Over the past week, a surge of targeted hateful and violent posts on fringe and mainstream platforms have ignited what some on the far-right are calling “GamerGate 2.0,” which, like its predecessor, includes virulent antisemitism, misogyny, racism, and calls for violence.
Thank you for the kind words, but I don’t think I am particularly brave. The main difference between you and me may be that I was around for GamerGate 1.0 and I recognize some of the differences between then and now. While GamerGate 2.0 is - without doubt - dangerous and terrifying, it is far less chaotic than 1.0 and that makes is somewhat easier for me to deal with it.