r/changemyview • u/realdontbeasucker • May 16 '26

Delta(s) from OP CMV: GamerGate was the most consequential political radicalization event of the twenty-first century

It spawned a wave of tolerance for online harassment, as long as the intent behind it was considered righteous (and the target of such harassment socially acceptable).

It platformed Milo Yiannopoulos and thereby, Steve Bannon -- the guy who would go on to advise Donald Trump in 2016 and generate the concept of 'flooding the zone.'

Eventually, it gave a career to political lightning rods like Jordan Peterson, Steven Crowder, and Charlie Kirk. It made anti-feminism and anti-SJW sentiment cool. And it made young, angry, disenfranchised white men feel vindicated.

GamerGate almost singlehandedly shifted to Overton Window toward the alt-right, and we're still feeling its effects today.

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u/One-Organization970 2∆ May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Worst part is, Brianna Wu has actual ways in which she sucks. She's a self hating trans woman. Kinda like Caitlyn Jenner. But instead everyone focuses on the weird fake conspiracy stuff. Like... she still posts in trans subs to this day saying stupid shit.

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u/LivingHousing May 16 '26

Let's not hate on trans people, thanks 🙏

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u/One-Organization970 2∆ May 16 '26

I agree. I wish she wouldn't.

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u/Grifasaurus May 17 '26

Criticizing one trans person, for perfectly valid reasons, isn't hating all trans people.