Post 15

The King of Pol stream. Starts around the 13:00 mark.

That was major information. Here's a few points that need to be remembered before we draw too many conclusions.

First, Pol is a major "red pill" theorist. His analysis of situations is sharped by this. This method has its merits, but it can be shots in the dark, too.

There are many individuals named in this stream as being part of secret Skype groups. Some of these people had nefarious intentions, which were absolutely clear based on the chat logs. Note: there is no audio records of these groups, only the text from chat. Individuals in these groups have a variety of reasons for being there, such as being vocal on Twitter, YouTube, or other sites. Others are there because they focused on their own needs. It really doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter who is who. Why? Because there is a need to focus on two things: being transparent and continuing to email. Do not conflate individuals' statuses in a faceless consumer revolt with leaders. Some of these people are looking for an opportunity for themselves within or as a result of #GamerGate. That's fine. But be honest about it. If you aren't, you become the same monster that we are fighting right now. Do no replace a broken system with an equally broken system filled with equally corrupt people.

As always, I trust Pol. He had special access to these groups because the organizers believed Pol to be discrete with secret groups. That was a terrible error on those organizer's behalf. Truth minded people like myself, Pol, Internet Aristocrat, Sargon of Akkad, and RogueStar will let our friends burn if it means the vital truth comes out.

It comes down to this: we are a mass of individuals who are unfathomably diverse. We will not all get along. We can focus our energies on good things, like emailing, tweeting, and driving the conversation about the unethical nature of games media and those who slander gamers as a whole. Or bad things, like tearing each other apart for tangential connections to others who have bad intentions.

Pol did the right thing exposing. He was wrong to conflate participation in a group with agreeing with nefarious or "shill" intentions. Pol joined Sargon of Akkad's stream following the completion of his stream to confront both MundaneMatt and RogueStar on MundaneMatt's connections to these groups and the groups desire to attack RogueStar. To be blunt, Pol was a mess. He was all over the place, irritable, and cemented in his interpretation of data, making him unable to listen to RogueStar's statement that there is nothing to see here in regards to him and MundaneMatt. Pol apologized via Twitter to MundaneMatt personally and to #GamerGate as a whole for his actions.

Pol was right to share. Pol could have shared it better.

Now get back to those emails! Blizzard re: Polygon.

This was an unedited rant. @nrokchi