You think GamerGate misogyny has gone away? Oh hell to the no. After Brianna Wu cancelled her company exhibit at PAX East over threats of violence and concerns about inadequate security – remember, there have now been actual attempts to kill women over this – she went personally, herself, to appear on a panel about censorship. And this happened:

A Gamergater called "Chum's knife blade" claims to be photo-stalking Brianna at PAX. pic.twitter.com/D9ea9HJge3

— jere7my (@jere7my) March 7, 2015

The responses are disturbing. pic.twitter.com/3Onyxt1ZLP

— jere7my (@jere7my) March 7, 2015

@23Breach @PixieJenni He retweeted these. Doesn't seem to be motivated by sunshine and buttercups. pic.twitter.com/WxcFo9qoBg

— jere7my (@jere7my) March 7, 2015

A former PAX enforcer tells me the situation is being handled by upper management. Sounds like the word has gotten to the right ears.

— jere7my (@jere7my) March 7, 2015

A lot of Gaters/Channers are explaining to me that he wasn't actually planning to hurt Brianna. That's likely, and I'm glad to hear it.

— jere7my (@jere7my) March 7, 2015

But photostalking someone and retweeting threats at a conference is not appropriate behavior for conference staff or volunteers!

— jere7my (@jere7my) March 7, 2015

It pains me that I have to say something so obvious. Notifying PAX management was the right thing to do, and it has been done.

— jere7my (@jere7my) March 7, 2015

Whatever steps PAX wants to take, it's in their hands.

— jere7my (@jere7my) March 7, 2015

In the interest of fairness, he has apologized for retweeting the death threat joke. pic.twitter.com/TAkq1W1Ozq

— jere7my (@jere7my) March 7, 2015

Whether an enforcer taking photos without permission and posting them to be mocked by their followers is acceptable, I'll leave up to PAX.

— jere7my (@jere7my) March 7, 2015

Very disappointed by the behavior of a fellow #Enforcer – Sorry, but if you aren't put out already, apologize and leave. Now.

— Michael Pearson (@plaid_lad) March 7, 2015

Of course, the GamerGate response is to launch a Fear, Uncertainty, and… oh, we’ll say Denial (“shitpost”) operation:

Gamergate's response to the PAX enforcer incident: launch a FUD op! pic.twitter.com/Vs3LWWoAec

— jere7my (@jere7my) March 7, 2015

eta: Brianna Wu responds:

I'm getting questions about this, so let me be clear. People ask me to take pics with them all the time – I don't mind at all. Honored.

— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) March 8, 2015

I do mind if you were in a position of providing security and you allude in social media to murdering me. Please don't do that.

— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) March 8, 2015

Tycho, Gabe? The ball’s in your court. This guy needs to be banned from all PAX events, everywhere. Forever.

eta2 on Monday: Brianna appears to be satisfied with how it was handled. Good.

PAX East this year was a stressful mess, but my thanks to the security team. They went out of their way to make us feel safe and respected.

— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) March 8, 2015

I think PAX is a solid con, run by good people. And think they're trying to handle this scary new dynamic in games alongside the rest of us.

— Brianna Wu (@Spacekatgal) March 8, 2015

 
 

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