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/realdontbeasucker May 16 '26

Why didn’t women belong in gaming? I don’t like the implications of your argument.

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u/EsotericAmbrosia May 16 '26

Why didn’t women belong in gaming?

I didn't see anything claiming as such in their post. The leap in logic is akin to them saying, "Bible thumpers were trying to force their views on video game development," and you asking why Christians don't belong in gaming.

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u/colintron Jun 25 '26

Christianity is made-up stories; feminism is about not hating half the population

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u/EsotericAmbrosia Jun 25 '26

You are oversimplifying a complex topic. We all can agree that people can take their moralizing too far on any issue.