Anon succinctly describes why Gamergate was a big deal
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One big factor to the press reaction was the claim of misogyny and harassment. Didn't it start pretty close to when 'rape culture' was somewhat trendy talking point?
Calling criticism of a woman misogyny is always a trendy talking point.
It’s hilarious that it’s gotten to the point that, like accusing people of racism, people like me no longer give a flying fuck or care. The anti-racist and sexist movement single handedly brought back racism and sexism because demand outstripped the supply and caused a mass, worldwide number of people to start doing some noticing.
Yes. They overused the accusations, and threw words around like "fascist, misogynist, racist, sexist, pedo, Nazi, white supremacist, etc.etc." so much that they lost all meaning. The constant vitriol and labeling at people on the Right who disagreed with literally anything retarded has made me and many others completely numb to it.
Nah, "rape culture" had been a thing since the 70s when Feminists first started writing about it. It escaped containment to talk about the problem with prison (aka about men in a real sense) and then got taken back over by internet feminists in the early 00s.
By the time of GG it had actually fallen out of favor, along with a lot of more radical Tumblr Feminism in exchange for Intersectional Language.