The man told jurors he spent hours listening to far-right podcasts before breaking into the Pelosi home and attacking the then-Speaker’s husband with a hammer.

The man told jurors he spent hours listening to far-right podcasts before breaking into the Pelosi home and attacking the then-Speaker’s husband with a hammer.

  • stopthatgirl7@kbin.socialOP
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    11 months ago

    My brother in Christ, I was there watching it happen. I saw the sad, misogynistic weirdos who used it as an excuse to harass women or as a way to gain a platform (ie, Ian Miles Cheong, Miles Yiannoppoulos). So miss me with that. Hell, Cheong and I used to follow each other on Twitter before his heel turn during GG. So yeah. Miss me with that.

    • Tb0n3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Some people had different ideas about it but the vast majority that I saw were all about corruption in games journalism. Sure a lot of trolls got their start there too but it doesn’t mean that was the point.

      • djsoren19@yiffit.net
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        11 months ago

        The vast majority of the movement was misogynistic, but even the parts that were legitimately focused on corruption were focused on the AAA devs “paying” for preferential reviews of their garbage. That A. hasn’t stopped and B. had nothing to do with indie developers.

    • Zorque@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      Yes, those are the people who used it to gain clout. That doesn’t mean that’s not how it started, though. There was a loss of objectivity in game journalism due to personal relationships, then a bunch of mysoginistic shitbags took the bag and ran as far as they could so they could gain a podium to spout their hatred.

      It’s never just one thing.