3/ We're lucky that no one got killed, and the Proud Boys are endorsing the conspiracy theory that inspired this.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40372407 …
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4/ There were a lot of people celebrating Elizabeth King's return to Twitter yesterday. But it's not an accident that the Proud Boys are singling out the women who were celebrating King's comeback.pic.twitter.com/dqwmshlpKu
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5/ Pay attention to the language: "Daragatory [sic] against women... which is a protected class." The Proud Boys-- an
@splcenter-designated hate group-- are appropriating the language of social justice to silence their critics. These are the tactics of GamerGate all over again.pic.twitter.com/VMjCbZAjDr
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6/ In 2014, Intel pulled its ads from gaming news site Gamasutra after GamerGaters cried wolf and said they were getting "bullied" by gaming journalists who objected to their harassment and misogyny.https://gawker.com/how-we-got-rolled-by-the-dishonest-fascists-of-gamergat-1649496579 …
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7/ Milo Yiannopoulos capitalized on this misogynistic rage when he brought GamerGate to the alt-right by covering the story in Breitbart, titling the piece "Exposed: The Secret Mailing List of the Gaming Journalism Elite."pic.twitter.com/bpuCGWg1G4
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8/ And since 2014, we've seen a number of figures who became prominent during GamerGate cross over into the alt-right. Carl Benjamin, aka Sargon of Akkad, first gained notice with his GamerGate videos. He is now part of the anti-immigrant Ukip party.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/carl-benjamin-milkshake-salisbury-ukip-a8920846.html …
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9/ In March,
@NYCAntifa revealed that Matthew Warner, the second-in-command of the white nationalist Identity Evropa (recently rebranded as the American Identity Movement), got his start as a GamerGater and Milo fanboy.https://identifyevropa.org/matthew-robert-warner-gamergate-identity-evropa/ …1 reply 8 retweets 30 likesShow this thread -
10/ The online harassment of women, the recruitment of misogynists into the far-right, the dishonest play of pretending to be a minority class-- it's all there. GamerGate is happening again.
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11/ Extremism researcher
@ashkenaz89 was recently suspended for calling out neo-Nazi podcast host Alex McNabb's sock account, which used a softcore photo of an Asian woman and the display name "Kate Trask." Her crime? "Misgendering" McNabb.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1RzRhazhV0&t=473s …2 replies 15 retweets 48 likesShow this thread -
12/ The far-right is using an idiot's version of social justice to silence its critics. This is what happens when corporations strip social justice of its context and reduce an intersectionality to easily enforceable rules meant to quiet critics while keeping profits flowing.
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13/ Social media outlets need better moderation to protect marginalized people from harassment.
@TwitterSupport has been failing miserably.
We see independent voices silenced as the far-right games new enforcement rules.
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@TwitterSupport needs actual humans to review these cases. And those humans need to understand the context of how the far-right operates.4 replies 10 retweets 54 likesShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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