The message threatened to rain gunfire and shrapnel upon a lecture by Sarkeesian, who created a feminist video blog and a video series on misogyny in video games. She was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m. at the Taggart Student Center Auditorium.
“A Montreal Massacre style attack will be carried out,” warned the message, sent to multiple departments and individuals around campus. “I have at my disposal a semi-automatic rifle, multiple pistols, and a collection of pipe bombs.”
Awfully formal English for a "USU student." Also a somewhat dated reference, for a USU student of the expected age, to the "Montreal Massacre." I suspect it is just more Gamergate blather, although it may be a false-flag operation.
It probably is just a threat. The Gamergate trolls have reached unbelievable levels with rape / death threats.
They could be empty words from behind a screen but they could also not be.
Good call on the massacre reference. I’d wager few American students of that age would make a reference like that. Although a gen-x Canadienne probably would...