So... What did SJWs attempt to cover up only to have it spread?
The harassment by Chelsea van Valkerberg - through the courts towards her ex as well as through her friends when her misdeeds got unveiled.
If it was nothing, then why did Twitter, Fark, Reddit, Polygon, Giant Bomb, BoingBoing, and a host of other sites just coincidentally synchronize on the same enemies and the same narrative? Never mind that this kind of thing happens at some conventions as a form of SJW dhimmitude.
The GameJournopros leaks provide some proof that this was targeted harassment of individuals that defied or strayed from their narrative. If you don't like that Breitbart released it, consider the fearful reaction against its release as validation of fact.
I'm glad that at least Slashdot has largely stayed immune, aside from the occasional firecracker thrown towards those who dare question the SJW narrative - like myself.
For all the control they seem to have over multiple media services (e.g. Twitter, Reddit, Fark, Gawker, etc.), they sure look like professional victims. That, and some of them seem to have some modpoints to blow.
How about having a discussion about how those services have been used to harass and silence individuals that have defied certain narratives?
Then take away the cost-dodge incentive and replace it with one that has them trying to compete with a default of direct-hire FTE. It would at least go for the jugular for the staffing industry and those that depend on it as an HR weapon/cost-dodge.
That is, an individual cannot be required, as a condition of beginning/continuing work, to take anything that is not a direct-hire FTE job of indefinite time (read: neither agency nor temp/contract). Sell it as increased freedom and flexibility.
How about applying RTW's concept of "not as a condition of accepting work" to agencies? Instead of being cost-dodgers, they would end up having to deliver competitive advantages to a high-security default. It would also serve as a good test of whether people are really wanting one form of work or another.
Take that piece and use it to break the idea of having to go through an agency to get work - but to be able to choose without penalty or intimidation.
For all the control they seem to have over multiple media services (e.g. Twitter, Reddit, Fark, Gawker, etc.), they sure look like professional victims.
How about having a discussion about how those services have been used to harass and silence individuals that have defied certain narratives?
Again, no big deal, this is one of the reasons contractors have MUCH higher bill rates than W2 employees. You figure this into the bill rate.
Which gets eaten up by the costs that a proper (read: non-agency) employer would be able to offset due to economies of scale. Strike 1.
As for retirement, you can set up IRA's or something like a solo 401K and load it up with money pre-tax....
Which also gets a lower standing versus conventional 401k's and pension agreements. In addition, the *SA's promote lower quality of care in the name of "consumerism".
These days...a W2 employee gets pretty much no loyalty from the company, nor any true stability...so, I figure if you're gonna be treated like a contractor, you might as well get the BILL RATE of a contractor.
As stated above, your expenses and health care options make it a worse-off option. You get none of the economies of scale, none of the stability, all of the risk, all of the hassle, and no net reward.
Then what happens if the contractor/agency work model is killed off in the name of sanity?
This ruins things for all the people that DO like and prefer the contractor paradigm.
So, you're talking about a rare few set of people that have the luxury of preferring contractor work over more secure arrangements. The majority, also known as the Rest of Us, would rather see the contractor model DIAF and be nuked from orbit.
Contracting agencies have an overdue need to experience the fear that they have dispensed by virtue of contract renewals and blackballing. If they have to be sued to death, so be it. Let history know that they wrote their own death warrant by abusing their own position as intermediaries.
It is just fine if you don't want to work contracting....just don't, there are plenty of other jobs to be had and [ Inaccurate Libertarian Bromide Redacted ]. Why sign up and sue rather than just go somewhere else that hires you as a W2 user?
Force comes in more forms than your classical libertarian bromides. It also comes in the form of lopsided agreements and being able to pass down risk to people least able to handle it.
Exactly. I don't give a shit about Chelsea van Valkerberg
The 5 Guys incident, and her unsuccessful lawfare brought it to light.
I give a shit about this. I am glad that the media have been called out, that this hasn't been allowed to pass without comment, and that the media haven't won.
Even if reputable events like SXSW have to shut down panel discussions because stupid fuckwits are scared to have open honest debate about actual issues, instead of toeing the media line.
They're only scared when the venue or entity won't help them defend their narrative and cannot be destroyed. The only way they can "win" is by cancelling such events by making threats.
With that in mind, such discussions' direction can be predicted or determined by the presence or absence of threats.
There's also Milo Yiannopolous, who calls gamers "overgrown manchildren" and "terminally beta".
Yet he's been quite the thorn in the 'social justice' crowd. If anyone's terminally "beta", it's the social justice warriors that rely on pandering to diversity as well as media gatekeeping to exist. Without both of those, the social justice crowd would be sitting next to Jack Thompson.
It was still two words, as the GP pointed out, in an article providing favorable coverage to 49 other games. But at least you admit it wasn't a review.
Still doesn't excuse Chelsea van Valkerberg's harassment of her ex (and in turn, anyone that dared question her) through the unquestioning media and the courts. Oh, and she still lost her court case despite the money.
Unfortunately links to Reddit GG boards prove nothing
On the other hand, the least reliable sources from Sarkeesian or van Valkerberg are considered unquestionable gospel. On the other hand, it's quite hard to prove something when you have a deep investment in anti-GG narrative control. The only reason it sticks is for having friendlies in online media, including reddit. Instead of trying to win by takeover and administrative action, why not try truth sometime?
Kotakuinaction
Kotakuinaction has been right more times than their narrative-defending counterparts. In the cases where it is other than right, it was a result of someone trying to sow discord amongst the community - from your end.
Explain why your side has called in more threats against themselves or towards pro-GG events. Explain why you have to push a narrative.
If anyone harassed anyone in that case, it was Ms. van Valkerberg. In addition to harassing her ex into silence with lawfare, she enlisted the help of her friend to make sure her story stuck.
The problem is that Amazon really does abuse the temporary labor classification (and their workforce) as much as is claimed by those "click bait" sites. They knew it would be an issue given how far they go to insulate themselves from accountability.
Even John "Watson's desk on fire" Patterson of NCR, the closest equivalent, had his limits. He broke morale like one would a horse, but knew to not have his employees (directly hired, unlike Amazon) dying from poor health.
Slashdot Mirror
So... What did SJWs attempt to cover up only to have it spread?
The harassment by Chelsea van Valkerberg - through the courts towards her ex as well as through her friends when her misdeeds got unveiled.
If it was nothing, then why did Twitter, Fark, Reddit, Polygon, Giant Bomb, BoingBoing, and a host of other sites just coincidentally synchronize on the same enemies and the same narrative? Never mind that this kind of thing happens at some conventions as a form of SJW dhimmitude.
The GameJournopros leaks provide some proof that this was targeted harassment of individuals that defied or strayed from their narrative. If you don't like that Breitbart released it, consider the fearful reaction against its release as validation of fact.
I'm glad that at least Slashdot has largely stayed immune, aside from the occasional firecracker thrown towards those who dare question the SJW narrative - like myself.
Shame that someone doesn't have the modpoints to mod your kind down.
For all the control they seem to have over multiple media services (e.g. Twitter, Reddit, Fark, Gawker, etc.), they sure look like professional victims. That, and some of them seem to have some modpoints to blow.
How about having a discussion about how those services have been used to harass and silence individuals that have defied certain narratives?
Then take away the cost-dodge incentive and replace it with one that has them trying to compete with a default of direct-hire FTE. It would at least go for the jugular for the staffing industry and those that depend on it as an HR weapon/cost-dodge.
That is, an individual cannot be required, as a condition of beginning/continuing work, to take anything that is not a direct-hire FTE job of indefinite time (read: neither agency nor temp/contract). Sell it as increased freedom and flexibility.
They overpromise, underdeliver, and screw everyone when all is said and done.
How about applying RTW's concept of "not as a condition of accepting work" to agencies? Instead of being cost-dodgers, they would end up having to deliver competitive advantages to a high-security default. It would also serve as a good test of whether people are really wanting one form of work or another.
Take that piece and use it to break the idea of having to go through an agency to get work - but to be able to choose without penalty or intimidation.
They don't hide from people if they have administrative control of the narrative. Take that away and they're completely powerless.
For all the control they seem to have over multiple media services (e.g. Twitter, Reddit, Fark, Gawker, etc.), they sure look like professional victims.
How about having a discussion about how those services have been used to harass and silence individuals that have defied certain narratives?
Whether it is high-skill or low skill, very few lines of work can be argued as "occasional services".
On the other hand, the misclassification is trying to fit everyone and everything in that box.
You hurt more for being a second-tier contractor.
Again, no big deal, this is one of the reasons contractors have MUCH higher bill rates than W2 employees. You figure this into the bill rate.
Which gets eaten up by the costs that a proper (read: non-agency) employer would be able to offset due to economies of scale. Strike 1.
As for retirement, you can set up IRA's or something like a solo 401K and load it up with money pre-tax....
Which also gets a lower standing versus conventional 401k's and pension agreements. In addition, the *SA's promote lower quality of care in the name of "consumerism".
These days...a W2 employee gets pretty much no loyalty from the company, nor any true stability...so, I figure if you're gonna be treated like a contractor, you might as well get the BILL RATE of a contractor.
As stated above, your expenses and health care options make it a worse-off option. You get none of the economies of scale, none of the stability, all of the risk, all of the hassle, and no net reward.
Then what happens if the contractor/agency work model is killed off in the name of sanity?
You're employed by the company and the risk stays where it needs to be.
This ruins things for all the people that DO like and prefer the contractor paradigm.
So, you're talking about a rare few set of people that have the luxury of preferring contractor work over more secure arrangements. The majority, also known as the Rest of Us, would rather see the contractor model DIAF and be nuked from orbit.
Contracting agencies have an overdue need to experience the fear that they have dispensed by virtue of contract renewals and blackballing. If they have to be sued to death, so be it. Let history know that they wrote their own death warrant by abusing their own position as intermediaries.
It is just fine if you don't want to work contracting....just don't, there are plenty of other jobs to be had and [ Inaccurate Libertarian Bromide Redacted ]. Why sign up and sue rather than just go somewhere else that hires you as a W2 user?
Force comes in more forms than your classical libertarian bromides. It also comes in the form of lopsided agreements and being able to pass down risk to people least able to handle it.
Such a statement reflects a deep lack of understanding of the job market.
When all the options are equally bad, such as with Amazon's permatemps, it's the same bad job with new clothes.
The use of such contractors is not for flexibility, but for the fact that they fear their workforce.
If it's not good for employees to have such protections, why should employers?
All the public really needs to hear is the bunch of professional victims calling in bomb threats
Exactly. I don't give a shit about Chelsea van Valkerberg
The 5 Guys incident, and her unsuccessful lawfare brought it to light.
I give a shit about this. I am glad that the media have been called out, that this hasn't been allowed to pass without comment, and that the media haven't won.
Even if reputable events like SXSW have to shut down panel discussions because stupid fuckwits are scared to have open honest debate about actual issues, instead of toeing the media line.
They're only scared when the venue or entity won't help them defend their narrative and cannot be destroyed. The only way they can "win" is by cancelling such events by making threats.
With that in mind, such discussions' direction can be predicted or determined by the presence or absence of threats.
There's also Milo Yiannopolous, who calls gamers "overgrown manchildren" and "terminally beta".
Yet he's been quite the thorn in the 'social justice' crowd. If anyone's terminally "beta", it's the social justice warriors that rely on pandering to diversity as well as media gatekeeping to exist. Without both of those, the social justice crowd would be sitting next to Jack Thompson.
It was still two words, as the GP pointed out, in an article providing favorable coverage to 49 other games. But at least you admit it wasn't a review.
Still doesn't excuse Chelsea van Valkerberg's harassment of her ex (and in turn, anyone that dared question her) through the unquestioning media and the courts. Oh, and she still lost her court case despite the money.
Unfortunately links to Reddit GG boards prove nothing
On the other hand, the least reliable sources from Sarkeesian or van Valkerberg are considered unquestionable gospel. On the other hand, it's quite hard to prove something when you have a deep investment in anti-GG narrative control. The only reason it sticks is for having friendlies in online media, including reddit. Instead of trying to win by takeover and administrative action, why not try truth sometime?
Kotakuinaction
Kotakuinaction has been right more times than their narrative-defending counterparts. In the cases where it is other than right, it was a result of someone trying to sow discord amongst the community - from your end.
Explain why your side has called in more threats against themselves or towards pro-GG events. Explain why you have to push a narrative.
If anyone harassed anyone in that case, it was Ms. van Valkerberg. In addition to harassing her ex into silence with lawfare, she enlisted the help of her friend to make sure her story stuck.
Good money says that certain kinds of perpetual victims cancelled something for fear of hearing the truth.
These van der Snoot Academies do far greater harm than good.
If it's not locked to Amazon's walled garden, it's fine.
If it's like about any other Amazon device, then it's an expensive paperweight.
The problem is that Amazon really does abuse the temporary labor classification (and their workforce) as much as is claimed by those "click bait" sites. They knew it would be an issue given how far they go to insulate themselves from accountability.
Even John "Watson's desk on fire" Patterson of NCR, the closest equivalent, had his limits. He broke morale like one would a horse, but knew to not have his employees (directly hired, unlike Amazon) dying from poor health.
It leaves the issue unresolved.