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Brianna Wu Blames GamerGate For Something Awful Plotting To Kidnap Pet Dog
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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](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/691/215/331.png "What the actual f--- are we supposed to do about this")
![-] UnbowedUncucked 38 points 1 day ago It's funny how people who dismissed GG was "lol 'videogame journalism', seriously!??!" are now learning that everything we uncovered applies 100% to the regular MSM and politicians, too ink embed parent -1 C4Cypher "Privilege" is just a code word for "Willingness to work hard" 30 points 1 day ago The sad thing is that most people who notice will never make the connection with GG. I would very much like to be proven wrong on perma this ink embed parent I-1 GGKotakuGG Metalhead poser- Buys his T-shirts at Hot Topic 28 points 1 day ago In my experience most people lack either the capability or the inclination to take knowledge gained from one experience and apply it to similar experiences Especially when the differences are superficial The more superficial the differences, the dumber people are Even if it's the exact same thing underneath, if it looks different even slightly, people are thrown completely for a loop Journalism is no different. The difference in topics is enough to render most people dumb and ignorant even though it's still just "taking information from a source and spreading it further" regardless of whether it's about politics or video games Even many competent, skilled, and otherwise intelligent people fall victim to this As intelligent as the human species is, it's really f------ dumb and has some fatal flaws in perception and comprehension A lot of "Orwellian" things are the result of this-Presentation is everything People will gleefully support things that will hinder or harm them, if you present it as something that will help them Change nothing about its actual functions and intended goals, but flip the perspective and present it differently, and suddenly people treat it as something entirely different "Ohhh we're not discriminating against white people, we're empowering PoCs" We're not unfairly victimizing falsely accused men, we're supporting and bringing justice to victims of r---!" People buy that s--- because, for whatever reason, the human species is really really really f------ dumb when it comes to such superficial changes Edit: Hell, racism is another good example. People superficially associate "racism" with whites discriminating against blacks, so even hardline republicans will call blacks discriminating against whites "reverse racism" because the concept is sitting in their perceptive blind spot. perma perma ink embed parent](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/180/730/f48.png "KIA explains why \"who cares about video games journalism?\" is the creed of idiots.")
