Escapistmagazine.com is a site for video game reviews and all sorts of other nerdy coolness. A lot of left wing social justice warriors are outraged that the site recently hired @TheBrandonMorse and @lizzyf620 as contributors. The outrage flows from the #GamerGate controversy where some gamers are rebelling against the forces trying to mandate politically correct speech codes.

Hey all! Happy to announce that I’ll be writing at @TheEscapistMag and @everyjoedotcom. Keep an eye out for my weekly columns! — Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) February 19, 2015

I just ask that everyone wait, and decide on the quality of my work after it appears, versus who you think I am or what you think it will be — liz f (@lizzyf620) February 21, 2015

Wait. That would be rational. The Left can’t abide rational.

So @TheEscapistMag is now a right-wing nerd website. Welp, assholes found their niche I guess. — Bruno Dion (@brunodion) February 21, 2015

So @TheEscapistMag decide they want to step away from being politicised by… Hiring right wing reactionaries who support harassment. Huh. — Kayleigh Anne (@Ceilidhann) February 21, 2015

@YahtzeeCroshaw can you please fuck @TheEscapistMag off like everyone else of worth has? It's just a circle jerk of right-wing cunts now. — KantSmasher (@KantSmasher) February 18, 2015

Hey @TheEscapistMag hires transphobic pieces of shit sooooooooo don't visit them anymore that'd be cool — Brennan (@doctorblurg) February 22, 2015

Well, no more @TheEscapistMag for me! [Tip, GG, this is how you deal with sites you don't like: you don't visit them. Simple!] — Jenni Goodchild (@PixieJenni) February 21, 2015

Simply put, I won't support a site that hires a transphobic writer and @TheEscapistMag has done just that. — Jenni Goodchild (@PixieJenni) February 21, 2015

Transphobic Brandon Morse and AVfM writer Lizzy join @TheEscapistMag which are two VERY valid reasons to boycott the site. SIGNAL BOOST — The Scarlet Bitch (@ashleylynch) February 21, 2015

@ashleylynch I like and post once in a while at @TheEscapistMag but… Nope. I'm outta there now until those assholes are gone. — MadJack (@TheMadJack) February 21, 2015

The Left is all about tolerance and inclusion … of whatever they agree with. Everyone else must be silenced.

Thankfully, not all the reaction was negative.

I'd forgotten to do this, congrats to @lizzyf620 and @TheBrandonMorse for the new positions at @TheEscapistMag! pic.twitter.com/3Qj9a9O1QI — Totally A Bird (@AaronMar94) February 22, 2015

.@TheBrandonMorse Congrats on your gig at @TheEscapistMag. It’s one of my regular visits! — Jimmie (@jimmiebjr) February 21, 2015

@TheBrandonMorse Funny. I just had a brief convo about how I’d love to see more non-leftist voices there…then BANG! — Jimmie (@jimmiebjr) February 21, 2015

@jimmiebjr It’s caused quite the butt hurt. — Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) February 21, 2015

It always does.

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