I don't expect you to answer, but hopefully you will. I'll try to make this brief.

I'm not a GamerGater. I also disagree with some of Anita Sarkeesian's views and the "political movement" she's de facto come to represent. I think questioning the base assumptions of the status quo is fundamental, but I also believe that Anita Sarkeesian's criticism is based on questionable, disputable base assumptions. Evidently, I try to keep my criticism civil, open minded and humble. I will emphasize that I'm far from being a smart person, and there is every possibility that my view of Anita Sarkeesian's text is wrong.


My question is, is my stance legitimate? If I am right about how Anita's Sarkeesian movement can, if not scrutinized, effectively be hurtful to the medium –and I very well may not be, let me stress that– I would like to have the means to question it and, eventually, prevent it from spreading.

Does that make me one of... them?
Clearly it does for some, whose simplistic narratives resist complexity. I know my frustration has no place in this issue but in moments of weakness, of sadness, of anger, I came to resent a side of the argument that would not reflect on itself because of its firm belief that it had the moral high ground.

Am I wrong? Should I just stand aside and let smart people deal with this and keep my reservations to myself?

I realize that this whole text could seem like I'm "sealioning", as I learned in your video, but I assure you that it's entirely genuine. I'm just lost. This issue has ran for so long. And nobody will help.