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You can’t move in gaming industry circles on the internet without running into mention of #GamerGate, the civil war between gamers and the journalists who write about games.

Some argue that it is simply a case of women-hating male gamers, angry that they are being called out for sexism. Others that they've been uncovering corruption at the heart of the gaming industry which needs to be exposed.

We've come up with one simple test to see which it might be.

Go to the Github site where #GamerGaters are organising themselves - github.com/GamerGateOP/GamerGateOP

Click on the third link they suggest you read to get your essential background on what #GamerGate is - “GamerGate: A State of the union address”

Read the very first bullet point of this address:

We've got years of social justice ideologies, largely radical-feminist rhetoric, once thought safely contained within small blogging communities such as Tumblr, becoming more and more prevalent within games reporting.

Then ask yourself if a movement that chooses to make practically the first thing it wants you to read about "safely containing" feminism on Tumblr can have anything other than misogyny at its heart?