Gaming companies are sharing gamers’ user information with the government to root out so-called domestic violent extremists.
  • bazus1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    First they came for extremist gamers and I did nothing because… fuck those guys.

  • gila@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Just to add context because this is a somewhat polarising headline, gamergate shit is back on the rise. Gamers generally aren’t being considered potential extremists, only literal extremists that happen to consider their opinions as representative of gamers

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    This article quotes Hasan Piker and thats all I needed to see to know everything I need to know about this article. Nobody should be quoting that guy as the authority on anything except for having the evident need to continually hear his own voice, and having some of the most hypocritical, worst takes I have ever heard in my life.

      • Night Monkey@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Hasan is a grifting fool who promotes socialism and communism and takes people’s donations but is already rich. His takes are complete garbage.

          • candid@lemmy.caEnglish
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            8 months ago

            Yeah I honestly expected more nuanced takes from decentralized Reddit but I guess I expected too much. Nobody has provided any examples of his “bad takes” except that he makes money off his work, as he fucking should. So I’ll just move on with my day. Been watching the guy on and off for years, haven’t donated to him once so not sure where I’m being grifted lmao.

            Also is this place being brigaded by incels/right wingers? Some of the comments on this post are concerning.

            Edit: nice username and profile pic, I’m a big fan of King Gizzard myself, Infest The Rat’s Nest gets a spin weekly!!!

            • gila@lemm.eeEnglish
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              8 months ago

              This place has a lot of lib/leftist infighting, it’s generally the most left social network in my experience though

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 months ago

          People can choose to not donate to him. Also he does plenty of fundraisers.

          Grifting is a strong word for someone that is very well educated and doesn’t just pick the mainstream position in every subject because it’s easy.

          The man does good work let him earn some money from it.