I'm still convinced that Gamergate was a trial run to see if open misogyny could win widespread support in the west and be used to indoctrinate young men into far-right ideology.
It worked.
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I was there
Gamer gate started out as literally gamers being pissed about fraudulent game reviews before it got overrun by right wing assholes
I guess it was similar to occupy Wall Street that got overrun by leftist extremists that started adding so much other crap on top of the basic message that was intended that nothing happened except rich coked up banket laughing at them from a balcony
But yeah, gamergate was not organized with that intent, the actual initial intent was to get honest game reviews
I was there
So was I.
Maybe they seized on one dude being pissed at his ex and making some accusations as a catalyst, and I'm certain well meaning folks got caught up in something they weren't fully aware of, but that's sort of the point with this kind of op. No one approaches you online and says "do you want to attack feminist game developers and entertainment journalists as the opening salvo in a culture was that will install fascism in the west?"
Even if it was co-opted, it was co-opted very early on and that doesn't change what it was for most of its miserable time as part of the public consciousness or the damage it did.
The entire right wing, despite being the party of “personal responsibility”, despises accountability and oversight. From body cams on police to the IRS to voting system transparency.
The only thing men have ever protected in regards to women and children is eachother from accountability. Strange how almost every woman you know has been SAed but almost no men you know have been convicted. It’s almost like the system is working as intended
What accountability? They have no reason to be afraid.
They were afraid it would create accountability. So they fought to prevent that.
I, for one, am shocked!
Well shit, that was a absolute banger of an article. Thanks for posting it!
Whats up with all the weird spelling in that article? The = signs in place of letters are very prominent.
Is it some sort of anti-ai thing they're trying?
That's from the Epstein Files. The way they were pulled from the emails messed up the formatting so half the emails in the Epstein files have weird random equals signs.
This sounds more like a technical problem on your end.
Did you not even read the article you shared?
Ar= you sur=?