Meaning of Gamergater | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person involved in the Gamergate harassment campaign.
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2. Alternative letter-case form of Gamergater.
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Examples

“He credits GamerGaters with organizing a revolt against a deeply unsatisfying marketplace by loyal consumers who deserve⟳ better.”

“Gamergaters have⟳ hurt⟳ people, and they've driven people out of games.”

“"But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and 'woke' dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate⟳ on the all-female 'Ghostbusters' and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay⟳."”

“Harassment campaigns using the hashtag #GamerGate claimed, in part, to be a response to ethical shortcomings in games journalism; many Gamergaters criticized what they call⟳ “social justice warriors” in the gaming industry […]”

“On Twitter, for instance, Gamergaters flooded the mentions of particular users as a form⟳ of harassment.”

“Various concern⟳ trolls repeatedly explained why #GamerGate needed a leader and how #GamerGate would never accomplish anything or be respected without a leader, concerns that were generally blown off with multiple GamerGaters declaring that they were the leader of #GamerGate or denouncing the concern⟳ troll as a shill, which is GG parlance for an individual who is not to be trusted.”

“Some of the outrage is no doubt⟳ deserved—I have⟳ no patience for bigots myself, and better Social Justice Warriors than GamerGaters scared of vaginas or psychopaths voicing vendettas against wives on The Sopranos and Breaking Bad.”

“It [8chan] has also become⟳, reports New York Times journalist Kevin Roose, ‘an online home’ for another collection of misogynists who are to sexual entitlement what the GamerGaters were to authority entitlement: a group who label⟳ themselves ‘incels’—involuntarily celibate.”

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