Let's start with Ghostbusters, since some things I said in my review might not have been entirely clear. From my closing segment a few people I know who've made the mistake of reading it think I thought the film was good, I don't think it was good, when I said it was surprisingly enjoyable for what it was, I meant I was expecting the film to be a complete dog turd, and it wasn't, having seen it twice now, I've had time to really process it, what is good and what isn't is now more clear to me, and while I said it wasn't a complete waste of time, I still would absolutely not recommend it, for all the reasons I mentioned in my review. But as could only be expected, the Feminist media went into full on battle mode once more to laud this film as a masterpiece of cinema. And a few really stood out to me as, honestly, pathetic. Let's start with Quartz and Noah Berlatsky; "Ghostbusters with women is 100% less sexist than the original." in this article Berlatsky claims the emotional core of the first film was sexual harassment, Berlatsky goes as far as to indirectly call Rick Moranis a rapist, more directly call Bill Murray a harasser, and seems to have completely misinterpreted the tone of the film. "Louis also pursues her. When he becomes possessed, he actually gets to have sex with the possessed Dana. Again, this nonconsensual violation is presented as amusing—and even sexy." You might not like to hear it, but if you actually watch the film, you'll know that they're both possessed, it's the same as the drunk sex argument, 2 drunk people have sex, only one is a rapist, because women are always the victim, according to feminists. But Louis, again, if you watch the film, isn't much of a threat, pre-possession he's just more of an annoyance for Dana, and she pays him very little mind. Venkman on the other hand is more forward, and I understand it, Berlatsky, I know that seeing someone who's sexually and romantically assertive makes you uncomfortable. But Venkman is a womaniser, that is what he is, he's a shit talking rogue who loves the ladies, and it is funny when he throws in the towel on subtly and confesses his love to Dana in his usual, half arsed style, that's a big part of his character, and it's one of the reasons he's so likable, I don't see how you could appreciate that though, but I'll hold back on the insults. He never rapes her, and neither does Louis, the sex is only implied, and Zuul and Vinz Clortho are the ones in the drivers seats, not Dana and Louis, I suppose it's a good allegory for drunk sex, but it's not rape, violation of their minds for sure, they've both under the influence of demons, but it's not a violation of Dana. But what really is stupid here is your comparison of Rowan to the original Ghostbusters, because sure, 3 nerdy scientists and a black friend is totally the same as a sad little man that is no doubt an insult to the so called misogynists. If anything though I personally see him more as a reflection of people like Paul Feig and you, Berlatsky, sad men who had no luck with women, but while Rowan took the path of bitterness and revenge, Feig and you took the path of subjugation and self flagellation, you and the misogynists are just 2 different branches on the same tree. And I like that you mention Erin lusting for Kevin, but don't consider that harassment because after all, it's only sexist when men do it, right. As a refutation to your argument, this reboot is 100% more sexist than the original, because that original didn't demean or insult anyone, where as this film is very much demeaning and insulting to men, something I mentioned in my review, Dana was a strong character, stronger than any of the 4 new Ghostbusters, and easily stronger than the weak little object you seem to think she is, you misogynist.
http://qz.com/732293/ghostbusters-with-women-is-100-less-creepy-than-the-original/ Link to the full article.
So, Next topic, Battlefield 1 is sexist, according to a former DICE dev, let's dig into this thing on PCGamesN. The Article is about a former DICE coder named Amandine Coget, who claims that female soldiers in historical war shooters is "way overdue." I tried to find some numbers on this subject, but surprisingly all I could find was articles from the left about how there were totally loads of women in the war, not very reliable sources. I didn't have numbers, but I found that, curiously, Russia was the only country to deploy female Battalions, and they did so for less than a year. So let's get to Coget. It's striking that the article would start with a comment about how the fields are full of men shooting at each other, and seem to find issue with the lack of women, never mind all the men shooting each other and, by extension, dying; a certain Hillary Clinton quote comes to mind right now. And right away we have the issue here, 'boys' wouldn't find it 'believable', that's a very slanderous way of saying historical accuracy, it's not a reflection of history, it's a problem with boys, let me guess, because of sexism and patriarchy. But let's get to her reasons for thinking its sexism, she commented on how the game was throwing out accuracy in some areas while keeping it in others, and this is true, but it's apples and oranges. first and foremost, Battlefield 1 is a game, and for a game to be successfully, especially a multiplayer game, primarily it must have fun gameplay. A game that went wild with realism is Far Cry 2, a game where guns constantly jam, there is no fast travel, and you have to take malaria medicine, sure it was realistic, but it wasn't fun, in their attempt to make the game hyper immersive, they ruined the immersion, and these features were then removed from the vastly superior Far Cry 3 and 4. If you were playing a shooter and your guns didn't work, or your parachute didn't open, and you die through no fault of your own, it's cheap, it's unfair, and it isn't fun. Doing away with realism to make the game fun to play is a good idea. But being a woman wouldn't alter the gameplay, and DICE is clearly going to great lengths to get the aesthetic right, to make it look and feel like a World War 1 shooter, something you seem to be completely ignoring when you bring up Titanfall and Overwatch as examples of female soldiers. Titanfall is a sci shooter set far in the future when war is fought with giant robots, and Overwatch is a stylised shooter with talking monkeys and sexy teleporting Brits, neither of these games are pulling from history or trying to be historically accurate, yet you take issue with a game that is, but doesn't have women in it. If DICE wants to make a game set in a historic conflict and want to make it accurate, let them, don't bully them into including women for the sake of it because diversity and [current year] if that's not the game they're making, and the singleplayer has a woman in it anyway, one who's probably going to have a name, which is more than the billions of nameless men who will die in multiplayer matches will ever have, so stop complaining.
http://www.pcgamesn.com/battlefield-1/battlefield-1-scrapped-female-soldiers-because-boys-don-t-believe-in-them-says-ex-dice-coder Link to the full article.
And finally, the meaty topic. Milo Yiannopoulos, the most fabulously provocative faggot in existence, has been suspended from Twitter following an admittedly vile trolling onslaught towards Leslie Jones, you know, from Ghostbusters. Trolls are arse holes, that much is common knowledge, but clearly Leslie Jones has never encountered internet trolls before, because rule number one in dealing with them is do not engage, once the Trolls get a reaction, they win, and they'll only come at you harder, Leslie Jones made a mistake in engaging with them, and in that regard, while not deliberately, she has unwittingly instigated at least some of this abuse. Enter Milo, someone who I know is an arsehole, but he's one I very much admire, especially in this hypersensitive age of hate speech and trigger warnings, he serves as a reminder that words are just words, and he speaks in support of freedom of speech and against the moral authoritarian progressives that would love nothing more than to shut him up, despite him also being gay, oh well, oppression is an ever changing game. He might have gone a bit too hard on Jones, but that's what he does, or did until Twitter banned him. The likes of Laurie Penny and Leigh Alexander have been doing their happy dance as you'd expect, seemingly not fully aware of just what this means for Twitter. Twitter really has shot itself in the foot with this move, one that I'll bet they've been waiting to do for ages, just waiting for an excuse, and Leigh Alexander may call his legacy poisonous, but his legacy on twitter will be one of someone who didn't care what people thought or said, who didn't care who he offended, and most importantly, represented reason and a sense of humour in a world where those 2 things are being strangled by special snowflakes with political agendas. Twitter is dying, it's losing active users every day, and Twitter must think it's because of all the harassment, which would explain the formation of the trust and safety council, which did them no favours, but now Milo's banned. And this will be an important moment in the downfall of Twitter, a site that censors and bans conservatives while leaving Islamists, feminists and BLM activists to spew hatred as much as they like. Milo was banned for inciting targeted abuse, which curiously is something Leslie Jones, who is the one who reported Milo, has done herself, with no consequences what so ever. The funny thing about all of this is that the SJW's who are celebrating Milo's banning don't realise that the tools they use to oppress him today will be used by others to oppress them tomorrow, as the noose tightens on freedom of expression on Twitter, it's only a matter of time before a new wave of snowflakes flutter in, and determine that the Anita Sarkeesians and the Zoe Quinns of today are problematic, all the while the puppeteers in big government lick their lips at the prospect of the masses welcoming in their own incarceration through self censorship and thought policing. It also goes to show how the progressive left thinks, again, on a level playing field, good ideas will flourish, while bad ideas die, that's why the KKK is such a tiny group now, because their ideas are bad. But they think that they can stop their ideas from being stamped out by better ones if the people with those better ideas are silenced, the Nazi's burned books because they thought it would stop the ideas those books held, ISIS destroys art because it goes against the fundamentalist views, it's the same thing.
I think that's been suitably soul destroying, but these are just stupid things that I have opinions on, so I thought I'd rant a bit. I'll leave it on a quote from everybody's favourite faggot, one that I hope will convey why I have so much admiration for him. "It's not just important to give platforms to ordinary speech, it's important to give platforms to all speech, because sunlight is the best disinfectant. You should have the confidence in your own opinions, and the fortitude and courage to believe you can beat them in a fair open marketplace of ideas, if you believe those things, you have nothing to fear from any speaker." - Milo Yiannopoulos.
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