vox pulls out of sxsw over gamergate panels

[ponyboy]

. @VoxDotCom Boycotts @SXSW Over Canceled #Gamergate Panels https://t.co/0jm4TQPSFw pic.twitter.com/NseBwLojPj
- TheWrap (@TheWrap) October 27, 2015

- following buzzfeed in protests over pulled anti-harassment panels being pulled

Comments

[honeylemon]

why did they cancel the panels though, like did they give any reasoning

[joaniemaloney]

they said they were receiving threats

[honeylemon]

so... buy more security guards

[just444]

This is the email we were sent by @sxsw. Reminder: our panel was not GamerGate-related. pic.twitter.com/FiIcNulAPc
- Randi Lee Harper (@randileeharper) 26. Oktober 2015

[honeylemon]

lmao ok as if security is hard to rent in texas

[inwazyja]

Is it just me, or is this really weirdly written? Apart from the blatant dickishness, that is.

[honeylemon]

yeah its written very poorly

[misato]

lol so the douchebag manchildren just took offense with any panel that sounded like it was gamer gate related and/or threatened their position within gaming culture? such as, but not limited to, endless harassment of people online without any repercussions?

i seriously cant

[emptyobsidian]

I hadn't read that yet and it annoys me. Like, let's support community, but that community does NOT include most of you lulz!!!! Is it true they actually still have a pro-gamergate panel planned? That cannot be true?

[misato]

LOL i wouldnt be shocked

[misato]

maybe if we threaten violence @ it, they will change their minds!!!!

[milfordacademy]

I think they cancelled that too

[heypandora]

they cancelled a panel that talked about censorship (and didn't have anything to do with gamergate outside that) because they got threats FROM SJWs over it. first.

people buying into this media bullshit tbh

[kwikimart]

Uggghhh this is ridiculous
They are greedy cowards