Top do we have any proof any GG have actually been making the threats; honestly I've seen none; I've seen plenty of bullying; threats and doxing from the other side though.
What proof can we have. On one end you have a public figure an identity you know. On the other it can be anyone. Is there a signup sheet for a GGer. It's getting attributed to GG. It's the fire that keeps this in the news. Without it GG dies the first time someone says "well the Journalist never did review a game of hers".
GG isn't falling apart; blowing up; if you look at all the arguments going on GG side has stayed calm; argued facts......its other side that is slandering. Look at what its costing them....look at what is happening; exactly what should be happening.
I said it will. But it's not staying calm. Just because one person writes an eloquent post on a blog or reddit or something doesn't mean it's staying calm. Again there is half of this whole thing that nobody sees. This 4chan, reddit. The white knights or SJW's even if they are more viscous there trying to be shields for their cause aren't out there in public destroying public figures lives. That's the problem half of these people attacked publicly are people GGer's already had issues with. So now you have a public figure in the crosshairs of GG, getting chased away from their private lives, it makes GG look like monsters. Then you add on to the fact that GG adds on some apathy, victim blaming, and at best small push to disassociate themselves with the assailants ("well I mean has anyone proven its a GGer"). Along with feeding off the free publicity to keep the cause going.
Pointed out; next what will happen; what will be showed is these so called feminists will be outed for lieing about the threats; or worse sending themselves the threats *some already have been showned they've done that* Along with blacklisting people; trying to make sure they don't work again*which is illegal in most states of the US and is illegal in the UK and I believe the EU*
None of this will happen. Even if they somehow fabricated the biggest so called issue. The fact is they are constantly bombarded with legitimate hate-mail. But to me it just comes off as another trope worthy attempt to distance ones quest from the ones who use the quest for personal gain.
They must be faking it because no one on the internet can be that horrible right? Not saying they can't be faking it. But honestly humanity has proven to me over and over and over again that the worst is still yet to come. Which is another reason in the long run GG won't amount to much. It has a bad PR image even before it started. Half of it comes of as grade school kids pissed off when a teacher told them they couldn't exclude girls from their club. It's a three prong attack that isn't going to win any wars.
There won't be any shakeup on Web journalist ethics. At worse a change of title. There isn't going to be success of preventing Feminists from subverting the industry. There hasn't been success yet and gamers aren't going to be the one stopping it. Why? Because they aren't completely wrong. It does need to be more inclusive and until it manages its own compromise and self management, it will only give them more power. The third and separate attack whether actual GG's or just butt hurt and frightened gamers, the public attacks, the abuse that causes the public people that GG has already gone after, to move out, quit, or cancel public events. That just gives the other side more martyrs.
Its been shown; gamers will unit; most have already been picked on and bullied; they are not going to take it. When it comes to the internet; gamers that includes myself; most of my family. We don't back down; we don't like to lose........we will keep going until we win.
This is what they don't seem to get; they are going to get a very hard lesson; as old saying goes.......Internet does not forget.
Problem is the internet dickwad theory. The problem is without an identity to worry about people escalate both in their words and their actual rage that much quicker. It's much harder to have a true and lasting debate when on one side you have a single person everyone knows, who's every action is going to be picked apart and a million faceless people with most of them quick to rage. The internet never forgets. That will be part of the problem. I have a feeling in 5 to 10 years most GGer's will be ashamed to have been part of it and that has little to do with the cause itself.