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The Problem with Political Extremes A Gamergater Analysis Cross Section Political Sphere Ri 18 Center Far right/left Far-Far- Left Turned 18 nter Definitions The far left and far right are more similar that you Far Right: Religious Fanaticism, authoritarian method might think! Similarities - Members act with zealotry in regards to ideology - Thinks "non-believers" are unworthy of debate - Thinks neutrals are part of or give way to the "non- believers - Censor critics by banning them from speaking or ensuring they are marginalized - Spread ideology to others in order to "save" them from Far Left: Radical Feminists obsessed with eliminating gender role obsessed with "oppression" and political correctness, totalitarian methoc s, SJW's oppression . -Obsessed with ideology to the point of injecting it anywhere they can - Condemn others of immoral behavior while usually engaging in immoral behavior in private - Believe their ideology is the only way that is correct to follow - Feels the need to protect females from the "male gaze". - Constantly intercedes of behalf of females in attempt to defend them and solve their problems for them - Willing to sacrifice truth and objectivity in order to maintain conformance to ideology - Regards those not in the ideology as "unclean" (neclk beard, shitlord, infidel, get it?) - Declares moral outrage at the most innocuous of events. - Pushes ideology on disintereseted third parties Now imagine if the current "Anti-Gamergate" aroup were aiven a piece of land to live on and practice their beliefs as they see fit... getting a good picture yet? LISTEN AND BELIEVE It's much more important than only about ethics in game journalisn #Gamergate

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Gamergate (harassment campaign) Article Talk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Gamergate (disambiguation). Gamergate or GamerGate (GG)[¹] was a loosely organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. [2][³] It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and 2015.[1][4][5][6] Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, among others.[7][8][9][10][11] The harassment campaign included doxing, r--- threats, and death threats.[12][13][14] Gamergate proponents ("Gamergaters") stated that they were a social movement, but lacked well-defined goals, a coherent message, and leaders, making Gamergate difficult to define.[15][16][17] Gamergaters claimed to promote ethics in video games journalism, claimed to be protecting the "gamer" identity, and opposed what they asserted as "political correctness" in video games.[18][19][20][21][22] Read Date Target Gamergate, online harassment campaign in 2014-15 that targeted women in the video game industry. The attacks were attributed largely to white male right-wing gamers who railed against the rise and influence of women and feminism in the industry. Gamergate served as a recruiting tool for the growing alt-right movement and helped spur the online “Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which soon spawned the wider QAnon conspiracy movement. …………………………....…..……….…..... Attack type Victims Motive View source Inquiry XA 28 languages ✓ Perpetrators Internet trolls, particularly from 4chan, Internet Relay Chat, and 8chan View history Tools ✓ Gamergate August 2014 - 2015 Women in the video game industry See all media Online harassment campaign Zoë Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu, and others Gamergaters created conspiracy theories falsely accusing Quinn of an unethical relationship with video game journalist Nathan Grayson.[23][24][25] More broadly, they alleged unethical collusion between the press and feminists, progressives, and social critics.[17][26] [27] These claims were widely dismissed as trivial, conspiracy theories, baseless, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics in gaming and journalism.[28] [29][30] Gamergate supporters frequently denied that the harassment took place, falsely claiming it to be manufactured by the victims.[31][32] Misogyny anti-feminism anti- progressivism FBI investigation Gamergate has been described as a culture war over cultural diversification, artistic recognition, feminism in video games, social criticism in video games, and the social identity of gamers.[28][33] [34] [35] Many supporters of Gamergate opposed the increasing influence of feminism and so-called "social justice warriors" on video game culture. [2][36] Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. [37] [38] [39] [40] Gamergate has been viewed as a contributor to the alt-right and other right- wing movements.[21][41] Video game developer Brianna Wu
Jalen Hutchinson Studied Culinary Science at Culinary Institute of America (Graduated 2014). Author has 304 answers and 740.1K answer views. 5y Not that I care that much either way, but it did expose a lot of corrupt game developers and game journalists. X Journalists would make claims of people like Anita Sarkeesian "playing video games all her life" when she openly admitted many times she is not a gamer and only starter recently (when it wasn't for an interview). Various developers trading sex or money for good reviews got exposed, journalists who accepted got exposed. People became a bit more critical about supporting a game just because the developer has a victim complex stating tat their game could have only failed because of sexism, instead of their own poor developing skills. What really sealed the deal was opposition often faking their own harassment. Anita sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn have been caught multiple times screenshotting "harassment" while showing that the harrasser's account name in the login. Or when someone called the police to help Sarkeesian against a "very real threat" she was posting about, only for police to find the harasser's messages were coming from her IP address. I just want honesty from the community, and the lies were mostly exposed by the "dreaded" gamergate. 1.3K views • View upvotes 26
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I do try to bring this up when people say "its about ethics in journalism." I think GG is about ethics in journalism and this^ (and maybe a little bit about bullying/stereotyping/scapegoating).

I'd be fine if the SJWs just wanted to claim their niche in the gaming industry and make the games they want to play. Hell, maybe AAA devs would get in on the action too, that's fine. Capitalism intensifies, right? I mean, in the music industry, there have been plenty of bands that have had a clear political agenda and still were successful. Rage Against the Machine have raged all the way to the bank writing songs about how evil whitey is.

They just need to drop this whole "the entire industry needs to change to comply with our views even though we constitute a very small portion of the consumer base." If you don't like something, don't spend your money on it. I don't like Top 40 pop music or sappy rom coms, so I don't spend my money on those things. I'm not going to start a movement to try and get those things removed entirely because they aren't my cup of tea.

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