raVen wrote on Mar 12, 2018, 11:18:
Opinions are about as good as pissing in the wind. I disagree with their opinion.
However, there is something to be said about 4chan and gamergate links. How and why this started is something we should examine, because there are concrete links that are much more based in fact than opinion. But because the author decides to link things without context or actual correlation it actually obscures the whole picture.
Just because one person in a group (or a small amount of people) do something does not mean the whole group approves of or condones it.
Games have never been more popular, and they continue to become more and more mainstream every day. You can use the same argument for anything, and logically it doesn't prove anything.
notes and other reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
No, there's no denying that 4chan and GamerGate were a breeding ground for the alt-right. There's a reason Milo went from mocking them to patronizing them to leaving them in the dust - they made for a great launching off point. Those areas are full of angry young men who are socially awkward and looking for someone to validate both them and their anger.
But as you mentioned correlation isn't causation. That those places are full of gamers doesn't mean games are the cause. Games are a symptom. Angry young socially awkward men love games, games don't make them that way. Tons, if not most, people love games.
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