A Quote by Brianna Wu

Gamergate was the proto-alt right. — © Brianna Wu
Gamergate was the proto-alt right.

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I've rarely talked about Obama's share of the blame for the rise of the alt-right and Gamergate.
Most members of Gamergate, the alt-right movement best known for harassing women in the game industry, operate under a veil of anonymity.
I don't think the alt-right would call me alt-right. They call me alt-lite, usually. I just consider myself a nationalist or a traditionalist.
The alt-right didn't emerge from nowhere. There's a cultural foundation that existed beforehand that was almost like the petri dish and the growing medium for the alt-right.
The alt-right has become about white identity politics. Obviously I'm not a white-identitarian, so the alt-right can do their thing.
I am not Alt-Right, but I am Jewish and have publicly denounced the Alt-Right.
In stopping Gamergate, the men who dominate it - not just women - must address the culture that created Gamergate.
The progressives have a challenge. Part of it is that you now have a lot of progressives who feel that 50 million, 60 million people voted to endorse the toxic parts of Donald Trump, that suddenly we now are in a country, you know, surrounded by people who, you know, are proud to be, you know, a part of this alt-right thing and they think it was an alt-right takeover.
The term 'alt-left' sprang up long after the term 'alt-right,' which was coined in 2010 by white supremacist Richard Spencer, and defined by the Associated Press just after the 2016 election as a movement based on a mix of white nationalism and hard-edged populism.
At its best, alt comedy can be challenging, surprising, and innovative. And at its worst, alt comics think that being awkward.com/FAQS is a substitution for punchlines.
Until the Right wins for once, I have no interest in arguing with the alt-right or disavowing anyone.
Gamergate is ostensibly about journalistic ethics. Supporters say they want to address conflicts of interest between the people that make games and the people that support them. In reality, Gamergate is a group of gamers that are willing to destroy the women who have invaded their clubhouse.
I'm not alt-right.
GamerGate-promoted outlets fail at grown-up journalistic ethics, and they also fail at the cheap knockoff brand of GamerGate brand ethics, too.
My beef with the alt-fuel people is not the renewable or alt-fuel ideas themselves. Sooner or later, there's no question we're going to have to rely on them. For me, it's an issue of scale.
The main lesson I took from Gamergate is that asking the status quo to do the right thing doesn't work.
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