I was there at the start, yes. I've been watching GG since the Zoepost first came out. I remember the 4chan bans and I remember when most discussion was happening in the comment section of KYM's article on the matter.

Once again, it was not about videogames, it was about videogame journalism - hence the name, Kotaku isn't a game - and related matters. As I already said, the whole thing expanded over time as people noticed that the same problems we originally noticed in the likes of Kotaku are present in other areas, including political journalism. The sub ended up about wokeism in general.

And once again, if you just want to talk about videogames, that's perfectly fine. There's a nonpolitical gaming .win. Go there. It seems to be decently active. There's nothing for you to gain by seething and coping in KiA2's comments because you don't like the content.