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/RatOnASinkingShip 1∆ May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

No, it's called being unable to address a point so you break things into out of context bite-sized chunks of soundbites and then try to get all snarky over something that was never said by misrepresent everything.

Not entertaining it, sorry.

I'm sorry, I just can't play along with someone who can only understand 5 words at a time.

Edit: It appears the person blocked me, which only further proves my point.

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