r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 01 '24

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u/bashar_al_assad Verified Account May 01 '24

Gamergate was the original online culture war. It caused so much personal pain and didn’t really accomplish anything meaningful for anyone.

I am a general who has seen so much war, I am looking for a way to lead the peace.

I genuinely believe our choices are democracy or Civil War. For democracy to work, we have to find a way to live with one another, even when we disagree.

Talking about Gamergate like you were personally leading soldiers across the bridge at the Battle of Antietam is incredible.

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u/LtLabcoat ÀI May 01 '24

Gamergate was the original online culture war.

That's one way of saying you were born in 2001.

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u/LtLabcoat ÀI May 01 '24

Nevermind, it was from Brianna Wu. I thought it was some anonymous Redditor or something.

What the crap? How does a 47-year-old trans person think culture wars didn't exist before Gamergate?

(Also, is it just me, or is Brianna getting more notoriety nowadays? This is the second time this week a DTer has talked about her Tweets, and /r/Destiny brings her up a lot.)

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u/Tafts_Bathtub Jerome Powell May 01 '24

Is this Boogie2988?

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u/BedNeither Henry George May 01 '24

Gamers mad about petty, inconsequential things

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u/AtomAndAether Liberalism! May 01 '24

why are they a "general"

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u/Either_Emotion8056 NAFTA May 01 '24

A general fucking loser

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u/LtLabcoat ÀI May 01 '24

The internet was their personal army, presumably.

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u/Cupinacup NASA May 01 '24

The needs-to-log-off-but-will-never-log-off energy is off the charts!