tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post6051778163467714627..comments2023-12-19T15:10:02.866-08:00Comments on ex cathedra: AlienationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-27090345369499907412015-03-26T13:25:33.787-07:002015-03-26T13:25:33.787-07:00The internet has skewed our means of gathering and...The internet has skewed our means of gathering and voicing dissent. Before, people gathered in the streets to shout invectives because that was the only way of showing discontent en masse, and of finding like-minded fellows. Now, the internet gives these crowds the chance to hurl vitriol and find each other from hundreds of miles away, in the comfort of their own homes. It is a revolution planned through electrical signals, not pub meetings and urban rallies. An invisible army whose memes spread further and further each day. <br /><br />UKIP. PEDIGA. #GamerGate. The Manosphere. The war is not lost yet. We'll have lost a good amount of ground when the dust settles, but there's something satisfying about recapturing old territory. <br /><br />-SeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-11548091670324686692015-03-26T12:34:23.318-07:002015-03-26T12:34:23.318-07:00#GamerGate has racked up a bare minimum of 10,000 ...#GamerGate has racked up a bare minimum of 10,000 smart, angry, funny tweets A DAY for over SEVEN MONTHS, Sir.<br /><br />We may not be seeing them physically storm the gates. There may not be your "forest of gallows". At least not yet.<br /><br />But folks have wised up to their bullshit in numbers far exceeding anything we've seen before, from demographics previously ignored and/or sneered at.<br /><br />These kids are smart and relentless and tech-savy and REALLY PISSED OFF.<br /><br />They've also realized the problem stems much further than Games Journalism, and have branched out effectively.<br /><br />Minds are being changed daily.<br /><br />I understand the reflex of "all is lost". I fight it myself on a daily basis. <br /><br />But this is Something New.<br /><br />I still tend to flip flop between giddy, giggling optimism and abject despair in the fetal position.<br /><br />But I've still got my fingers crossed. For whatever it's worth.Mr. Freezenoreply@blogger.com