• Riffraffintheroom [none/use name]
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    22 days ago

    I was thinking about how while it’s nothing new that reactionary groups attempt to co-opt youth subcultures, this one is maybe their most successful attempt of all time in terms of both per capita conversion and raw numbers.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      22 days ago

      Yeah, it's not a new thing at all, but freeze-gamer gate was remarkably and lastingly successful compared to duds like, say, "Metalgate" that tried to ride its coattails but was such a failure that only fucking Green Day could be found to say that SJWs were ruining metal.

      I don't need to tell you that Green Day is not metal and never was and fuck them anyway.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          22 days ago

          Hey, they decided to hitch their wagon to "Metalgate" years ago and whatever else they did, that's fucking awful.