Back then Gamergate was still stuck in a lolbertarian mindset and thought they could win points by pointing out the left's hypocrisy on race by calling them the 'real racists', so minorities who weren't retards were used in the "Not Your Shield" campaign. Ian, being asian, took advantage and made a name for himself as a 'based asian'.
He also leaned heavily on the "reformed SJW" thing to win people over in GG. Since places like KIA were big on still being "sane Leftists" that was a huge hopebringer that they could bring other Lefties from the extremism to prove their Leftism wasn't the problem, only the radicals.
Back then Gamergate was still stuck in a lolbertarian mindset and thought they could win points by pointing out the left's hypocrisy on race by calling them the 'real racists', so minorities who weren't retards were used in the "Not Your Shield" campaign. Ian, being asian, took advantage and made a name for himself as a 'based asian'.
He also leaned heavily on the "reformed SJW" thing to win people over in GG. Since places like KIA were big on still being "sane Leftists" that was a huge hopebringer that they could bring other Lefties from the extremism to prove their Leftism wasn't the problem, only the radicals.