Current Events > Brianna Wu exposed as a right wing TERF

(+) Yeah! (+)

Wu Wu Wu!
Briana Wu!

Eab1990 posted...

You know what, you're in luck.

https://archive.ph/DSJYF

Now stop making me do your research.

thank you then yes that is scummy of her

and you where the one making the claim so it was your job to do the research and share the proof

AceMos posted...

thank you then yes that is scummy of her

and you where the one making the claim so it was your job to do the research and share the proof

I did share proof. You decided it wasn't enough.

If anything, the onus was on you to prove the screencap was faked. I just went the extra mile for you, which is more than you deserve.

lol wins the argument and still pulls the "doing your research for you" line.

What class.

AceMos posted...

that is not calling out gamers

Esports dudes are gamers, that's the sport, playing games. Many of these teams are arranged by the gamers themselves.

AceMos posted...

again not attacking gamers and you wont even list which devs and what they where accused of

There was the Atari founder accused of making sexually inappropriate comments in the workplace and he actually missed out on the award over it, after a campaign towards the GDC requesting they rescind it, which was heavily promoted by Wu.

He was probably a shitty guy but the award was about importance in video game pioneership, not whether he was a great dude or not.

AceMos posted...

yea you are showing typical centrist behavior here

As opposed to the woman you're defending literally lying about the Dems being far-left in those screenshots?

Humble_Novice posted...

Looks like Keffals is getting backlash for defending Brianna.

Keffals is basically Brianna 2 so it makes sense.

Ugh, Brianna is doing actual boots on the ground work to build coalitions and get leftist/progressive politicians elected, yet goofy online progressives look for minor stuff to drag her with. Then they turn around and wonder why reproductive rights/trans rights are being chipped away at while posting about some hypothetical revolution they'd never take part in.

justaguy3492 posted...

Ugh, Brianna is doing actual boots on the ground work to build coalitions and get leftist/progressive politicians elected, yet goofy online progressives look for minor stuff to drag her with. Then they turn around and wonder why reproductive rights/trans rights are being chipped away at while posting about some hypothetical revolution they'd never take part in.

Wu is sitting here complaining about non-binary pronouns, "leftist culture", "BLM riots", tankies, and the party being consumed by the far-left and yet somehow online critics are the ones doing the real damage.

You can't make this shit up.

If Wu was so good for politics she wouldn't have lost her primary by almost 50 points.

Humble_Novice posted...

Looks like Keffals is getting backlash for defending Brianna.

https://twitter.com/BrieRussell3/status/1707071192845148387
https://twitter.com/Juche_Gang/status/1707133899384783195
https://twitter.com/ObnoxiousIrish/status/1707138059827892592
https://twitter.com/PresidentSunday/status/1707126640185332073
https://twitter.com/zachuhrie/status/1707142711055425875

Wow six tweets from random people with at most a few dozen of likes each. That's totally what blacklisting looks like

She isn't Trans ? Like honestly I am not joking, for like every and a day people have been saying she is trans.

I'll be honest, I had literally no idea who Brianna Wu was other than, earlier this year, I read some thing about her talking about the "toxic tendencies of progressives" and the "radical left," so I assumed she was some right winger.

This topic has been a trip.

Also Brianna comparing trans people to Gamergate

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/1/7/AAP0tjAAE4Nh.jpg

shockedpikachu.gif

Ushiromiya posted...

Some of yall turn on allies real quick

Grifters are not allies.

So disappointed in her....
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/2/5/AAdr6XAAE4Np.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/2/6/AAdr6XAAE4Nq.jpg Wait idk who she is

Humble_Novice posted...

Looks like Keffals is getting backlash for defending Brianna.

https://twitter.com/BrieRussell3/status/1707071192845148387
https://twitter.com/Juche_Gang/status/1707133899384783195
https://twitter.com/ObnoxiousIrish/status/1707138059827892592
https://twitter.com/PresidentSunday/status/1707126640185332073
https://twitter.com/zachuhrie/status/1707142711055425875

Keffals are Wu are two of the biggest real life examples of asshole victims I can think of.

This seems like some twitter drama lol

hyperskate65 posted...

This seems like some twitter drama lol

Live by social media drama, die by social media drama.

i'm not really familiar with b. wu in any way or form, but it seems odd for that user to call them out and then post this:

note for all you ret*rds out there: i called her right wing as an insult not a declaration of political theory. her positions are so far to the right of mine that yes i consider her to the right of me. i used to be a fan of her tech takes and thought her politics were meh

ii called her right wing as an insult not a declaration of political theory. her positions are so far to the right of mine that yes i consider her to the right of me. i used to be a fan of her tech takes and thought her politics were meh

Realistically she's not right-wing, but she's one of those obnoxious liberals who demands ideological purity on the issues she finds important but also demands tolerance of moderation on the issues she doesn't care about. Which is basically how establishment Democrats act.

Wasnt this a ultra feminist on the same team as Anita Sark?

dioxxys posted...

Wasnt this a ultra feminist on the same team as Anita Sark?

Yes, but apparently the mask is off now that she was just an annoying grifter and doesn't really like the left very much.

Inohira posted...

Realistically she's not right-wing, but she's one of those obnoxious liberals who demands ideological purity on the issues she finds important but also demands tolerance of moderation on the issues she doesn't care about. Which is basically how establishment Democrats act.

I mean given that she exploits genuine causes in order to fulfill a capitalist agenda, I would say she is pretty right wing adjacent.

AceMos posted...

a woman the gamer gate crowd harassed to the point she is diagnosed with PTSD

Words don't give people PTSD. Assaults and war zones do.

So Brianna Wu is the MyPillow guy now? Okay. Who gives a shit about these people...?

How can a transwoman be TERF?

Zikten posted...

How can a transwoman be TERF?

The same way anyone can go against their best interests.

X gonna give it to ya.

I'd love to see an example of what you dudes would call a bad left-wing person.

Zikten posted...

How can a transwoman be TERF?

Caitlyn Jenner?

Eab1990 posted...

You expect her to leave up a 10+ year old topic where she was caught red-handed faking threats?

So the proof is conveniently non-existent.

McMarbles posted...

So the proof is conveniently non-existent.

Post 50.

Wu is an idiot. Same goes for Sarkeesian.

I'm looking at the Tweets posted and I'm wondering if anyone else finds it ironic that someone attacking Wu for "being a TERF" says that she sounds like Barry White.

Tig posted...

Wu is an idiot. Same goes for Sarkeesian.

And yet, even if they are bad, they'll always be preferable to the gamergate shitbags who harassed them.

Eab1990 posted...

You know what, you're in luck.

https://archive.ph/DSJYF

Now stop making me do your research.

You realize that thread was an obvious joke right? Literally every single reply in it seems to understand that so surely you do as well.

Tig posted...

Wu is an idiot. Same goes for Sarkeesian.

I don't know anything about Wu, but while I may agree or disagree with some of Sarkeesian's take on gaming and the industry, what did she specifically do or say that made her a target for the sort of harassment she received?

Torgo posted...

I don't know anything about Wu, but while I may agree or disagree with some of Sarkeesian's take on gaming and the industry, what did she specifically do or say that made her a target for the sort of harassment she received?

She was a female making game-adjacent content.

Fire up the rape threats! (Is what went through the 'minds' of gamergate morons).

Tyranthraxus posted...

You realize that thread was an obvious joke right? Literally every single reply in it seems to understand that so surely you do as well.

"Obvious bait is a joke, there was no actual harassment".

Glad you agree.

Eab1990 posted...

"Obvious bait is a joke, there was no actual harassment".

Glad you agree.

She was harassed just not in that thread and she certainly didn't fake her own harassment.

Tyranthraxus posted...

She was harassed just not in that thread and she certainly didn't fake her own harassment.

And this excuses her making a troll topic and fishing for more harassment?

You know she absolutely would've used this thread as "proof" that people were harassing her if she didn't forget (or "forget", if you want to play this off as a joke) to log out.

This is some gunpla-tier "she was justified making a fake playthrough spoiler topic because JK Rowling bad" logic. No surprise with who keeps defending them.

Not surprising. It's depressingly common for self proclaimed progressives to end up having some pretty gross bigoted views, and that's especially common with regards to trans people. Those comments about BLM are sus as shit too though

ai123 posted...

She was a female making game-adjacent content.

Fire up the rape threats! (Is what went through the 'minds' of gamergate morons).

Well that part I know - but I still can't seem to get an answer from the haters, or even the people that just casually call her "bad" or an "idiot" to describe exactly why she goes from person you have different gaming opinions with to being dismissed like that and thus deserving of even a fraction of the hate.

ledzepfan posted...

I'm looking at the Tweets posted and I'm wondering if anyone else finds it ironic that someone attacking Wu for "being a TERF" says that she sounds like Barry White.

Yeah, Im thinking a lot of the criticism might not be from sincere trans community allies.

Gwynevere posted...

Not surprising. It's depressingly common for self proclaimed progressives to end up having some pretty gross bigoted views, and that's especially common with regards to trans people. Those comments about BLM are sus as shit too though

I think it's important to make a distinction between rank and file progressives, and online social media personalities.

We know now that most of the ones that develop really bigoted views are being funded by billionaires, or set out to do a straight up grift. AKA: Jimmy Dore, Candace Owens, Tim Pool, Dave Reuben, Shoe on Head etc.

Eventually they all end up being straight up right wingers indistinguishable from the standard bigots in the vein of a Matt Walsh, Charlie Kirk, or The Quartering.

Torgo posted...

Well that part I know - but I still can't seem to get an answer from the haters, or even the people that just casually call her "bad" or an "idiot" to describe exactly why she goes from person you have different gaming opinions with to being dismissed like that and thus deserving of even a fraction of the hate.

She's definitely a grifter on some level, seeing as she had a Kickstarter that failed to deliver what it set out to do, and I recall her Youtube channel had stolen gameplay footage or some stuff.

In general though, people gave her way too much fuel to burn, and she knew enough people that she could ride that wave for years.

You could check this out, for starters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYvMTH_bZW4

Feminist Frequency began extremely humbly in 2009, when Anita was still a student at York University. The initial 'Tropes vs Women' videos were literally filmed in Anita's living room, with a bedsheet serving as her backdrop. Thus she was unprepared for the instant (and polarizing) success the project would end up getting online. For context, she launched a Kickstarter for the next series of videos, with a goal of only about $6000. It surpassed its target within a day, and amassed nearly $159,000. Suddenly, what was a simple two-person operation had more money than was needed, and that wasn't helped with scores of donations flooding in during the mid-2010s. It was reported that, at one point, Feminist Frequency was receiving $80,000 a year in corporate sponsorship. It expanded to four employees, who it later turned out were on zero-hour contracts. Things were further complicated by Anita parlaying her online controversy into another career as a public speaker - and much of that additional money went into financing her travel. This meant that promised deadlines weren't met, and viewership declined. Although they did see additional revue in 2016, possibly fuelled by the election of Donald Trump as president, Feminist Frequency's mismanagement of money was all over the place; $40,000 being spent on post production for simple three-minute videos filmed in the free YouTube studio. Viewership plummeted by 2017, not helped by Anita's increasingly controversial public persona as a Caustic Critic who was excessively nit-picky (an infamous interview clip made the rounds of her claiming "everything is racist, everything is sexist and everything is homophobic"). It didn't help that, despite going $200,000 over budget, Anita was found to have given herself a $10,000 raise. She grew tired of 'rage bait' videos and being known as an internet pariah, and wished to transition into other content. 'Tropes vs Women' was ended in 2017, and attempts to branch out into podcasts and newsletters didn't see much in the way of viewership. Ultimately, Feminist Frequency just wasn't creating enough content to justify the level of spending its employees were doing, and they filed for bankruptcy in 2019. The project is still ongoing, but as a non-profit without the media traction it once had.

I mean, I dont know if Id call that stuff TERF rhetoric, but yeah, the transmed/truscum stuff is pretty bad.

The fact that her initial followup to these screenshots being leaked, aside from her explanation, included a convo with Shoe, pictures getting dinner with a group of people including who I believe are Keffals, Destiny, and Vaush, and retweeting a person calling her takes based and whose pinned tweet includes the statement non-binary is not a real thing doesnt exactly paint a great picture, at least in my opinion.

She has, of course, now posted a proper apology thread but I dont think shes going to win back many of the people she lost with her original responses and the screenshots themselves.

Eab1990 posted...

And this excuses her making a troll topic and fishing for more harassment?

She's allowed to defend herself against harassment by mocking her harassers. That's just how it works.

Eab1990 posted...

You know she absolutely would've used this thread as "proof" that people were harassing her if she didn't forget (or "forget", if you want to play this off as a joke) to log out.

This is some gunpla-tier "she was justified making a fake playthrough spoiler topic because JK Rowling bad" logic. No surprise with who keeps defending them.

They're not even remotely similar things. And they didn't "forget" to log out. The post was obviously made to troll gaters.

Eab1990 posted...

She's definitely a grifter on some level, seeing as she had a Kickstarter that failed to deliver what it set out to do, and I recall her Youtube channel had stolen gameplay footage or some stuff.

In general though, people gave her way too much fuel to burn, and she knew enough people that she could ride that wave for years.

You could check this out, for starters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYvMTH_bZW4

I know I shouldnt judge by the thumbnail, but this doesnt seem like its going to be an even-handed look.