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I tried to keep a running total of the lies in this piece by @MollyMcKew but lost count:
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#Pizzagate
#qanon
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#Pizzagate
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@MollyMcKew 'if you accept the core definition of terrorism as "the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims,"'
I do.
I do.
"...then there are few terms more apt to describe what this group has unleashed against their fellow Americans."
@Cernovich got James Gunn fired for being a pedo. You made the rules - "you get fired if we don't like what you say" - so we get to use them too.
#gamergate
#qanon
@Cernovich got James Gunn fired for being a pedo. You made the rules - "you get fired if we don't like what you say" - so we get to use them too.
#gamergate
#qanon
More than 4 years after it started, I often hear people ask what #GamerGate is, and many around them won't know, either. I’ve been part of GamerGate since August 2014, so I can provide a summary of it. 1/
An anti-gamer bias was present in the media long before GamerGate, with Grand Theft Auto being blamed for mass shootings, and gamers being called "entitled" for disliking the poorly rebooted DmC. The strongest anti-gamer stance was taken by journalists at gaming publications 2/
like Kotaku, Polygon, Ars Technica, Gamasutra, among others. No one expected gaming outlets to bear so much hatred toward video game culture when Eron Gjoni's famous blog post went public. Eron described his struggle with his then girlfriend, Zoe Quinn, who had gaslighted him 3/
1.) Okay, the jabroni in these photos - note the identical ear and eyebrow shape in both - is an @Boston_FS member called "Chest." His real name is Trevor Carey, and he lives in the Stoughton, MA area, formerly Shrewsbury. And he's bad news. But there's SO. MUCH. MORE. <thread> 
2.) P.S. On the left in that photo above is Chris Hood (red hat) from @PatriotFront_ and on the right is @Resist_Marxism's Mark Sahady (grey hat), btw. Even a random photo will show you how connected these groups are.
3.) The tl;dr-- Trevor is a violent racist, he carries a concealed handgun and knife to protests, he's been arrested for pulling a gun on a protester, and he's a believer in "MGTOW," which the @SPLCenter has classed as a "hateful ideology advocating for the subjugtion of women."
😎JohnMcCain😎
📌In death, Sen. John McCain is about to exact revenge on Trump
📌#GamerGate > #4Chan > Alt R > #QAnon > #Twitchy > (etc) = #TrumpRussia
📌#Religion and #MoneyWashing... Not so strange bedfellows.
In death, John McCain shows a virtuous alternative to Trump
📌In death, Sen. John McCain is about to exact revenge on Trump
📌#GamerGate > #4Chan > Alt R > #QAnon > #Twitchy > (etc) = #TrumpRussia
📌#Religion and #MoneyWashing... Not so strange bedfellows.
In death, John McCain shows a virtuous alternative to Trump
🙏🏽JohnMcCain🙏🏽
PBO, who beat Mr McCain to the WH in 2008, said they shared a "fidelity to something higher".
GWB described him as "a patriot of the highest order".
Condolences pour in after the death of John McCain
John McCain to Lie in State at Capitols in DC and Az
PBO, who beat Mr McCain to the WH in 2008, said they shared a "fidelity to something higher".
GWB described him as "a patriot of the highest order".
Condolences pour in after the death of John McCain
John McCain to Lie in State at Capitols in DC and Az
🇺🇸JohnMcCain3🇺🇸
The death of Sen. John McCain marks the passing of a man, an American patriot & a politician whose record of service to country will always be his defining attribute.
We must ensure his legacy of bi-partisanship & patriotism endures into the future.
The death of Sen. John McCain marks the passing of a man, an American patriot & a politician whose record of service to country will always be his defining attribute.
We must ensure his legacy of bi-partisanship & patriotism endures into the future.
The alpha version of the CBC #GamerGate Archive has now been assembled. It contains audio, video, articles, screen captures, and related documents covering 97% of all known material from Canada's national broadcaster referring to us and weighs in at around 4.6 GB. 1/2
Some tentative statistics (covering all CBC media):
- Hit pieces or significant mentions: 29
- Gamedrops: 10
- Ombudsman reviews: 8
- Related incidents: 3
- Trivial mentions: 4
- Missing hit pieces with no known archives: 2
More material will be slowly added. #GamerGate 2/2
- Hit pieces or significant mentions: 29
- Gamedrops: 10
- Ombudsman reviews: 8
- Related incidents: 3
- Trivial mentions: 4
- Missing hit pieces with no known archives: 2
More material will be slowly added. #GamerGate 2/2
Some more statistics courtesy of the CBC:
- Number of Brianna Wu interviews: 4
- Number of Anita Sarkeesian interviews: 3
- Number of Zoe Quinn interviews: 1
- Number of Ashley Lynch interviews: 1
- Number of Felicia Day interviews: 1
Poor neglected @GMShivers. ;_; #GamerGate :(
- Number of Brianna Wu interviews: 4
- Number of Anita Sarkeesian interviews: 3
- Number of Zoe Quinn interviews: 1
- Number of Ashley Lynch interviews: 1
- Number of Felicia Day interviews: 1
Poor neglected @GMShivers. ;_; #GamerGate :(
Trying to drive a wedge between the concept of "gamers" and the concept "#GamerGate" was successful, which is why they can get away with writing articles like this.
Try this frame:
"Gamers were angered by the #GamerGate scandal".
Move away from "gators".
Try this frame:
"Gamers were angered by the #GamerGate scandal".
Move away from "gators".
To address the article:
Gamers learned that none of these blogs (they're bloggers, folks, not journalists) care about "journalistic ethics" codes. They care about bad PR that affects their brand or bottom line.
Since IGN fired the guy, sufficient bad PR was clearly generated.
Gamers learned that none of these blogs (they're bloggers, folks, not journalists) care about "journalistic ethics" codes. They care about bad PR that affects their brand or bottom line.
Since IGN fired the guy, sufficient bad PR was clearly generated.
I would hesitate to say "IGN did the ethical thing" or other platitudes like that. IGN reacted to public pressure.
Blogs have two options to deal with scandals: damage control, or addressing it head on. Most choose the former, because SocJus is a PR racket. IGN chose the latter.
Blogs have two options to deal with scandals: damage control, or addressing it head on. Most choose the former, because SocJus is a PR racket. IGN chose the latter.
While it's still in its early planning stages, my proposal for "Operation Canadian BaCon II" is ready. Read more about it here: reddit.com/r/KotakuInActi…
The CBC Boss Battle is coming in the Summer of 2019. Be prepared! :)
#GamerGate #ComicsGate #NotYourShield
The CBC Boss Battle is coming in the Summer of 2019. Be prepared! :)
#GamerGate #ComicsGate #NotYourShield
The alpha version of the CBC #GamerGate Archive has now been assembled. It contains audio, video, articles, screen captures, and related documents covering 97% of all known material from Canada's national broadcaster referring to us and weighs in at around 4.6 GB. 1/2
Some tentative statistics (covering all CBC media):
- Hit pieces or significant mentions: 29
- Gamedrops: 10
- Ombudsman reviews: 8
- Related incidents: 3
- Trivial mentions: 4
- Missing hit pieces with no known archives: 2
More material will be slowly added. #GamerGate 2/2
- Hit pieces or significant mentions: 29
- Gamedrops: 10
- Ombudsman reviews: 8
- Related incidents: 3
- Trivial mentions: 4
- Missing hit pieces with no known archives: 2
More material will be slowly added. #GamerGate 2/2
We call them “game journos”
The comments are the usual mental cripples patting themselves on the back
Exhibit A: “What do you mean I need evidence for my bullshit theories I denigrate half the population with?”
Exhibit A: “What do you mean I need evidence for my bullshit theories I denigrate half the population with?”
Exhibit B: “People criticizing retardation means the retardation must be right! Btw I’m a good kind of man, not like the bad kind”
So the ADL is quietly infiltrating the gaming industry to use games as a propaganda tool.
They parrot Gamers Are Dead in the very first line.
They call #GamerGate a controversy in one breath, then say it was about MUH harassment in the next.
So, Schreier (Winner of the Prestigious Kunkel Award) is lying. Of course he is. He's a GameJourno,
Let's talk about the history of the Society of Professional Journalists involvement in the movement for Ethical Game Journalism that was part of what is called "#GamerGate"
Let's talk about the history of the Society of Professional Journalists involvement in the movement for Ethical Game Journalism that was part of what is called "#GamerGate"
Back in the days of Operation Disrespectful Nod, some softhearted people thought that getting the Society for Professional Journalism involved with their quest for ethical game journalism would have some kind of positive effect.
1/ I shouldn’t comment on @DouthatNYT’s terrible piece arguing that Incel men have a right to sex workers and sex robots. It’s embarrassingly bad.
But it’s also missing the point. And as someone that has met many #gamergate members at my college talks, I want to tell you why.
But it’s also missing the point. And as someone that has met many #gamergate members at my college talks, I want to tell you why.
2/ The majority of Gamergate/Incel men I’ve met share these personality traits.
✅ Undersocialized
✅ Awkward around women
✅ Incapable of understanding how their words/actions make women uncomfortable
✅ Blame others for the social isolation that is a consequence of this
✅ Undersocialized
✅ Awkward around women
✅ Incapable of understanding how their words/actions make women uncomfortable
✅ Blame others for the social isolation that is a consequence of this
3/ Really great example. One Alt-righter disrupted one of my college talks by asking a “question” that was a long, sexist monologue.
After my talk, he followed me to my car, continuing to try to “debate” me.
I was worried I’d be murdered. He had no idea I was uncomfortable.
After my talk, he followed me to my car, continuing to try to “debate” me.
I was worried I’d be murdered. He had no idea I was uncomfortable.
I accidentally ran across various and sundry bots while searching on the #GamerGate hashtag, so here's a quick thread.
Searching the most recent 10 days worth of #GamerGate tweets for accounts that tweet 24/7 and have used the hashtag more than once in that timespan yields 20 accounts.
This table shows the apps/services used to post the automated tweets to these accounts. Cheap Bots Done Quick and twittbot are both services where one can configure one's own Twitter bot; we will likely look at these in more detail later.
1) @mombot @stillgray @GamingAndPandas @LunarArchivist @kukuruyo @Grummz @guscraw I have this pet theory that Zoe Quinn is ultimately responsible for Trump winning the presidency. Not singlehandedly, but she was the lynchpin. And this may also have led to Brexit as well.
2) So let's start with the basics. Zoe makes a twine thingy, 'Depression Quest'. Not much of a game, but it isn't absolute garbage either - just a forgettable VN. She releases it, and predictably, nothing happens. Until suddenly, it receives rave reviews.
3) Gamers are intrigued. The indie scene was really coming into its own around this time period, so they assumed this was another gem by a creative developer. And thus, sales of the game got boosted, by people wanting to see what all the fuss was about.
Right, Mike's official statement on #KingdomComeDeliverance by @WarhorseStudios. Expect to get my head metaphorically kicked in, but here goes. A series of points...
#KingdomComeDeliverance came under fire for a perceived lack of ethnic representation in the game prior to release - no People of Colour, etc. You've got a lot of blogs like this. newnormative.com/2018/02/07/kin…
One of the @WarhorseStudio devs, and #KingdomComeDeliverance's creative directors, @DanielVavra was also accused of supporting #GamerGate, and, well, leaned into that... 
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@drawandstrike
Gamergate was the 1st battle in the great culture war of the 21st century
and
it was the 1st one in which the Nerds won
.
.
convincingly
👇
drawandstrike.blogspot.com/2015/01/why-ga…
@drawandstrike
Gamergate was the 1st battle in the great culture war of the 21st century
and
it was the 1st one in which the Nerds won
.
.
convincingly
👇
drawandstrike.blogspot.com/2015/01/why-ga…
2/
There should be 1000x books on this - and maybe there will be -
but for this Tweetstorm
we are only focusing on one article by
@drawandstrike
why?
Bc it's from 2015, he's smart, and he's not MAGA
👇
drawandstrike.blogspot.com/2015/01/why-ga…
There should be 1000x books on this - and maybe there will be -
but for this Tweetstorm
we are only focusing on one article by
@drawandstrike
why?
Bc it's from 2015, he's smart, and he's not MAGA
👇
drawandstrike.blogspot.com/2015/01/why-ga…
3/
WHY #GAMERGATE HAS WON,
IS WINNING,
AND WILL CONTINUE TO WIN
--- this was written in 2015 ---
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drawandstrike.blogspot.com/2015/01/why-ga…
WHY #GAMERGATE HAS WON,
IS WINNING,
AND WILL CONTINUE TO WIN
--- this was written in 2015 ---
👇
drawandstrike.blogspot.com/2015/01/why-ga…
1 REPOSTING MEGA THREAD: On IMPOSTERS & COLLABORATORS who undermine #Resistance
2 PART 1- RECOGNIZING imposters & collaborators & their motives.
3 My father passed an anti-Fascist legacy with a duty to speak up when someone’s dignity is under attack.
