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Game developer Chloe Sagal passed away

Страна Мечты

Страна Мечты

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Apr 1, 2018
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Chloe died from self-immolation after a targeted bullying campaign by the alt-right and GG.

The 31-year-old woman walked on crutches into a downtown Portland park. Minutes later, she set herself on fire.

Bystanders put out the fire that consumed Chloe Sagal, but she died from her injuries.

It was an act, witnesses and friends say, that was a political protest as well as a suicide.
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She was an indie game developer know for creating the game Homesick. And in 2013, Sagal, a transgender woman, became the target of hate mob Kiwi Farms, an online group New Yorker magazine described as "the web's biggest community of stalkers" that "specializes in harassing people they perceive as being mentally ill or sexually deviant in some way."
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sources:
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/06/woman_who_set_self_on_fire_in.html
http://www./news/article-5876485/Brilliant-tortured-31-year-old-transgender-artist-set-fire.html
 
Mariolee

Mariolee

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
10,310
God damn you gamergate and the alt right. Fuck this shit.

Rest in peace. I hope your message rings throughout the world and adds to the many other voices rising up. I am just sorry you had to make the message, and like this, in the first place because of these bastards.
 
CaughtBeing

CaughtBeing

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
162
Damn, fuck the stalkers and bullies. Fuck gg and alt right groups. Fuck em. Fuck their life. For goodness sake, just fuck em. Seriously, fuck em. Fuck them to oblivion. Also, anybody that are Keen on defending gg and alt right or thinking about going on off topic, fuck you and your shit.
 
Icemonk191

Icemonk191

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
3,814
Holy shit, that's fucking awful. May she at least be at peace now.

Also FUCK GG AND FUCK THE ALT-RIGHT!
 
EdibleKnife

EdibleKnife

Member
Oct 29, 2017
7,723
Rest In Peace
This needs to be on gaming side as well because there are still too many people who think GG and the alt-right are harmless buffoons. They are no doubt in their holes, cheering about this "victory".
 
A real sad boy

A real sad boy

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Oct 25, 2017
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Wasn't she the one that claimed Brianna Wu started a campaign labeling her as an abuser or is this misinformation?
 
Sgt. Demblant

Sgt. Demblant

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Oct 25, 2017
7,030
France
Self-immolation, my god.
May she rest in peace. What a tragedy and you just know that some of these fuckers are gonna be celebrating this.
 
Xaszatm

Xaszatm

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
10,903
Throw this in the face of every asshole who dares say the words: "ethics in games journalism". They don't care about ethics. They never did and never will.
 
Quacktion

Quacktion

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Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,479
This is not what I expected to read when I clicked on the thread. Just awful all around.
 

rude

Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,812
Isn't Kiwi Farms a GAF offshoot like Evilbore? Or did it exist before GAF?
 
Kitsunelaine

Kitsunelaine

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Oct 25, 2017
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Quacktion said:
This is not what I expected to read when I clicked on the thread. Just awful all around.
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It's good to mask it like this because the mention of suicide in a title is incredibly irresponsible because it could trigger someone's ideation. OP did a good thing. But that's the only good thing about the content of this shit. Ugh. :/
 
TissueBox

TissueBox

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Oct 25, 2017
10,030
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KojiKnight said:
First I've heard of them... but it feels like something we all should know about and find ways to counter. Absolutely disgusting, I hope they find a way to charge the members with manslaughter or worse.
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It's one of the corners of the internet that you kind of don't want to burst headlong in, the upper echelon of soap opera faction wars... it isn't the first time someone was pushed to a distressing point, either, but alas, that is the nightmare the internet can be at times. A glass in Chloe's memory; quite a dramatic way to go.
 
bricewgilbert

bricewgilbert

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
868
WA, USA
In her death she was advocating for solutions to homelessness, mental health and police malfeasance. I'm sure she would want that to be in the forefront of everyone's mind. Not just her bullies.
 
Don Fluffles

Don Fluffles

Member
Oct 28, 2017
7,061
This needs to be publicized more. This is evidence enough that the gaters and KiwiFarms need severe government intervention.
 
hjort

hjort

Member
Nov 9, 2017
4,096
Oh holy fuck, that's horrifying. Poor woman. You all know what I want to say about those goddamn bullies. Absolutely fucking worthless people. Worse than worthless, considering what they do.
 
CassCade

CassCade

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Nov 2, 2017
2,037
That is fucked up, how is that site still running, what they are doing is fucking illegal.

On side note, self immolation is a fucked up way to go, I know historically it has been used as a means of protest.
 
Absent

Absent

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Oct 26, 2017
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Several days before, on Saturday, police had taken her into custody after responding to a report that she wanted to harm herself.

She had a machete when officers arrived, but they defused the situation, according to Sgt. Chris Burley, Portland Police Bureau spokesman.
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When she was released, Sagal apparently had nowhere to go. The people who had been letting her live with them since March had decided they could no longer take care of her.

Friends say she was autistic, had physical difficulties, and struggled with mental illness. Many tried to help her, but they say the systems set up to help people struggling without a home and dealing with mental illness were unable to deal with her larger issues.

"I keep coming back to the fact that she had trouble communicating and approaching people and managing appointments and tasks," Luxton said. "There was no help available to her that did not begin with her having to magically overcome the same developmental disabilities that were hindering her from getting care."
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Maxey was sitting in the park across from the Multnomah County Courthouse on the warm afternoon, and she listened to Sagal.

Maxey said she agreed with what Sagal was saying, that people have a right to housing, that when some people go into police custody they end up being abused and hurt, that many people are jailed for crimes of necessity.
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Just heartbreaking.
 
Amiablepercy

Amiablepercy

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Nov 4, 2017
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Wow. So sad. She lived a very rough life. I wish she had been able to get help or found someone who could listen to her story before it ended too short. The people bullying her are subhuman.
 
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