“He was neutral” no he SAID he was neutral and oh so concerned with ethics in games journalism and I think after 10 years’ hindsight people can finally see that when I said he was BS and just a useful idiot for the far right to use in a culture war I wasn’t lying Dems picked a hell of a stooge tho
He interviewed a long-discredited cult expert and some others in segments over the years; I have had to have The Talk with friends recommending him about 'maybe don't listen to absolutely everyone who claims to be on your side when they show they have zero discernment, easily confirmed via google'.
I didn't know about the gamergate thing. Man, fuck David Pakman.
til as well. +1
I wonder what the journalistic ethics of taking dark money to spew democrats talking points and agreeing never to disclose the connection are huh I mean he’s such a champion of journalistic ethics that I had to be sacrificed for them for the disproven allegation that I slept with a journalist right
These people should all be ostracized from the political discourse. And of course fuck that guy in particular. bsky.app/profile/theo...
I wonder what it's like to be a soulless husk of a human
Apparently it pays pretty fucking well
God sorry for the rant it’s just that every time one of the turds who launched a career by fucking my life up floats to the top of the toilet bowl it’s so hard not to be furious at how many apologies I’m owed that I won’t get and don’t want because they change absolutely nothing about my situation.
This rant is extremely justified imo
It's a good rant, useful informative and appreciated even, only reason not to rant is if it would hurt you more than you can 🐻.
Never be sorry for reacting to what you've gone through. The fact that any of those shitwits has a career after the absolute bullshit they pulled disgusts me to no end.
The fact that we are all still suffering from the ripples of that loser Incel movement. I’m just glad to see that you’re more and more justified every day. I just wish you got all those years and reputation you lost back too 😞
I just wish it wasn’t negatively impacting my career while these garbage people have no money issues because we all made the mistake of being born into a system that rewards being just a bit more evil
I’m so sorry Zoe. Seeing this shit gets me so mad on your behalf, and I don’t know if i even have a right to. I miss when I could randomly send you a fun tweet about a video game box or something, and that was the silliest things got I hope you’re doing okay.
I’m not but thanks for asking all the same 🖤
If nothing else, here is a cat seeing if he can get away with destroying a game box (He did not)
Fuck the apologies, every step you take for the rest of your life should crush one of their balls under a stiletto heel and it still wouldn't be enough.
Wait, THATS how he got his start?! I mean, I knew it wasn't for his massive levels of insight, but GOLLY!
Pakman was especially egregious because he did something for them that they couldn’t do - he granted these cretins credibility for people who didn’t have time to look too deeply. He worked overtime to make them look legitimate and that’s more damaging to me and the world than any death threat
Because taking this position of “neutrality” and concern trolling about “journalistic ethics” (despite the review that I supposedly fucked someone for NEVER EXISTED) made him look like some “I’m not like other journalists” deep thinker for his hot takes and benefited the fringe lunatics both
I hate still talking about this bullshit today but I do this because this is literally how psycho fringe hate groups launder their credibility, this is who establishments like the DNC can buy and use, and this is a danger when it comes to viewing influencers as automatic journalists bc they say so
And as we continue to slide down into hell I’m still saying what I’ve been saying for a decade - what happened to me is a case study in how far right psychos can launder credibility of what boils down to white nationalism, and if we don’t know about these mechanisms they’re gonna keep on firing
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social even talked about MAGA being the progeny of GG in her latest exposé including PACman.
ESPECIALLY with how compromised so much of mainstream media is right now, don’t fall into the trap of thinking influencers are any better. They aren’t accountable to much, they’re a business, and they will exploit the parasocial connection they foster in their audience to stunt critical thinking
so please for the love of god, stay curious. look into shit before repeating or deeply internalizing it. don’t let ChatGPT or influencers do your thinking for you and form your own opinions after reviewing the actual facts as free from editorializing as you can get.
And ppl like PACman feed off our hopes and desire to have our biases validated.
and if you can avoid it, don’t get complex ptsd from people and things that continue to pop up in news cycles over a decade after the fact because boy howdy it is hell on your adrenal system and tummy
it’s honestly really gross how even people who claim to understand gg’s wider effects often don’t really pay any attention to the complex and ongoing ways in which its victims were harmed or how existing bad faith actors laundered the movement and its lies bc it served their own ends
:( (I used to find hugging the animals helped. Particularly the carpet sharks and the half Husky. But to be fair my PTSD happened away from home which made it much easier to compartmentalize as having happened to a different person. Which is maybe not the best way to deal with it but meh.)