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recent bookmarks from jmWhat Gamergate should have taught us about the 'alt-right'2017-12-19T17:39:51+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/01/gamergate-alt-right-hate-trump
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Prominent critics of the Trump administration need to learn from Gamergate. They need to be prepared for abuse, for falsified concerns, invented grassroots campaigns designed specifically to break, belittle, or disgrace. Words and concepts will be twisted, repackaged and shared across forums, stripping them of meaning. Gamergate painted critics as censors, the far-right movement claims critics are the real racists.
Perhaps the true lesson of Gamergate was that the media is culturally unequipped to deal with the forces actively driving these online movements. The situation was horrifying enough two years ago, it is many times more dangerous now.
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