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Whenever someone spells the word "irregardless," I always assume they're using it for humorous effect and/or making a reference to Rika.
Now that I've caught up on this King of Pol drama, I don't think he was bought out or fabricated the information, just made the mistake of not verifying his source. I don't know if the information was really leaked by Totilo, but it looks like it was sent to him from a spoofed email address. He got excited, messed up and sank a little too deep into the conspiracy mindset.
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KingofPol’s Wild Ride Comes to a Close
November 7, 2014
"This is a column I did not want to write. Even earlier tonight, I was still defending KingofPol. But, after reading Frederick Brennan’s (owner of 8chan) post on the Denton leak earlier this evening, I felt had to address it. The authenticity of the Facebook posts in question cannot be determined. It may still be true. But, KoP lied about getting the information from Stephen Totilo. That idea sounds fucking ridiculous on the face of it, but Hotwheels originally thought that Milo Yiannopoulos was going to run a companion piece confirming the information. I can understand being taken in by that. However, the Milo/Breitbart article was also a ruse.
KingofPol has sworn to me that the info itself is still legitimate. I have no way of knowing whether that is true or not. It very well could be, as I said. I won’t be retracting the stories, but you must now take them with some grains of salt. The Facebook account being deleted does perhaps give it a little credence. As Brennan himself said on his own stream, it may be real. But we know for a fact that he did not get those screenshots from Stephen Totilo. The article proved it, and he also told me the same thing.
KingofPol has never lied to me directly. He has had me on his show several times. He was kind enough to help me get on Internet Aristocrat‘s show. He’s promoted some of my work, way before I had even talked to him. The guy has always been extremely nice and helpful to me. Writing a negative column like this is not fun, but I felt I had to. The man has done so much for me personally, but his failings caught to him in the end. It can happen to anyone. He got taken in by the hype. The rush was too much to ignore. The drive to bust Gawker and Denton drove him to do things he otherwise might not have.
That’s not to excuse what KingofPol has done. There is no excuse, at least not a good one. I publish stories here sometimes that are not fully confirmed. There is nothing wrong with that whatsoever. But, if you go that route, it needs to be labeled as such. I may have went overboard with the labeling of these Denton stories myself, to be fair. But, I always sourced this information back to KoP. He told us it was 100%, and lied to Mr. Brennan in order to make people believe it even more. This isn’t something I’m happy with. He’s since apologized for his actions, but I can of course understand some bad feelings still existing.
Those feelings may not matter though, because KingofPol has put out word that he’s going to leave GamerGate, and delete his Twitter account. This is consistent with some of the statements he has made to me. I advised him to take a sabbatical and come back refreshed. He feels as if his brand is irrecoverably tarnished, however. I don’t know that I agree, but if he does decide to step away, that would be understandable.
I was taken in by his Denton declarations, and published stories based off them. We cannot say for certain that they were fakes, and I hold out hope that they weren’t. However, we must now admit that the stories are tainted. I am writing this post to address those concerns, and to clear the air about yesterday’s events. This isn’t a column I wanted to write, as I mentioned.
But, my friendship with KingofPol doesn’t allow me to overlook his deception. Even with that I still feel as if he is my brother, in a very real sense. He put everything he had into this fight, just like me. Despite this terrible downfall, KoP did some wonderful things, for both me , and GamerGate. Don’t forget that. He’s a good guy, in my experience. He just made a disastrous error in judgement. His journey with us may be complete, but let’s not dishonor his entire memory.
So, with that in mind, I wanted to post this memorial that an anon sent me. It’s one of the best things I’ve read during GamerGate. This also mentions @CINDIanimation, who seems to be leaving us as well. She is an amazing person, and I wish her nothing but the very best. I’m so happy to have gotten to know her, and I want to thank her publicly for all she’s done to help with my LIVE show. This also has KoP’s first name in it, so I hope no one takes issue. The info is on Encyclopedia Dramatica, anyway (just like mine). So, whatever.
Let us drink to the fallen, and remember all the good times we shared. Perhaps we will meet again down that GamerGate road, Pol. Thank you for all that you’ve done, and I wish you absolutely nothing but the best."
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I'm removing ALL tism from this thread. For future reference LBD, people don't like pony reactions here. People don't like spammy reaction images full stop.
I'm very close to locking it not due to the content but there are 2 people consistently trying to detail it.
I'm very close to locking it not due to the content but there are 2 people consistently trying to detail it.
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Or he realized this whole thing is stupid. Even if he was bought off good on him for finally becoming a real journalist.
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C'mon, CatParty, that's nowhere near as funny as your Kool-Aid Man one. It does give me room to segue into things though, so you get a like anyway.
Which brings me to the latest "We Need a Hashtag to kill Gamergate" Segment.
You may not be aware, but there's a new hashtag that Anti-GGers have been trying to spread called Readergate that's involved trying to conflate Gamergate with Book Burning and Censorship:
You might think to yourself: "Wow, that seems like a stupid idea," and that's not even factoring in shit like so-called SJWs being responsible for the demise of the Hugo Awards. Thankfully, the hashtag was immediately milked for the comic gold it could provide, as Mike Cernovich pointed out things like men being actively excluded from the publishing biz, before delivering this bit of absolute fucking hilarity. Needless to say, in short order, the hashtag was co-opted by people making fun of it or bringing up actual issues with it, and many lulz were had. There's a few people going on about how this is he most poignant satire in the history of the world, but that wasn't anywhere near as funny and the hashtag, like literally every single other one they've tried so far, is rapidly losing steam.
We need some delicious stupid to cleanse the palatte after that. Thankfully, we can always count on Mojo Jojo to deliver the goods - here she is, absolutely losing her shit in discussion with another developer:
Really, I have nothing to add. It just kind of speaks for itself.
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C'mon, CatParty, that's nowhere near as funny as your Kool-Aid Man one. It does give me room to segue into things though, so you get a like anyway.
Which brings me to the latest "We Need a Hashtag to kill Gamergate" Segment.
You may not be aware, but there's a new hashtag that Anti-GGers have been trying to spread called Readergate that's involved trying to conflate Gamergate with Book Burning and Censorship:
You might think to yourself: "Wow, that seems like a stupid idea," and that's not even factoring in shit like so-called SJWs being responsible for the demise of the Hugo Awards. Thankfully, the hashtag was immediately milked for the comic gold it could provide, as Mike Cernovich pointed out things like men being actively excluded from the publishing biz, before delivering this bit of absolute fucking hilarity. Needless to say, in short order, the hashtag was co-opted by people making fun of it or bringing up actual issues with it, and many lulz were had. There's a few people going on about how this is he most poignant satire in the history of the world, but that wasn't anywhere near as funny and the hashtag is rapidly losing steam.
We need some delicious stupid to cleanse the palatte after that. Thankfully, we can always count on Mojo Jojo to deliver the goods - here she is, absolutely losing her shit in discussion with another developer:
Really, I have nothing to add. It just kind of speaks for itself.
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Thats the biggest use of Godwin's Law I've ever seen.C'mon, CatParty, that's nowhere near as funny as your Kool-Aid Man one. It does give me room to segue into things though, so you get a like anyway.
Which brings me to the latest "We Need a Hashtag to kill Gamergate" Segment.
You may not be aware, but there's a new hashtag that Anti-GGers have been trying to spread called Readergate that's involved trying to conflate Gamergate with Book Burning and Censorship:
You might think to yourself: "Wow, that seems like a stupid idea," and that's not even factoring in shit like so-called SJWs being responsible for the demise of the Hugo Awards. Thankfully, the hashtag was immediately milked for the comic gold it could provide, as Mike Cernovich pointed out things like men being actively excluded from the publishing biz, before delivering this bit of absolute fucking hilarity. Needless to say, in short order, the hashtag was co-opted by people making fun of it or bringing up actual issues with it, and many lulz were had. There's a few people going on about how this is he most poignant satire in the history of the world, but that wasn't anywhere near as funny and the hashtag is rapidly losing steam.
We need some delicious stupid to cleanse the palatte after that. Thankfully, we can always count on Mojo Jojo to deliver the goods - here she is, absolutely losing her shit in discussion with another developer:
Really, I have nothing to add. It just kind of speaks for itself.
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- 24 de Mayo, 2014
wait i dont really follow gg so maybe this is my tism flaring up
but kingofpol bullshitted some fake emails and this...made him a real journalist? unless thats the joke and i missed it? or you're not talking about him?
fuck man this shit is confusing. i mean why would anyone get this worked up over entertainment journalism. actual news outlets are constantly lying to the public, of fucking course media journalism is going to be a cesspool. no one has ever been able to explain why this matters more than the constant stream of punditry and spin we face every day.
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Basically, for the same reason that people on the opposite of the coin will get incredibly worked up over someone accidentally using the wrong pronouns while there are genocides happening.
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Twas a joke about how GG is all "0mG EVERTYTHINGS CORRUPT in Vidya NewZ!" I agree that people take this shit way too seriously when every other bit of media does the same exact thing.
Again way too worked up, no doubt. But that's real news and at least about shit that matters. Gaming news has been extended ads since forever.
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I'd agree, but Ian Miles Cheong already took that award ages ago.
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Yeah, next time anyone complains about anything I'm going to ask "Could you explain why this matters more than children starving to death in Africa?"
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I don't get it.
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Don't post if you have nothing to say. Don't post for the sake of being noticed. In discussion boards, please avoid a one liner / image / video reply that is just a joke. Further the conversation in some way.
This thread is about GamerGate. If you would like to challenge GamerGate, offer an opinion that is well constructed and respectful. This is not a place to dump memes or abjectly challenge the concept of liking video games or being mad over video games.
This thread is about GamerGate. If you would like to challenge GamerGate, offer an opinion that is well constructed and respectful. This is not a place to dump memes or abjectly challenge the concept of liking video games or being mad over video games.
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i understand what you're saying, but you kinda missed my point. i'm not suggesting you shouldn't care about corrupt "journalists" (lel). i'm confused as to why anyone is surprised and outraged. like where was this outrage a decade ago when fox news blatantly said they had a right to lie to people about cattle growth hormones?
i mean, i can think of few reasons but they're all terribly depressing.
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So they'rre comparing Gamergaters to book burners?
I mean if you wanna play that card:
http://dinaslappel.tumblr.com/post/88862020920/sure-was-cold-last-night-good-thing-we-had-trash
They're literally book burners. I think even CHRIS had more self-awareness than this.
I mean if you wanna play that card:
http://dinaslappel.tumblr.com/post/88862020920/sure-was-cold-last-night-good-thing-we-had-trash
They're literally book burners. I think even CHRIS had more self-awareness than this.
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