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Es ist kompletter Wahnsinn, dass zahlreiche deutsche Medien heute einfach nahezu ohne kritische Einordnung die Ergebnisse einer angeblich repräsentativen Befragung zum Männlichkeitsbegriff in Deutschland abgebildet haben. ImageImage
Die Ergebnisse widersprechen zahlreichen anderen, wissenschaftlich deutlich seriöseren Befragungen zu ähnlichen Themen. Ein paar Beispiele dafür finden sich unter diesem Thread von @OlafStorbeck.
Die Teilnehmer sollen u.a. bei einer ungestützten Abfrage Cristiano Ronaldo (noch irgendwie vorstellbar), Elon Musk (nun gut) und Andrew Tate (!!!) am häufigsten als prominente Vorbilder genannt haben. Klarer kann ein Hinweis auf einen Bias bei der Teilnehmer-Auswahl kaum sein. Image
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Feminism Megathread 🧵 Image
Summary

Feminism can be broken down into three "waves:"

First Wave (1800s-1920s) - better conditions at home + suffrage
Second Wave (1960s-1970s) - Equality in society with men
Third Wave (2012-present) - Female Domination / Transhumanism twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Each "wave" was concerned with breaking down certain social norms constraining women's behavior in the hope that deconstructing these rules would lead to better outcomes for women.

Like many things, the 'wave' model is not perfect, but its satisfactory
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You bet your ass I'm taking the opportunity to remind anyone familiar with GamerGate that Zoe Quinn was never held accountable for publicly defaming Alec Holowka with her "Statement of Fact" that he was a sexual abuser.
Yet..she wanted to snuggle with him?
#RIPAlecHolowka
I have everything I gathered the week Alec passed away. I initially went to the Post Millenial and provided what you saw in that Anna Slatz article.
But trust me.
There was way more to the story.
It got buried under writer conflicts at TPM and put on the back burner forever.
Those dates there? That was when ZQ was coordinating an event in Winnipeg in touch with many many people.
Yet according to her three years ago, Alec was holding her hostage and refusing to let her communicate with people.
Over HIS game.
Here is HER game that she never finished
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Ich schaue mir jetzt den Ausfluß zum Thema Gaming an, den Frau Kebekus gestern in der ARD zum Besten gegeben hat.

Ich tue es für Euch.

#Weltraumaffen
Der Einstieg ist schon auf höchstem Niveau: Sie tut so, als rede sie über Sex (zwinker, zwinker) und löst im letzten Satz auf, dass sie beim Computerspielen geschwitzt hat.

BRÜLLER!

Mario Barth will seine Witze zurück.

2/?
Jetzt kommt sie mit "Das ist doch nur für Nerds, NEEEEIN, ich habe Ihnen ein paar Zahlen mitgebracht".

Ich ahne Schlimmes.

3/?
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And now we have the New York Times writing about the #GamerGate connection in the Pelosi attack. Took four reporters to write it and not one of them appears capable of critical journalism. @tarangoNYT, @livia_ar, @skarlamangla Image
@tarangoNYT @livia_ar @skarlamangla We know DePape himself said explicitly, "How did I get into all this? Gamer Gate it was gamer gate."

So ok then, link established? I mean, the guy believes a fairy is following and talking to him, but let's take him at his word that that's how he got into all this...
@tarangoNYT @livia_ar @skarlamangla But the article contradicts that notion and doesn't even mention the contradiction. In 2000 when he first met now-imprisoned San Francisco activist Gypsy Taub he had "no outward political beliefs." Image
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It went well beyond rivalry and enmity. Tech journos slandered Oculus maker Palmer Luckey (and others) and tied him to white nationalists because of his support of Trump and now this war between journalists against tech people is steeped in all aspects of the woke war on culture.
The journo war on tech guys is immersed in the culture war. Journos embroiled techy conservatives’ support for Trump in their attacks. There’s gamergate, which was the community backlash on journos. There’s also woke tech people forcing Code of Conduct agreements on SV startups.
Naturally, journalists took the side of the woke techies against the folks like Musk et al because they saw them as a conduit to take down SV.

That guy’s thread has part of the truth as to how it all started but it’s missing every crucial aspect of the culture war.
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Appreciate this Mr. @malki . Did not expect to get a response from the original author of the comic work. You're correct in assuming that this was a 'good-faith effort' to describe the #sealioning expression in retrospect from an objective & historical point of view. 🧵1/10
Translators like me are in nature 'investigative' and we tend to explore the intent of the author and its context to understand the real meaning behind a certain expression or a term. To me #Sealioning was such new term. So as you said, I tried to do a 'deep-dive' into it. 2/10
In Japan, the context and historical background of #Sealioning is not fully understand, while there are many versions of translations of your original work. @annaPHd9pj 's was one of them I happened to come across first, and I personally thought it was well-translated. 3/10
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BREAKING: Can confirm alliantgroup LP’s offices in Houston are being raided by the criminal investigation unit of the IRS. /1
This could be a huge story, as alliantgroup collects former IRS commissioners to their Strategic Advisory Board like baseball cards. /2. alliantgroup.com/strategic-advi…
Former employees of alliantgroup are celebrating the raid news. The company has a bad reputation as an employer as shown through Glassdoor reviews. AG allegedly requires employees to post good reviews to balance the #s. /3 glassdoor.com/Reviews/allian…
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Yes, this is what the GOP does, & it’s not just TPUSA. Think it can’t happen to you? Watch HBO’s 15 Minutes of Shame: specifically, the part about what Roger Stone protege Mike Caputo did to Laura Krolcyzk. It’s a #gamergate “swarming” tactic. 1/
My thread re: Roger Stone protege Mike Caputo: 2/ threadreaderapp.com/thread/1471150…
Here is Roger Stone protege Mike Caputo going after @CheriJacobus. He is truly sadistic & beyond salvation. 3/
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This is true. The *constant* lies about #GamerGate were a massive red pill for me. My attitude of default mild skepticism toward most media transformed into one of default distrust. I take *most* media reports with as much faith as emails telling me I’ve inherited millions …
This is KEY.

Woke / Critical Social Justice isn’t well-meaning and it isn’t honestly mistaken.

It is EVIL and needs to be understood as such. Some people might be duped by its moralistic rhetoric at first, but no one stays in it unless they *enjoy* hurting people.
This is the main commodity Woke / Critical Social Justice sells, after all: a license to hurt people without consequence and with a deep feeling of moral self-righteousness.

Pleasure in hurting the weak and defenseless is an irresistible drug to some human types.
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For the last time, you idiots: the issue here isn't the fact that manga and anime have political themes or that they espouse a particular political view, it's that manga and anime don't hamfistedly or clumsily insert them into stories to the detriment of entertainment value. 1/4
"GATE - Thus the JSDF Fought There!" is a nationalistic series where Japanese Special Forces can effortlessly take out Russian AND U.S. ones with zero deaths and makes a lot of political and social criticism (such as how manipulative politicians and journalists are). 2/4
Despite all this, the series never loses sight of the fact that it's centered around how modern military forces would fare against medieval armies and fantasy monsters such as dragons. The political/social commentary complements the story, it's not the sole reason it exists. 3/4
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Bret Weinstein makes at least $7000 a month from Patreon, more likely closer to $15000

Heather Heying makes at least $8500 a month from Patreon

Combined, at least $200k annual income to create a conspiracy theory podcast

#FollowTheMoney #TakeTheHill #FollowTheSilence
remember when a bunch of #GamerGate goons got mad about Anita getting a $150k one time payment for a YouTube series?

The very same incels are giving Bret Weinstein a quarter million a year to create worst YouTube channel ever

#FollowTheMoney #TakeTheHill #FollowTheSilence
keep in mind that any money Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying saw from YouTube monetization was a bonus on the $200k they were already getting from Patreon.

Guests likely unpaid & entire series edited (for free?) by their kid Zack.

#FollowTheMoney #TakeTheHill #FollowTheSilence
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O jornal @opovoonline publicou uma série de reportagens sobre as relações entre a cultura dos games e a Extrema Direita no Brasil.

Nossos pesquisadores @ivanmussa e @falc4o participaram como fontes - muita coisa boa pra discutir nessa pauta desenvolvida pelo @OskarSays.

Segue:
Claro que o primeiro artigo da série tinha que falar da pedra no sapato: a relação entre a cultura gamer e Bolsonaro.

mais.opovo.com.br/reportagens-es…
Steve Bannon, o movimento #gamergate e sentimentos de xenofobia e ódio pautam o segundo artigo da série, que documenta uma relação entre a Alt Right americana e a cultura gamer.

mais.opovo.com.br/reportagens-es…
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Yes, she absolutely is.

But FFS we have to GET PAST this idea that progressives USE DOUBLE STANDARDS.

Yes. Always. IT IS PART OF THEIR DOCTRINE THAT YOU CAN DO BAD THINGS TO THE “EVIL PEOPLE.”

STOP POINTING THIS OUT LIKE IT’S A REVELATION.
I’m getting pretty tired of:

Progressive: *uses double standard to fuck over Non-progressive*
Non-progressive: “That’s a double standard!”
Progressive: *uses double standard to fuck over Non-progressive*
Non-progressive: “That’s a double standard!”
Progressive: *uses double standard to fuck over Non-progressive*
Non-progressive: “That’s a double standard!”
Progressive: *uses double standard to fuck over Non-progressive*
Non-progressive: “That’s a double standard!”

ETC.
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@winged_pudding_ @Latedawn_ Yeah, no. Let's be VERY CLEAR about what happened here. The article classifies ANY use of that image (even as parody of non-Jews) as anti-semitic. It cites as a source a notorious far right German think tank funded by the government and headed by a former Stasi informant... 1/2
@winged_pudding_ @Latedawn_ ...as a source which also falsely implies that #GamerGate was "far right". When I dismissed your friend's linked article based on these facts, she defaulted to some bizarre Ultimate Twitter Jewish Authority argument and said that I was a problem for not believing her. 2/2
@winged_pudding_ @Latedawn_ This is my Twitter feed. I'm under no obligation to sanitize it based on you and your friends' demands or harassment. And I'm not going to apologize for making use of "anti-semitic" image when 1) that was not the intent of the image and 2) it's a dubious claim anyway.
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1. Before everyone starts celebrating too much, let me remind everyone about #GAMERGATE !

We, women, warned everyone about the dangerous growth of asshole far-right conservative men during Gamergate.

#MAGACult
#incels
2. Women were harassed in games, on social media platforms, and in the comments under books written by women on @amazon . So much so, some women left social media or gave up writing careers for good. We even boycotted @Twitter . But did they do anything? NO!

We warned you all!
3. The country didn't want to listen to us... now you ALL have to deal with the outcome of a destroyed Republican party, and I'm here for it!!

And liberal men, we see you. WE KNOW which one of you said we were overreacting and we will treat you accordingly!

#incels
#MAGACult
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Ein Vögelchen hat mir gezwitschert, dass @jugendschutznet demnächst eine neue Broschüre zum Thema "Rechtsextremismus und Gaming" veröffentlichen wird.

Wollen wir uns die schon mal vorab gemeinsam ansehen?

Ein Thread.

#Weltraumaffen #GamerGate
@jugendschutznet "Innerhalb von Gaming-Communities finden
beispielsweise menschenverachtende oder NS-relativierende Inhalte ihre Verbreitung."

Ach was, wie in jeder Community gibt es einen Bodensatz? So wie in Parteien ("reichstes Prozent erschießen") oder Vereinen? Irre.

#Weltraumaffen 2/x
@jugendschutznet "Rechtsextreme nutzen Plattformen und Software"

So wie Extremisten vorher den Buchdruck mit beweglichen Lettern, die Erfindung des Hörfunks und des Films genutzt haben.

Was die bei @jugendschutznet so alles raus finden.

#Weltraumaffen 3/x
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Ich kann meine Gegendarstellung zum @ZDFheute Film über #GamerGate leider nicht sichtbar posten, da mein Youtube-Account scheinbar im Shadowban ist.

Deshalb im folgenden der Text als Thread. Wer will, darf ihn unter das Video posten ;)

#Weltraumaffen 1/x
@ZDFheute Es ist wirklich traurig, wie einseitig und falsch das ZDF #GamerGate darstellt. Es ging den Unterstützern des Hashtags (unter denen jede Menge Frauen waren) keineswegs darum, dass Frauen keine Computerspiele spielen sollen oder das weibliche Figuren einem gewissen Schema 2/x
@ZDFheute entsprechen sollen. Auslöser der Konsumentenrevolte war die Zensur einer Diskussion über die ethischen Verfehlungen eines Journalisten, der mit einer Entwicklerin, über die er auch geschrieben hat, ein Verhältnis hatte. Der Versuch, jede Diskussion über die 3/x
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#SayNo2Q Thread

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In 🇩🇪 kennen die meisten die QAnon Bewegung seit den #Querdenken Demos. Und es fällt erst mal schwer diese Horrorgeschichten über satanische Pädophile die Kinder quälen und töten, um Adrenochrom zu farmen ernstzunehmen.
Doch die Bewegung ist älter und größer
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„Q“ tauchte erstmal im Oktober 2017 auf dem Imageboard 4chan auf. Nach kurzer Zeit wechselte Q auf die Plattform 8chan.
Ein Mann wird immer mehr mit Q in Verbindung gebracht: Jim Watkins, ein Schweinefarmer der jahrelang auf den Philippinen lebte.
dailydot.com/debug/who-is-q…
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Seit 2015 gehört Watkins das von Fredrick Bannon kreierte Imageboard 8chan (heute 8kun). 8chan war ein Zufluchtsort für bei 4chan gebannte User, die dort eine Heimat mit minimaler Kontrolle fanden…Ein Nährboden für Radikalisierung im Netz.
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Sure, they were White and from other states, but what really stands out is the lower than average IQ

zerohedge.com/political/near…
The mark of the Trump voter is...

Higher IQ than your *Education would predict*

salo-forum.com/index.php?thre…
Is the Trump Effect Just IQ?

salo-forum.com/index.php?thre…
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the other key difference is that you aren't streaming game files; you are streaming *the gameplay* - your own creation, with game as a background.

similar how you don't pay your hairdresser for streaming while wearing the haircut from her. it's the background to your own act. Image
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"I'm 16 and Marxist-Leninist!"
No, Sarah, you're a teenager from an upper-middle-class household who's trying to get some social clout online because you're bored and rebellious. Stop screwing around and do your chores.
"My pronouns are fae/faer."
No they're not, and you have never corrected anybody when they used "she" or "her" to refer to you. You're just trying to feel unique and special because you lack the artistic talents that your peers have.
"I'm a learning MLM."
No, Jennifer, you watched a couple of Breadtube videos after quitting your job at the grocery store. You're not going to read State and Revolution, but you're probably going into a different MLM—multi-level marketing.
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{thread} Let’s talk about the human rot we know as Steve Bannon. He is the most dangerous American on earth. He’s a radicalized Catholic and member of Dominionistic breeding ground #OpusDei. Our founders feared Catholics like Bannon could infiltrate the US govt to bring it down. Image
They never found a way to reconcile a Catholic’s existence in US politics. Even in recent times, many felt JFK could not be president because he was Catholic, and that would mean he’s loyal to the Pope 1st and America 2nd. JFK put country over religion history.com/news/jfk-catho…
though, so that collision course never happened, unless you believe his assassination had something to do with his religion, which is possible I guess. In 2002, Republican @RickSantorum attended an Opus Dei event in Rome, during which he attacked JFK's au.org/church-state/m…
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Tiens ! Nous sommes samedi matin, bébésteban dort présentement dans son porte-bébé contre moi, sa maman joue à #AnimalCrossing...

Rien de mieux pour passer le temps que de faire une nouvelle twitlecture !

Au menu ⤵️ ⤵️ ⤵️
comme d'habitude, je vais rédiger les commentaires en allant. mutez le thread direct.

TW : manosphères, gamergate

Ferguson, C. J., & Glasgow, B. (2020). Who are GamerGate? A descriptive study of individuals involved in the GamerGate controversy. doi.org/10.1037/ppm000…
Je remercie un collègue de travail qui m'a partagé l'article. Je prends enfin le temps de le lire. Je ne mentionne pas mon collègue pour ne pas polluer sa TL mais il peut entrer dans le débat (c'est un chercheur en psychologie, donc il a beaucoup plus d'insights que moi)
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