Dude: GamerGate is fucking bullshit. 100%, top to bottom. Do you know why?



There’s no centralized hub. No code of ethics, no leader, no organization at all to what is even worse than armchair activism: It’s a hashtag sired “movement” that is utterly counterproductive because of the very nature of it’s creation.

If you openly associate with GamerGate, you aren’t clearly defining what your point is because there is no centralized message or head figure that is ultimately dictating what the movement is about. That’s why there are so many rancid, terrible people out there associated with the “movement”: No one of any integrity has made it something worth value. It’s still mostly associated with it’s most vocal, most destructive supporters.

If you have a problem with journalism and the gaming industry, all the more power to you. But don’t associate with GamerGate. Doing so is essentially sticking a sign on you pointing towards every misogynistic, under-read, blithering asshole out there that absolutely has no idea what they’re talking about, and saying “I’m With Them”.

Journalistic ethics, illegal/immoral business practices, feminism: These are all incredibly important issues. Those who approach these subjects need to have an open mind and a serious amount of respect for the issues, as well as the wherewithal to properly discuss them. So far, they have been handled with as much grace and respect from people on both sides of the fence as a five year old with a chainsaw. I’ve largely stayed out of the debate, but if you want to ask my honest opinion on #GamerGate? Well, there you go. It’s a fucking mess and, while I see the message, I would never associate with the label because it’s poisonous and doomed to fail.