Adam Baldwin, the actor (Firefly, Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard) turned activist who coined the Twitter hashtag “#GamerGate,” agreed to speak to the Raw Story about his perspective on the still-developing story. Baldwin asked that the interview be conducted on Twitter.

@AdamBaldwin What's the one thing you think the liberal media's gotten wrong about GamerGate? — Scott Eric Kaufman (@scottekaufman) November 10, 2014

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.@scottekaufman That question's at the root of your problem: "liberal media" should have been pursuing facts & truth, not a political agenda — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

@scottekaufman Its agenda's been to enforce arbitrary "social justice" rules upon gamers & the culture by stifling varying viewpoints. — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

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@scottekaufman By groupthink. Surely U've noticed the same narrative across your so-called "liberal media." Do you believe it's Coincidence? — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

@scottekaufman ezra klein's "the personal is political" exposes it. Gamers want to play good games. Leftist political crap should BTFO. — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

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@AdamBaldwin Why do you think leftists have become so incensed by GG? Extension of larger issues, or particular to gaming culture? — Scott Eric Kaufman (@scottekaufman) November 10, 2014

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@scottekaufman Because those leftists cannot resist the totalitarian impulse. The downfall of journalism has done the free world no favors. — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

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@AdamBaldwin When do you think this downfall began? — Scott Eric Kaufman (@scottekaufman) November 10, 2014

By way of answering, Baldwin pointed Raw Story to these tweets:

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@AdamBaldwin As to the 2nd link: Do you think GG amounts to younger leftists attacking establishment leftists instead of left v. right — Scott Eric Kaufman (@scottekaufman) November 10, 2014

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@scottekaufman Anti-GG's sweeping accusations of "MISOGYNY!", etc. against a broad, bipartisan demographic was toxic & self-defeating. — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

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Baldwin then added:

@scottekaufman Begin w/ 'John Dewey & the Decline of American Education.' Consensus process predetermination is journalistic malpractice. — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

@AdamBaldwin And that started with Dewey's educational reforms, not Hearst journalism during Spanish-American war 2 decades earlier? — Scott Eric Kaufman (@scottekaufman) November 10, 2014

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@scottekaufman Dewey et al. got to the children via government schools. Sound familiar? — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

@AdamBaldwin Hitler youth, yes, but how does that relate to journalism, outside of "most people have a public education"? — Scott Eric Kaufman (@scottekaufman) November 10, 2014

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@scottekaufman More like… Horkheimer/Lukács youth. It relates because it's recruited/indoctrinated kids to be political "Agents of Change." — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

@AdamBaldwin Old-Frankfurt-school style indoctrination, to get the kids to love liberalism and hate jazz? — Scott Eric Kaufman (@scottekaufman) November 10, 2014

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By which Baldwin meant, “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have,” the first “rule for radicals” penned by Saul Alinksy.

@AdamBaldwin What do you think "victory" for either side would entail? — Scott Eric Kaufman (@scottekaufman) November 10, 2014

@scottekaufman There will be no parade, if that's what you mean. But, Pro- #Gamergate has clearly won this skirmish in the long culture war. — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

@AdamBaldwin So you think GG effectively changed "the narrative" in a way that will have a lasting effect? — Scott Eric Kaufman (@scottekaufman) November 10, 2014

@scottekaufman Millions of young people now easily recognize the political jargon/attacks from the authoritarian Left. It's a breakthrough. — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

The topic of violence against critics of GamerGate supporters was not addressed in the interview.

UPDATE: Baldwin wrote Raw Story to note that he meant Alinsky’s fifth rule, not his first.

@scottekaufman Thanks. Meant Rule 5… Dogs were barking & distracting… — Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) November 10, 2014

UPDATE II: Baldwin took issue with the headline of this article, stressing that #GamgerGate is but small victory in a larger war: