Last thoughts on Gamergate tonight. I used to be hardcore gamer back in the day. I loved the WWII shooters. First got into BF1942...
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Sometimes I'm astonished I didnt go alt-right like some people I knew. WWII imagery+video games+angry male resentment is potent combo.
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What saved me? Actually talking to people in the world. Getting involved in college w/ organizing. Building communities in the real world.
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It wasn't easy, but it made me realize some hard truths about gender, race, and power that I wasn't getting on the forums.
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It's one thing to pontificate online about shit to strangers (I'm doing it now!) Another to actually have to look people in the eye.
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All of this is why I'm generally unsympathetic to
#Gamergate. I left the scene a few years earlier, but it rang true to me:Show this thread -
The misogyny, the persecution complex, the self-satisfied intellectual musings about free speech online w/o the guts to do so in the world.
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It's one of the many reasons I loathe Trump and Trumpism, because I recognize it from my own past.
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