Gamergate has been viewed as a contributor to the alt-right and other right-wing movements. Gamergate led figures both inside and outside the gaming industry to focus on methods of addressing online harassment, ways to minimize harm, and prevent similar events. Many supporters of Gamergate opposed the increasing influence of feminism and so-called " social justice warriors" on video game culture. ![]() ![]() Gamergate has been described as a culture war over cultural diversification, artistic recognition, feminism in video games, social criticism in video games, and the social identity of gamers. Gamergate supporters frequently denied that the harassment took place, falsely claiming it to be manufactured by the victims. These claims were widely dismissed as trivial, conspiracy theories, baseless, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics in gaming and journalism. More broadly, they alleged unethical collusion between the press and feminists, progressives, and social critics. Gamergaters created conspiracy theories falsely accusing Quinn of an unethical relationship with video game journalist Nathan Grayson. Gamergaters claimed to promote ethics in video games journalism, claimed to be protecting the "gamer" identity, and opposed what they saw as " political correctness" in video games. Gamergate proponents ("Gamergaters") stated that they were a social movement, but lacked well-defined goals, a coherent message, and leaders, making Gamergate difficult to define. The harassment campaign included doxing, rape threats, and death threats. Beginning in August 2014, Gamergate targeted women in the video game industry, most notably feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian and video game developers Zoƫ Quinn and Brianna Wu, among others. It was conducted using the hashtag "#Gamergate" primarily in 20. I think they still have preconceived notions of how women will present themselves and I don't fit in that box.Gamergate or GamerGate ( GG) was a loosely-organized misogynistic online harassment campaign and a right-wing backlash against feminism, diversity, and progressivism in video game culture. And I don't think they expected that from me. I'm not," she said, "I don't pull punches. "I think sometimes they look at a woman and they think 'Oh, she'll be nice,' and if you've seen any of my comedy you know that. That brand, Wolf explained, isn't always "nice." I wanted to cater to the outside audience, and not betray my brand of comedy." "I wasn't expecting this level (of controversy), but I'm also not disappointed there's this level," she said. That said, Wolf didn't expect the routine to be quite so divisive - but she doesn't mind that it was. ![]() I would say if this is about celebrating the media, she wasn't there to celebrate the media." "CNN reporters got awards, I cannot remember the exact award they got, but they came up to accept them and she sat the whole time while we all stood and shook their hands. ![]() "Another part of the dinner that wasn't televised is they were giving out awards and everyone was standing to congratulate the people who were getting awards and Sarah was sitting," Wolf told Gross. Furthermore, she said Sanders wore the same displeased expression throughout the night, not just during her routine.
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