A question about something that was briefly mentioned but not discussed

Breitbart didn't call for censorship or for pressure to be placed on EA or Visceral Games it was a news worthy event in conservative circles. As along with the flag some guy was ranting about America going to shit and another how everyone went crazy when America got a black president. As another user pointed out in the previous thread.

"They aren't peddling outrage here. The closest thing to 'pressurizing' you could find here is the following paragraph:

The political posturing on display, however, is sure to turn off some gamers. Whether the sequence shown at Gamescom is simply a one-off encounter or indicative of more partisan messaging yet to be revealed, its inclusion in the first demonstration of the game’s singleplayer storyline is sure to make conservative gamers wary of what other surprises may await them in the finished product.

The developer wasn't in any way demonized for the subject matter and they didn't call for it to be changed to better suit peoples' sensitivity.

This is a bit different from say... developers slamming Tomodachi Life for not having gay marriage and saying the lack of inclusion is homophobic and needs to be patched."

"Granted, a lot of people around here probably need to keep in mind that pointing out things that make people uncomfortable isn't in and of itself political pressure. It isn't until you start to really try and shame the developers that it becomes political pressure."

and I quote from the first person to break the transphobia allegations - "Please retweet this everyone, I'd like to get some pressure going".

Nevertheless, GG is always "SJWs trying to censor muh vidya!!! Argghh!"...

If the shoe fits. If you didn't have a history of it Gamergate wouldn't need to worry itself.

http://blogjob.com/oneangrygamer/2015/03/divinity-original-sin-dev-talks-boob-plates-sexism-and-moral-outrage/

When you own a pizza place and one day the mob enters your little shack, threatens you by saying if I don’t stop selling pepperoni pizza’s they’ll do anything in their power to make sure you go out of business, then what should we call this? Blackmail? Censorship? Harassment? Extortion? or simply a trade embargo? - Divine Divinity Developer

I mean if you want to point out where exactly Breitbart issues a call to arms to apply pressure on EA or Visceral I'd be interested to see it.

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