God damnit. Does she expect people to not threaten her after she made this huge loving deal about it?
She reviewed a game, the same as many a person had done before, except she started being threatened with death. Thats kind of a big loving deal, so yeah it makes sense she would be pissed off.
Like say you saw a blockland build that was making fun of black people and told the people on the server "this build is tribal". The people on the server then claim you are trying to destroy the server and hunt you down physically so they can make threats to you at your actual residence and they state they will kill you and such because you said that there was something that could be construed as inappropriate. Not only is that a big overreaction from the people on the server, but you would feel frightened for your life, and obviously would want people to know, hey there are people threatening to kill me so in case, you know, I die because I said something they didn't like, you know its going to happen.
Its not her making a big deal, its protecting herself.
honestly its annoying that people expect me to pretend like anita sarkeesian isnt garbage just because shes getting death threads
I really have never understood how people have this opinion of her. She never comes off as condescending or angry or abusive in her videos. While she does pick at specific cases, she is brings up the fact that these are the specific cases she has identified in the games she has played.
Meanwhile you have people like Yahtzee and Jimquisitor screaming and cursing and saying the nastiest of filth while complaining almost always about the same problems in games. And yet these people recieve no threats of rape or death, people infact laud their abusive style as entertainment.
The fear people have with that what they might hold to be true might not be, and how much people cling to and respond to that fear is at the heart of the issue right now. There is no reason for this attitude towards people who are honostly trying to provide you with a better and more diverse play experience.