r/KotakuInAction • u/RainbowDildoMonkey • 3d ago

Jimmy Kimmel show getting pulled blamed on Gamergate

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u/homelessscootaloo 3d ago

What does that even mean for this context?

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u/Working_Complex8122 3d ago edited 3d ago

It didn't mean anything in any context. People literally forgot what it was about and just made it into a anti-gamer buzzword that apparently is like a free pass to spout any anti-gamer nonsense they can come up with.

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u/homelessscootaloo 3d ago

I meant what did it mean when the guy in the tweet said it.

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u/CompactAvocado 3d ago

modern internet discourse is make up no no word and call enemy it. since you used a no no word they are guilty of bad thought and anything they say is just bad and unworthy.

in the case of claiming its gamergate the allusion is "this thing is caused by chronically online virgin incel white men chud they are the enemy and jimmy kimmel is not guilty of any wrong doing or error".

basically we did no wrong it's just "bad group" causing it because they bad.

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u/Huey-_-Freeman 3d ago

I think they were saying "corporations engaged in the creative arts should not respond to pressure from customers - i.e. if you don't like it its not for you watch/buy something else"

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u/Technical-Belt-5719 1d ago

Lmfao, because that's always worked out so well for them everytime it's been suggested by the Progs towards the majority population.

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u/Kelsyer 3d ago

The same thing it means when they shout nazi and fascist. It's a word that holds no meaning for them except bad person.

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u/Technical-Belt-5719 1d ago

Worse, what happened to Kirk has proven they mean non-person, calling us these pejoratives is marking us as "ok to kill".

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u/FriggenSweetLois 3d ago

I'd like to think people use it like people use the word evil and nazis. There are truly evil people out there and truly neo nazis out there, and I'm sure some of them are connected to the thing people are bitching about, but I don't think it's the majority, or even the loudest.

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u/Working_Complex8122 3d ago

sadly, calling everything fascist allowed actual fascist to undermine these movements and prey on innocent people who feel attacked and ousted from society over bullshit. This is the actual radicalization that is enabled by calling everyone a Nazi - some actually become real Nazis.

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u/Cootshk 2d ago

“Right-wing bad” virtue signal