{"id":6454,"date":"2014-11-05T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=6454"},"modified":"2014-11-05T08:30:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:30:33","slug":"mozilla-and-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/05\/mozilla-and-firefox\/","title":{"rendered":"mozilla and firefox careen into a ditch"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Mozilla’s The Open Standard<\/a> published a pro-GamerGate op-ed on Tuesday and has been on a \u201cgamergate is a legit issue with facts on both sides\u201d rampage on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Of course, the very idea that there are “facts” on the GamerGate side other than having been set up to harass and force women out of gaming and tech is laughable. As those of us with sanity<\/eM> keep pointing out, we have the goddamn chat logs, this is proven<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But then they went reaching out to the stalker ex-boyfriend with a restraining order to write for them, causing the GamerGate misogynist crowd to come cheering in en masse.<\/p>\n

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Now, I’d been in this already, but bringing in the stalker ex-boyfriend with a restraining order?! Really?!<\/b><\/em> So I threw that in their collective face, and apparently, that was a little too<\/em> embarrassing or inconvenient or something:<\/p>\n

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But despite that, they’re sticking to their facts-on-both-sides legitimisation of the whole misogynist movement, talking about encouraging “active participation.” The official Firefox<\/a> account was spending a lot of time on it in particular. (Here’s an image if the tweet doesn’t load<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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so, hey, @firefox<\/a> officially thanked each of these Gamergaters for their "active participation" in GG earlier today! pic.twitter.com\/1wrW9d9mSt<\/a><\/p>\n

— Aja Romano (@ajaromano) November 5, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n