Why is Being Nuetral in GamerGate a bad thing?

[shirkbot]

There's nothing wrong with being neutral. The whole issue is exhausting and most of what's come out of it is bitterness and occasionally unmasking the nature of people.

I'm still trying to deal with the extremists in the "side" I chose to support.

On a more positive note it's been a solid time waster and it's kept me enough more-occupied than usual that I've actually started remembering names and avatars and people to talk to, so it's not all bad.

OT: There's nothing wrong with being neutral, though I'm understanding that the OP has subsequently changed their opinion on the matter. I openly admit to antagonizing the "pro-GG" side of things more, but ultimately my only real interest is their PR problems. I find that kind of thing interesting, so I try to help on the off chance that something good can still be salvaged out of all this lunacy.

 

[Scars Unseen]

When it comes to the topic of being neutral, you are either for or against. There is no middle ground!

I'm against Gamer Gate.
Two days ago I had a long conversation with a very close friend some time after I made this forum post.
He convinced me to choose a side . . .

HOWEVER! I do not agree with your comment at all. "Either for or Against Us." Go away with this stupid rhetoric, no one gives a crap about your opinion regardless. If you are for gamer gate, sorry but I don't agree, if you are against it then, sorry but I don't agree. I'm also a person with my own opinions too.

Is it so hard to see both sides of the argument. I don't like being told something is a lie without seeing it for myself, sorry. I don't read things at face value and make a decision, I'm a skeptic something you yourself should learn to be.

Ask questions, always.

You posted that seriously, didn't you. Read my post again, carefully this time, and see if something odd strikes you about it.

 

[grassgremlin]

When it comes to the topic of being neutral, you are either for or against. There is no middle ground!

I'm against Gamer Gate.
Two days ago I had a long conversation with a very close friend some time after I made this forum post.
He convinced me to choose a side . . .

HOWEVER! I do not agree with your comment at all. "Either for or Against Us." Go away with this stupid rhetoric, no one gives a crap about your opinion regardless. If you are for gamer gate, sorry but I don't agree, if you are against it then, sorry but I don't agree. I'm also a person with my own opinions too.

Is it so hard to see both sides of the argument. I don't like being told something is a lie without seeing it for myself, sorry. I don't read things at face value and make a decision, I'm a skeptic something you yourself should learn to be.

Ask questions, always.

You posted that seriously, didn't you. Read my post again, carefully this time, and see if something odd strikes you about it.

People who think like that can only see issues as black and white, sorry. I don't agree with it.

 

[Impulse725]

Scars said you're either for or against being neutral, not for gamergate (or some other cause).

No one's neutral about the concept of neutrality.

 

[Vault101]

....I don't know if that's how you spell neutral....

OT: it isn't, really sometimes its better not to bother with these things

...however pulling a "middle ground is always right" I would disagree with

 

[A_Parked_Car]

I only have the vaguest idea what the whole 'GamerGate' thing is about and I can't really be bothered to find out more to be honest. I keep up with real world military/strategic issues and those are stressful and depressing enough for me, so I don't need to try and keep up with a whole other mess.

Being neutral about an issue isn't always the best thing, but it depends on the issue and if said person is actually informed about it.