@EnduranceFun said:
@CaptStickybeard said:
@BigDaddy81 said:
I feel Jeff's comment was correct and justified. He made it quite clear that he was only calling out "some" of the community.
And that's the problem.
Focusing on the fire starters instead of the actual discussion/ideas.
This. Like I said in my comment, the amount 'some' pertains to - and I made it very clear in my comment that he highlighted the word 'some,' so I don't know why you felt the need to re-highlight it as if I didn't - is a very tiny amount of commenters. And they were so intermittent and posting such small posts, I doubt they were even reading the rest of the comment section first; trying to 'stop them' with a forum post obviously would not work.
It honestly only threw fuel on the fire as Jeff did not acknowledge that this was a small amount of the commenters, only 'some,' allowing the implication to follow that 'hey, he may mean everyone who disagreed with the article!' That may not be what Jeff meant, but he hardly went out of his way to accurately portray the comments. That's irresponsible when he also acknowledged there are 'antagonizing posts.'
The best way to handle a tense situation is not to pop in with a vaguely defined insult directed at 'some people,' then leave immediately after, ensuring that no one can ask you to clarify what you just said.
I disagree entirely and think the best way to come down on the trolls is to stamp them out with your boot. You're acting overly sensitive to a comment that wasn't addressed to you and many of the other commenters. And yes, I felt that I needed to re-highlight "some" since many of you still just don't seem to get it even when you acknowledge that you were not the target of his post but are still feeling persecuted. Like many other human beings, Jeff got annoyed at the amount of ignorance in this thread (and despite your claims otherwise, it had to be a substantial amount to get him annoyed, not this extreme minority you keep going on about) and posted a statement showing his annoyance. And I don't see how his comment "added fuel to the fire" since the conversation has since calmed down a bit. You and the others who need clarification on what seems like a very cut and dry post indicates to me that you have lost sight of the original issue and just want to change the discussion to something else entirely because it's hard to be on the side that denies the severity of sexism in the gaming industry or its relevance on Giant Bomb.
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