The man told jurors he spent hours listening to far-right podcasts before breaking into the Pelosi home and attacking the then-Speaker’s husband with a hammer.

The man told jurors he spent hours listening to far-right podcasts before breaking into the Pelosi home and attacking the then-Speaker’s husband with a hammer.

  • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    21•1 year ago

    I watched whatever Gamergate was erupt on that other site.

    I still have no idea what Gamergate is or was. At the time I had no idea what was satire, what was real, what was under Poes law.

    I know it happened. I know I was present for it. I do not understand it.

    • @odelik@lemmy.today
      39•1 year ago

      Misgony.

      From a high level.

      • Woman creates a video game about her personal struggles with depression.
      • Got favorable reviews, some from notable game reviewers.
      • Ex-boyfriend of woman posts a blog post and releases cherry picked chat logs alleging notable reviewer gave her a positive review due to sexual favors/relationship between the woman and reviewer.
      • Notable reviewer never reviewed her game.
      • Toxic gamer boys got in a huff that a woman was promoted due to sexual favors. They cried “ethics in video game reviews” together.
      • Toxicness spreads to other women in the video game industry because of the misgony.
      • Gamergate being full of easily manipulated individuals that don’t feel like they belong or are heard are now organized.
      • Group is infiltrated by people that have a malicious intent to incite and recruit for far right extremeist movements.

      The details are interesting, but in the end it’s drama caused by frail male egos that led to a ton of misgony.