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By that logic, you can't judge any group in any way for doing anything because anything anyone does can be reduced to being an "un-hinged idiot".



Not at all. I can show you on pretty much every organizing point for GamerGate where there are rules in place about sexist or nasty comments, where people have been massively reported for trying to organize an invasion (on a chan board no less!) and so on.

Those leading the outrage train against gamergate are doing a fantastic job of cherry picking while ignoring this larger trend.

And by the way, lest you think that the concerns about "false flags" are just paranoid rantings, it is a thing that has happened before.

[1] http://gamergate.giz.moe/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/faking-h...




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