One of the features of GamerGate is that it includes people from every background imaginable. A survey on GamePolitics found a broad mix of liberals, conservatives, and libertarians. Gamers don’t care if you’re black, white, gay, straight, or disabled. All that matters is that you know how to game. They’ll even welcome right-wing bastards like me.
That kind of diversity and tolerance — the genuine kind — frightens cultural authoritarians, not just because they are so mercilessly intolerant to their opponents, but also because it undermines their view of the world. Gaming is that most hated of words in identity politics: a meritocracy. Who you are is unimportant. All that matters is what you know, what you can do, and if you’re being honest with yourself and others about those two things.I was aware of GamerGate from its early beginnings, but I didn't pay it the attention it was due until winter of 2014. They have succeeded in proving all of their detractors wrong, and, in spite of how the public perceives them, Western Civilization may well owe those neckbearded virgins a life-debt. GamerGate has accomplished what many thought impossible: halting the advance of SJWs and their cult of victimology. Something that the churches, academia, political figures, and cultural organizations were powerless against, has been put in check by what would strike many as the most unlikely of heroes. In hindsight however, the truth is clear.
"Never doubt that a small group of edgy, committed trolls can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." --Civis Silas, paraphrasing Margaret Mead
Finished reading SJWs Always Lie, working on a review. Also writing something else addressed to a certain SF author. More on the latter tomorrow, in the meantime consider the following:
"Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions."
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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