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[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Because you have allowed the social discourse to be dominated by authoritarians, and have not supported the voices of your fellows that fight against fascism, you are now being overrun by fascists.

Enjoy. You have no one to blame but yourselves.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

https://www.gameshub.com/news/article/australian-anti-porn-group-collective-shout-escalates-its-war-for-video-game-censorship-2736180

Collective Shout is a self-described feminist non-partisan organization, but has alleged ties with anti-trans and conservative organizations. The group has developed a reputation as a sort of puritan crusade that targets everything from Detroit: Become Human to Tyler, the Creator.

This one quote tells me what kind of people Collective Shout are. First, Collective Shout will go after the low hanging fruit and then will move to LGBT themed games.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's a hate group and Valve is caving to them.

[–] kshade@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That would mean that they actually are responsible. I don't think that's correct, at best they complained to payment processors to make them enforce their pre-existing bullshit rules. That's where the problem lies IMO, those corporations should not be allowed to ban paying for legal goods and services, especially since they have formed a cartel.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

There's ample evidence that a lot of recent self-identifying "feminist" grassroots organisations worldwide are fronts for (or sponsored by) christo-fascist organisations.

After gay marriage passed to widespread popular support in multiple countries, there was a whole considered and deliberate regrouping, where they identified trans rights and porn as wedge issues that they could present their bigoted view as a progressive one. That's why we're suddenly inundated with orgs like this one; they're posing as feminists and progressives but they're actually bigots trying to occupy progressive or mainstream spaces, and give shelter to bigotry in others.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

And yet when you call them out for co-opting the feminist label, instead of being outed by actual feminists, their detractors are publicly lambasted as being anti-feminist.

Mission accomplished

[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

People are blaming Collective Shout but crazy lobbying groups have always existed. Visa and Mastercard are solely responsible for acquiescing. Maybe it's time we stop caring so much what people on the political extremes have to say?

[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
Collective shout finacials
year: 2024
revenue: 458043
employee_expenses: 107000
other_expenses: 215488
net_surplus: 135555
employees: 
  total_fte: 2
  full_time: 0
  part_time: 1
  casual: 4
volunteers: 15
donations_and_bequests: 389800
government_grants: 0
commercial_income: 0
expense_to_revenue_ratio: "70.4%"
average_expense_per_employee: 39400

Leadership
- name: Melinda Tankard Reist
  role: Founder, Movement Director
  public_socials:
    - Twitter: @MelTankardReist
    - Instagram: @collective.shout
  public_email_address: Not publicly listed
  salary: Not publicly listed

- name: Caitlin Roper
  role: Campaigns Manager
  public_socials:
    - Instagram: @collective.shout
  public_email_address: Not publicly listed
  salary: Not publicly listed

- name: Renee Chopping
  role: Campaigns Strategy
  public_socials:
    - LinkedIn
  public_email_address: r******@collectiveshout.org
  salary: Not publicly listed

- name: Lyn Swanson Kennedy
  role: Campaigns Strategy
  public_socials:
    - Instagram: @collective.shout
  public_email_address: Not publicly listed
  salary: Not publicly listed

- name: Coralie Alison
  role: Movement Operations Manager
  public_socials:
    - Twitter: @CoralieAlison
    - Instagram: @collective.shout
  public_email_address: Not publicly listed
  salary: Not publicly listed
[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 17 points 2 days ago

It'd be kind of funny if some rep from steam just came out and said, 'Wait, the Aussies wanted this? Put it all back! Add on a few more new ones even. This won't stand.'

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 25 points 2 days ago

All I wanna know is how fucked up and perverted the porn that they watch is. Anyone taking this hard of a stand against something surely must be projecting.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 2 days ago

This group is shooting for very easy targets and they celebrate like they've won hard battles. It's self indulgent but ultimately unimportant, nothing of value was lost here. If they keep it up long enough and choose a target people are actually willing to fight for, things might turn out differently.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Simple fix is to call in suspicion of child porn on their computers. Their statement look a lot like projection to me.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

yeah it's hard to come to any other conclusion on people who constantly think and talk about pedophilia unprompted.

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Every accusation is a confession for these sex-negative types. The guy who shrieks the loudest about gender non-conforming people being abominable and vile is usually found 6 months later in Thailand smoking hash and hiring kathoey escorts.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Absolutely, and the scary part to me is how that projection includes LGBT folks also being child predators all the damn time.

It’s like they are a bunch of bisexual pedophiles who are repressed and angry, and they get jealous when they see other people giving in to the same desires. Or, as we see all the time, they assume somebody “giving in” to their homosexuality or gender dysphoria is also “giving in” to their pedophilia.

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 208 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"All these porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists so desperate to get their hands on rape-my-little-sister incest games they’re now exchanging clues on how to find them so that they don’t all die overnight," Collective Shout co-founder Melinda Tankard Reist tweeted

Ah, so this was a rational, scientific study-based campaign centered around ensuring the health and well-being of society, and not at all an emotionally-charged crusade to take material away from people you find repulsive based on content you personally object to. Got it.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 53 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Melinda speaks like she's on 4chan

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[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 32 points 3 days ago (6 children)

https://www.collectiveshout.org/ is the group.

https://www.collectiveshout.org/our_team and https://www.collectiveshout.org/collective_shout_board_members - Ensure their names and faces haunt them for every job they go for next.

https://www.collectiveshout.org/partners - Let them know your unhappy with this group that they are supporting.

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[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 57 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Alright, time to research and rat these idiots out. The fact that they tried to ban Detroit: Become Human is enough for me to know that they're not gamers at all and are just cookers.

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[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 148 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"All these porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists so desperate to get their hands on rape-my-little-sister incest games they’re now exchanging clues on how to find them so that they don’t all die overnight," Collective Shout co-founder Melinda Tankard Reist tweeted on July 18th.

She sounds deranged.

i wonder what her own perversion is. It's likely quite disturbing - nobody has that much anger and scorn over other people's sex lives and a healthy sex life of their own.

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[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 34 points 3 days ago (3 children)
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[–] some_guy 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Australian anti-porn group has too much power."

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] some_guy 2 points 1 day ago

Talk about braindead / misguided legislature.

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[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 87 points 3 days ago (5 children)

"Pro life feminist"

I give my left leg if this is not another TERF group

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[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 19 points 2 days ago

I'm just happy that for once it's not one of us Americans ruining things for everyone. Still part of the anglosphere, though, so not surprised.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (40 children)

Anti-Porn people are fascists PERIOD, oh I heard they (as in the group) like cuties.

We need to document these low-lives & make sure they never get employed ever again. (Because it's what they'd do)

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 115 points 3 days ago (22 children)

Australia is also the same place where they had to switch the word "drugs" out with "chems" in Fallout, and video games have to have green blood. That whole place is ass backwards and upside down, as one would expect given its geographical location.

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