional victim, or by fans of Feminist Frequency themselves in order to help signal boost their "cause" and gain sympathy from would-be supporters Seeing as how both Hoff Summers and Yiannopoulos showed little-to-no visible interest in gaming prior to their apparent recognition of #GamerGate's signal boosting power (in fact, Yiannopoulos even went as far as to describe gamers in their 30s as "a bit tragic" not that long ago), it's easy to see why some are suspicious about this particular threat Regardless, the whole thing is a mess and we at Destructoid are grateful that no one was hurt. Seeing as how Anita Sarkeesian showed little-to-no visible interest in gaming prior to her apparent recognition of "Tropes vs. Women in Video Games" signal boosting power (in fact, Sarkeesian even went as far as to describe gamer culture as a pit of toxic masculinity" not that long ago), it's easy to see why some are suspicious about this particular threat. Regardless, the whole thing is a mess and we at Destructoid are grateful that no one was hurt. For more about Tropes vs Women in Video Games, and its origins as a Kickstarter scam that plagiarizes TVTropes, check out this recent video by Sargon of Akkad. For more about #GamerGate, and its origins as a smear campaign against a game developer by her ex-boyfriend, check out this recent article on Boston.com. Did Anita Sarkeesian Fake Death Threats Against Herself? [Return of Kings] GamerGate Meetup Evacuated After Apparent Threat [Kotaku]](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/958/487/f47.png)
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![ETHICS IN JOURNALISM TEST STUDENT NAME INCORRECT! Witnesses heard the police call it a "serious threat Alo, yow gave no conditional to Sarkeesiany bomb Hhreat despite being officially GamerGate Meetup Evacuated After Apparent Threat Writer has known conficts of interesty due to bias against Jason Schreier Filed to GAMERGATE 502/15 535pm Attendees at a GamerGate meetup evacuated a bar showed up in response to a threat, according to pec it Workers at the bar told patrons there was a fire drill, aeuuees say,a e building, they found police officers standing outside. In various tweets and reports from the meetup, GamerGaters have claimed the cops were there due to a bomb threat, while video footage from one attendee features a police officer acknowledging that there was"an ongoing investigation. (The video also shows a K-9 bomb squad van at the scene.) dismissed ay hoax by potier Stick to one narrative the police later confiurmed Staff at the bar declined to comment when reached by Kotaku, instead directing us to an e-mail address, though we've not yet heard back to questions we sent several hours before publication. ˋ ure ru wa /ara un u . to not cause panie, bueyae were there over bomb threats One attendee, Lizzy "lizzyf620" Finnegan (who was once a prominent GamerGate supporter but says she is now no lone ivolved), told me in an e-mail this afternoon that at first, bar workers told everyone to evacuate for a fire drill, but that as soon as the attendees stepped outside, it became clear something else was happening. When we got out front, we were thinking it was a drill so we [stayed] right out front, but there were cops, cars, and officers, and they made us move away from the building," Finnegan said. That's when one of the cops said there had been a 'serious threat WHAT? Yow wrote "apparenu In addition, a tiweet posted last night from a now-deleted account appears to be a pretty clear bomb threat, although it's unclear whether police were reacting to this tweet, a different threat, or another incident entirely: threat inw the tite then reportI Police saying it is serious? This was the first official U.S. get-together for GamerGate, a movement that started last year and whose members regularly campaign against liberal feminism as well as what they say are ethical problems in video game journalism. Participants in GamerGate frequently use social media to annoy and harass various targets (including many of us here at Kotaku). Outspoken critics like Anita Sa doxxing and death threats-targeted at various people. Many Game Gate members deny these charges-and some have spoken out against fringe harassers-but given the anonymous, #GamerGate hay never campaigned against "lwberal feminism, but only disagreed with "radical feminism which is a completely diametrically different ideology OPEN A DICTIONARY nhav e movement tor a great ot harassment morphous nature of their campaign, reality is messy, to say the least. Last night's meetup, from what we can see in p was attended by a diverse mix of 20o or so people. Organizers of the meetup included Christina Hoff Sommers, a professor and critic of liberal feminism, and Milo Yiannopoulos, a writer for Breitbart who elaimed on Twitter today that this incident involved "a bomb threat from feminists."](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/958/127/f20.jpg_large)
![ETHICS IN JOURNALISM TEST STUDENT NAME INCORRECT! Witnesses heard the police call it a "serious threat Alo, yow gave no conditional to Sarkeesiany bomb Hhreat despite being officially GamerGate Meetup Evacuated After Apparent Threat Writer has known conficts of interesty due to bias against Jason Schreier Filed to GAMERGATE 502/15 535pm Attendees at a GamerGate meetup evacuated a bar showed up in response to a threat, according to pec it Workers at the bar told patrons there was a fire drill, aeuuees say,a e building, they found police officers standing outside. In various tweets and reports from the meetup, GamerGaters have claimed the cops were there due to a bomb threat, while video footage from one attendee features a police officer acknowledging that there was"an ongoing investigation. (The video also shows a K-9 bomb squad van at the scene.) dismissed ay hoax by potier Stick to one narrative the police later confiurmed Staff at the bar declined to comment when reached by Kotaku, instead directing us to an e-mail address, though we've not yet heard back to questions we sent several hours before publication. ˋ ure ru wa /ara un u . to not cause panie, bueyae were there over bomb threats One attendee, Lizzy "lizzyf620" Finnegan (who was once a prominent GamerGate supporter but says she is now no lone ivolved), told me in an e-mail this afternoon that at first, bar workers told everyone to evacuate for a fire drill, but that as soon as the attendees stepped outside, it became clear something else was happening. When we got out front, we were thinking it was a drill so we [stayed] right out front, but there were cops, cars, and officers, and they made us move away from the building," Finnegan said. That's when one of the cops said there had been a 'serious threat WHAT? Yow wrote "apparenu In addition, a tiweet posted last night from a now-deleted account appears to be a pretty clear bomb threat, although it's unclear whether police were reacting to this tweet, a different threat, or another incident entirely: threat inw the tite then reportI Police saying it is serious? This was the first official U.S. get-together for GamerGate, a movement that started last year and whose members regularly campaign against liberal feminism as well as what they say are ethical problems in video game journalism. Participants in GamerGate frequently use social media to annoy and harass various targets (including many of us here at Kotaku). Outspoken critics like Anita Sa doxxing and death threats-targeted at various people. Many Game Gate members deny these charges-and some have spoken out against fringe harassers-but given the anonymous, #GamerGate hay never campaigned against "lwberal feminism, but only disagreed with "radical feminism which is a completely diametrically different ideology OPEN A DICTIONARY nhav e movement tor a great ot harassment morphous nature of their campaign, reality is messy, to say the least. Last night's meetup, from what we can see in p was attended by a diverse mix of 20o or so people. Organizers of the meetup included Christina Hoff Sommers, a professor and critic of liberal feminism, and Milo Yiannopoulos, a writer for Breitbart who elaimed on Twitter today that this incident involved "a bomb threat from feminists."](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/958/127/f20.jpg_large)
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