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    #GamingBytes: 'Red Dead Redemption 2' players excited to kill feminists

    Shuvrajit Das Biswas
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    Last updated on Nov 07, 2018, 12:30 am
    #GamingBytes: 'Red Dead Redemption 2' players excited to kill feminists
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  • 'Red Dead Redemption 2' is Rockstar's latest open world game that allows players to explore the Wild West and live the life of an outlaw.

    Set in 1899, the game's detailed realism includes women demanding their right to vote.

    However, players have reacted rather violently to this feminist demand, and they seem to be enjoying this violence.

    Read all about this disturbing behavior here.

  • In this article
    Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose What can happen to NPCs in open world games? The outrageous actions and responses of gamers The misogynist toxicity in the gaming community Asking for rights equals irritation for some gamers The hypocrisy underlying the YouTuber's comment The reality of violence against suffragettes, accurately portrayed by Rockstar Rockstar's portrayal of realism is hypocritical Choice is an illusion Art imitates life, sometimes disturbingly
  • The situation

    Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose

    Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose
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  • In-game, when players travel to Saint Denis, they will come across a suffragette demanding her right to vote.

    Notably, the game is set 20 years before US women could vote and suffragettes were feminists who advocated equal voting rights.

    As the woman stands on the street with a sash and sign, proclaiming 'Let Me Vote', players can interact with this NPC in various ways.

  • Information

    What can happen to NPCs in open world games?

  • An NPC is a non-player character, or someone gamers cannot play as in the game. However, open world games allow gamers to interact with NPCs and 'Red Dead Redemption 2' gives players the choice to talk to, rob, beat up or shoot almost any NPC.

  • Reactions

    The outrageous actions and responses of gamers

    The outrageous actions and responses of gamers
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  • Several gamers chose to interact with the suffragette in the worst manner possible.

    A YouTube streamer punched and knocked out the feminist and the video, titled 'Beating Up Annoying Feminist' became viral with over 1.2mn views.

    He followed it up with more gruesome ways of torturing her, feeding her to alligators and lassoing and leaving her on a train track to be run over.

  • Responses

    The misogynist toxicity in the gaming community

    The misogynist toxicity in the gaming community
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  • The gaming community is mostly misogynist leading to horrible responses.

    People said all feminists deserved such treatment.

    Joker Productions, with a YouTube channel having over 1,20,000 subscribers, said he was tired of her 'yapping' and shot her.

    Another user, SillyGoose, agreed to pre-order a game and season pass, even if it cost $60, just to torture the feminist through a full AAA game length.

  • Uploader's response

    Asking for rights equals irritation for some gamers

    Asking for rights equals irritation for some gamers
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  • The YouTuber, who uploaded the violent misogynist act, commented that he found the part 'funny'.

    He stressed on the 'annoying' nature of the suffragette who wouldn't let him shop peacefully, in-game, saying his video was meant as a joke but had evoked sexist comments and grievous offense among viewers.

    However, he refused to remove sexist comments despite disagreeing with them, unwilling to censor opinions.

  • Opinion

    The hypocrisy underlying the YouTuber's comment

    The hypocrisy underlying the YouTuber's comment
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  • The YouTuber categorized the suffragette as 'annoying' since her protests interrupted his conversation with the shopkeeper.

    However, feminists demanding voting rights regularly disrupted conversations, drawing attention to their movement.

    For someone unwilling to censor opinions in comments, he was rather willing to censor her opinion on voting.

    Perhaps, he should instead have appreciated Rockstar's portrayal of a feminist who disrupted everyday life, seeking equality.

  • Game accuracy

    The reality of violence against suffragettes, accurately portrayed by Rockstar

    The reality of violence against suffragettes, accurately portrayed by Rockstar
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  • Rockstar's game does not portray suffragettes neutrally and shows the very real threat of violence they faced.

    Apart from this NPC interaction which incited violent responses, the game has a mission where Arthur Morgan, the protagonist is tasked with accompanying and protecting a suffragette to a protest in Rhodes.

    This captures the historical accuracy, where suffragettes were often publicly beaten, imprisoned, and sexually assaulted.

  • Realism in game

    Rockstar's portrayal of realism is hypocritical

    Rockstar's portrayal of realism is hypocritical
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  • However, it would be remiss to defend Rockstar by resorting to the excuse of a realistic portrayal.

    Despite stressing on realism and player choices, Rockstar does limit actions.

    The ability to punch, kill a feminist must have been deliberately included, despite players being unable to sleep with sex workers even when offered services or unable to kill children, which points to unrealistic situations.

  • Do you know?

    Choice is an illusion

  • Rockstar's deliberate limitations of choices exclude violence towards feminists showing a disturbing misogyny underlying the game. Notably, Rockstar had also faced controversy during Grand Theft Auto III which allowed players to kill sex workers after sleeping with them, to take their money back.

  • Opinion

    Art imitates life, sometimes disturbingly

    Art imitates life, sometimes disturbingly
    Credits:
  • While RDR2 doesn't actively advocate misogyny, developers consciously chose to let players afflict violence on feminists.

    Games have become culturally integral and players exploited RDR2's option to be anti-feminist murderers, showcasing misogyny

    It's said that atrocities committed by us in our fiction are inner desires we cannot commit in controlled civilizations.

    In this light, Rockstar should note how it enabled disturbing behavior patterns.

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