Ablestron said:
Yes what she does provokes a response, but so does anyone who speaks out publicly against something; when you do this, you have to be prepared for a negative response, its just bound to happen. If anything she was provoking Microsoft and its employees for the purpose of change, and you cant cause change unless you point out the current flaws, staying quiet out of courtesy of others gets you nowhere; all those who tweeted back misogynistic comments and criticisms of her character are being immature; a criticism of a company for its lack of female presence is not a personal attack on those who enjoy the products of that company. Anita herself has stated in her videos that there is nothing wrong with enjoying the media that she criticizes, so long as we are aware of the downsides and stride towards something better. Pointing out that there are no female protagonists at the Xbox E3 conference doesn't depart from this message at all, she never once said if you like these games your a bigot or a misogynist. She didn't say any one game was bad because it had a male character either, people are coming to that conclusion because its easier to hate her and dismiss her when you put words in her mouth and take what she says out of context.
I think it's easier for her proponents to dismiss a lot she says and twist its meaning because otherwise her stance clearly becomes indefensible. Which it is. She has positioned herself as an enemy of anyone who respects games and developers. But her constant backpedaling allows her to fool some people in her "goodness". She's a lying insipid person who's always going to complain and doesn't respect anything she's complaining about. (otherwise she wouldn't attack these media the way she does it to serve her insipid agenda which consists of lying and pathological twisting)
"Given the reality of that larger cultural context, it should go without saying that it?s dangerously irresponsible to be creating games in which players are encouraged and even required to perform violence against women in order to ?save them?"
See what she's saying about devs using these tropes? That they're being dangerously irresponsible. That's what i tell drunk drivers. She's showing 0 respect to their work. For her, devs not doing what she wants is IRRESPONSIBLE. (and without any evidence to support that mind you!)
Also, her constant lack of consistency is beyond absurd:
" But just because a particular event might ?makes sense? within the internal logic of a fictional narrative ? that doesn?t, in and of itself justify its use. "
" To say that women could never die in stories would be absurd, but it?s important to consider the ways that women?s deaths are framed and examine how and why they?re written."
See how first she totally dismisses context and basically says "You know, the context doesn't justify killing wiminz" and than goes on to say "It's not always bad, it depends on how it's done". Way to backpedal and contradict yourself there.
Oh and complaining because there were no female protagonists shown at the xbox presentation is sexist as hell. What kind of shit complaint is that? I never even thought about complaining about gender representation during E3 presentations, all i cared about is the QUALITY of the games. You can support her goal, but supporting her or her methodology... Well no, just no. No sympathy there.
