SXSW Cancels Panels On Harassment Due To Harassment (sxsw.com)

New submitter rMortyH writes: Two panels on online harassment in gaming scheduled for the upcoming South by Southwest festival have been cancelled due to online harassment and threats. According to a statement from SXSW Director Hugh Forrest, "... in the seven days since announcing these two sessions, SXSW has received numerous threats of on-site violence related to this programming. ... If people can not agree, disagree and embrace new ways of thinking in a safe and secure place that is free of online and offline harassment, then this marketplace of ideas is inevitably compromised."

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So the "anti-harassment panel"

[Anonymous Coward]

Was run by someone who passes around blacklists and tells people to set themselves on fire. Tells you everything you need to know about these "harassment" accusations.

http://www.ship2block20.com/hidden-face-hypocrisy-randi-harper/

Meanwhile Savepoint had a journalist and a game dev on board.

Re:Or perhaps...

[Anonymous Coward]

Bullshit.

The feminists like Anita Sarkesian and Zoe Quinn always play the victim card but never back up what they say.

If Gamergate taught me anything, it was to start looking really critically at wikipedia, because I was surprised at how their article on GG has nothing to do with reality. Since I followed this from the beginning. Of course, they only cite as "truth" the very journals and journalists that were directly involved in the scandals to begin with.

And here is this feminist shit again. In another victim ruse. Basement dwelling losers don't give a shit about these too. Threats wouldn't be followed up on, not because they're losers, it's because I don't think the threats exist in the first place.

Re:Both sides were harassed

[Trepidity]

What I don't get is why SXSW didn't just provide them both some security, instead of this reaction. SXSW is a big organization and can afford it, and the amount of security needed is realistically probably not huge. This isn't like hosting a Mohammed Cartoons talk or American Nazi Party talk or something, where you might worry that you'd have a large number of possibly militant people show up to disrupt it.

Hypocrisy

[x0ra]

Curiously when Christina Hoff Sommers get threat from SJW, to the point where she need police protection, it doesn't make it to /. ...

Re:Both sides were harassed

[Oligonicella]

(with sword in hand) "You may not draw me!"

(with pen in hand) "That's why I do."

Re:Both Sides Are Terrible

[TimMD909]

Way to misrepresent what happened. Jennifer Keller (aka Laughing Witch) showed her real name in letter(s) before sending it out to Thunderf00t's employer, police, and anyone else she could think of. In her pursuit of attacking Thunderf00t, she exposed her real name with enough information to Google her in under 60 seconds. Thunderf00t made a video calling her out on it and nothing more. Thunderf00t never asked for nor condoned harassing the witch. The witch, however, actively tried to recruit more people to help amplify her vitriol. So tell me again who is using despicable tactics?

And then you will see: there is no review.

[serviscope_minor]

The review does not exist. If it does, I'm sure you can post a link to the review or a reputable archive such as the wayback machine. Two things to note, in order to pre-empt a bunch of non-review links I've been given before:

a) two words is not a review.

b) A mere mention along the lines of "Zoe Quinn (who you may remember from such games as Depression Quest) is doing something else which I'm now talking about" is also not a review of the game.

Now as I'm sure you're an honest, upstanding chap, I'm sure you will have no trouble providing me the evidence for what has essentially been the rallying cry.

I also fully expected to get modded down for this because it seems nothing is quite so trollish as actually demanding hard evidence. I've got Karma to burn so bring it.