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Veilex

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8. True.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 10:07 PM

Jan 2015

To be fair, I made this post without knowing just how limited my information was. Major Nikon was kind enough to point me to information I wasn't privy to.

Though in general I do tend to prefer conversation over the frequent act of silencing... such as what sometimes happens here on DU.
Especially as of late.

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Wikipedia Purged a Group of Feminist Editors Because of Gamergate [View all] Veilex Jan 2015 OP

The wrongdoings of those who got banned is pretty lengthy Major Nikon Jan 2015 #1

Interesting. Veilex Jan 2015 #2

It's not "silencing", as I understand it. Wikipedia has rules, it's not someone's personal tumblr. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #3

As we all know, if you were born with a penis, you can't possibly understand Major Nikon Jan 2015 #4

And just like DU Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #5

"Kinda sounds like this well thought out and unemotional assessment" Veilex Jan 2015 #6

I don't actually have a strong opinion on "gamergate". Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #7

True. Veilex Jan 2015 #8

Paul Elam is a nobody who tried to attach himself to Gamer Gate because nobody cares about him. chrisa Feb 2015 #11

Looking at him, I suspect the last videogame he actually played was "pong" Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #12

I go to DU for opinion. I go to Wikipedia for fact. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2015 #9

*nod* Veilex Jan 2015 #10