Yup. Gamergate was the preshow for the alt-right. Milo, Breitbart, etc., all made the transition seamlessly. Nobody involved in gg ever cared about games. They were experimenting & trying out tactics, before they started focusing on the only real game: politics.https://twitter.com/ErynnBrook/status/1080968316540248064 …
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What did the gamer gate/altright fascists discover with their experiments, you might ask? That it was trivially easy on the internet to dupe an army of men into parroting a nonsensical claim, AS LONG AS the claim was directed against someone from a marginalized group.
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In fact, they discovered, you could mobilize the duped army into actual action - harassing people, doxxing them, driving them from their homes - as long as the target was from a marginalized group.
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Congrats, gamergaters - either you’re a fascist, or you’re stupid enough to fall for one. Neither is a good look.
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Sarah Mei Retweeted Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真)
Yup. They chose games for a reason - it already had a history of harassment.https://twitter.com/lizthegrey/status/1080984506675486720 …
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We have memories, you know - those of us who’ve been here awhile. Go ahead & call it a ridiculous conspiracy theory - I’m sure several people in my mentions already have.
But I’ve been here longer than you think
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Replying to @sarahmei
It's a ridiculous conspiracy theory because the GG side of this happened entirely in open public forums and all available evidence does not support your claims
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Partially in open forums? Yes. Entirely? Ha ha ha ha NOPE Your type is the reason they were so successful. You were played like violin.
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There was literally an FBI investigation(that found nothing) GG had entire groups dedicated to finding and reporting harassnent(which were sometimes opposition, but usually third parties) Try harder
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So what were the private forums? And at what point in pestering people to care about game journalism did they get around to the real goal? "Okay, now send death threats to THESE WOMEN!"
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