After having a chance to read the thread, I am at minimal rather pleased to watch how people reacted to her (I assume from the community that it is female at least).
That speaks well for the community's general attitudes and resistance to the entire 'games are filled with violence against women and that is so evil!' line.
Well, it probably helped that (a) she had her facts wrong and (b) her insult was gender neutral (since plenty of females play GTA), and thus she was insulting the members of the community.
Though I was a bit dissapointed at the amount of soft support for her 'I was a victim therefor people should just be accepting when I get mad and lash out' behavior. I think that is one of the worst traits a victim of anything, esp sexual violence, can develop... esp considering that is often the mentality/exuse that was used by the attacker in the first place.
*ponders* though now I'm trying to recall, in GTA, can't you beat up and rob pimps too? or was there no character obviously in that profession? It has been so many years I can't remeber.
*ponders* though now I'm trying to recall, in GTA, can't you beat up and rob pimps too? or was there no character obviously in that profession? It has been so many years I can't remeber.
There were plenty of pimps in GTAIII, there was one side mission in Vice City where you had to kill Candy's pimp, and in San Andreas you could hijack a pimpmobile and play a 'pimping' side mission.
As a "Card Carrying" feminist, I can tell you that her other posts do detail some of the more legit feminist concerns of the day, like women getting fired for not wearing a skirt, etc. But her GTA hate is just way off base. I am glad that you and many others reacted so level headedly there.
GTA is fiction. I wonder why so many people have trouble with that simple fact.
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I am curious to see this tread.
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To put it bluntly and ironicly, I am actually kinda disgusted by this person.
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That speaks well for the community's general attitudes and resistance to the entire 'games are filled with violence against women and that is so evil!' line.
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(a) she had her facts wrong and
(b) her insult was gender neutral (since plenty of females play GTA), and thus she was insulting the members of the community.
Though I was a bit dissapointed at the amount of soft support for her 'I was a victim therefor people should just be accepting when I get mad and lash out' behavior. I think that is one of the worst traits a victim of anything, esp sexual violence, can develop... esp considering that is often the mentality/exuse that was used by the attacker in the first place.
*ponders* though now I'm trying to recall, in GTA, can't you beat up and rob pimps too? or was there no character obviously in that profession? It has been so many years I can't remeber.
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*ponders* though now I'm trying to recall, in GTA, can't you beat up and rob pimps too? or was there no character obviously in that profession? It has been so many years I can't remeber.
There were plenty of pimps in GTAIII, there was one side mission in Vice City where you had to kill Candy's pimp, and in San Andreas you could hijack a pimpmobile and play a 'pimping' side mission.
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GTA is fiction. I wonder why so many people have trouble with that simple fact.
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