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.

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 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.