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<blockquote data-quote="Max_Killjoy" data-source="post: 6887419" data-attributes="member: 6852843">I have to say that when I see the word &quot;terrorist&quot; in the link/title of an article, when I read it, I had better find an article about actual terrorists.Our broader hobby (passion, pass-time, whatever) of &quot;gaming&quot; has within it minority elements of clueless men engaged in rotten behavior that does nothing but ruin our reputation, drive people away, and perpetuate our nicheness.&nbsp;&nbsp; That doesn't mean that it's accurate to use the same word for a dudebro&nbsp; d-bag or greasy groper as one would use for the subhuman villains who&nbsp; flew airplanes into building or shot up an entertainment district.&nbsp; Hyperbole, turning the verbiage up to 11, and throwing the most negatively evocative words around one can think of, only serves to corrode the public discourse, alienate people, and create an excuse to not talk about the actual issue at hand.&nbsp; That said, the sort of behavior that drove the writer of that article to that level of anger exists, I've seen it, of several sorts.&nbsp; The faults of her writing style don't magically dispel that behavior out of existence.&nbsp; Eventually the community has to stop looking for excuses to not look those issues in the eye.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Max_Killjoy, post: 6887419, member: 6852843"] I have to say that when I see the word "terrorist" in the link/title of an article, when I read it, I had better find an article about [I]actual terrorists[/I]. Our broader hobby (passion, pass-time, whatever) of "gaming" has within it minority elements of clueless men engaged in rotten behavior that does nothing but ruin our reputation, drive people away, and perpetuate our nicheness. That doesn't mean that it's accurate to use the same word for a dudebro d-bag or greasy groper as one would use for the subhuman villains who flew airplanes into building or shot up an entertainment district. Hyperbole, turning the verbiage up to 11, and throwing the most negatively evocative words around one can think of, only serves to corrode the public discourse, alienate people, and create an excuse to not talk about the actual issue at hand. That said, the sort of behavior that drove the writer of that article to that level of anger exists, I've seen it, of several sorts. The faults of her writing style don't magically dispel that behavior out of existence. Eventually the community has to stop looking for excuses to not look those issues in the eye. [/QUOTE]

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