If youβre wondering how Twitch intersects with murderous rightwing terrorism, itβs time for a refresher on the Ruby Ridge of online violence: Gamergate. And why it never went away, with β¦@BriannaWuβ© https://t.co/9zP4DOwwU8
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) May 15, 2022
The G*mers Are Rising Up
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Unironically G*mergate led to the radicalization of a generation of men. So many guys were content to just sit around playing video games and not caring about politics, when suddenly they all learned that journ*lists are evil and that the establishment hates them. The most rightoid demographic could have been left completely uninvolved in politics, but women and minorities just had to come and get involved in video games and then g*mers elected Trump as revenge.
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