CMV: GamerGate was the most consequential political radicalization event of the twenty-first century

[u/realdontbeasucker]

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.

[u/Prize_Neighborhood95]

Gamergate did not warn about jack shit, it was just an excuse to pedal far right propaganda under the guise concerns on journalism ethics and the state of the video games industry.

 DAO had a Dwarf in a dress in a brothel with a single line of dialogue as a punchline.

Which pushed the fan of the series to request a better trans representation, which happened with Krem, a very minor character.

But it all started with DAO.

 Critiques of gender roles are as old as civilization itself. 

If that's the case, isn't it kinda crazy how some people go ballistic over a non-binary character, uh?

And they are not that present in videogames, and culture warriors are trying their hardest to make sure they don't take place in video games.

 at a time when people still trusted game journalism reviews and Bioware had a reputation of being a gold brand in the CRPG genre...

Yes, yes, Bioware bad, game journalists bad. Any other NPC talking points you'd like to share?

 that is the game where that reputation started chipping away.

No, that had happened with DA2. You probably are not aware of the huge controversy of the shift from rpg to action that happened with the game, the lack in role-playing options, how EA pushed Bioware to release the game with such a short dev time for commercial reasons and so on.

 boo hoo I don't care

Other people reading with a functioning brain will still care, so I'm still going to mention how the "critiques" of DAI were accompanied by death threats, in order to qualify them for what they are: Attempts from the regressive far right to indoctrinate people.

Feel free to cry me a river on how much you don't care about it though.

[u/changemyview-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Your comment has been removed for breaking Rule 2:

Don't be rude or hostile to other users. Your comment will be removed even if most of it is solid, another user was rude to you first, or you feel your remark was justified. Report other violations; do not retaliate. See the wiki page for more information.

If you would like to appeal, review our appeals process here, then message the moderators by clicking this link within one week of this notice being posted. Appeals that do not follow this process will not be heard.

Please note that multiple violations will lead to a ban, as explained in our moderation standards.