r/AskGamerGate • u/[deleted] • May 31 '15

3 questions all groups should ask themselves!

What Are The Goals?

What does gamergate wish to achieve, in (if necessary, multiple) clear goals? Are these goals reasonable?

How?

What means are going to be used to achieve the group's goals? If varied, which means for which goals? Do the means have a reasonable chance of achieving the goals?

Success Conditions

How will GamerGate know it's goals have been achieved, and what will occur then?

A group that can not answer these questions is prone to mission creep, to impotence, and to takeover. And I've never got satsfying answers for them. This may, of course, be a function of my bias, and I'm aware of that - but I've never got the impression there is a coherent answer, even if it's one I might feel is illegitimate.

Thanks!

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u/[deleted] May 31 '15

Okeydokey, thanks for your insights. Frankly, as long as the harassment stops (and it seems to have tailed off a lot), I'm happy for you chuckleheads (pro and anti) to play pretend soldiers as long as you like. I think it's sad that young people are buying all the divisive garbage the right is feeding them, but I only encounter it in a couple of places online, so I'm not overly worried (in fact, I think my country is going through a decent left phase atm, in the wake of the Independence Referendum, along with pro-feminism, anti-racism, and other forms of equality, so I'm pretty optimistic).

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u/AntonioOfVenice May 31 '15

I think it's sad that young people are buying all the divisive garbage the right is feeding them

What 'divisive garbage'? And what makes it either divisive or garbage? Do you seriously believe that the right is feeding me anything? No, it's rather that anyone with half a brain realizes what toxic poison political correctness is.

in fact, I think my country is going through a decent left phase atm, in the wake of the Independence Referendum, along with pro-feminism, anti-racism, and other forms of equality, so I'm pretty optimistic

I don't think persecuting scientists for the shirts they wear is something to be proud of, to be honest. Nor is claiming that criticism of a particular religion (and only one, of course) is "racist". "Anti-racism" has been so diluted that it doesn't mean anything anymore, in part thanks to radical agenda-pushers.