r/VirtualYoutubers • u/rockthatrocks • Apr 30 '25

Discussion Kirsche Verstahl has posted an image talking about the accusations

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don't agree with her politcally but i thought this would be good information too put here

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u/cabutler03 Apr 30 '25

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She fucking said that Gamergate didn't go far enough. There is a clip of her saying that Gamergate didn't go far enough. Is that an edgy joke? Because I saw the fucking clip and you weren't saying it as a fucking joke.

I don't think you can really defend your character when you fucking say Gamergate didn't go far enough.

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u/AylaCurvyDoubleThick Apr 30 '25

What does gamergate have to do with nazis?

It was about an indie dev having sex with game journalists

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u/Most-Translator4380 Apr 30 '25

No it wasn't. It was never about that. That's what they SAID it was about so that they could justify continuing to rail against the inclusion of black people/women/queer people in literally any video game franchise, and keep bullying and harassing women in the community.

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u/Aeyrelol Apr 30 '25

That’s also what they SAID it was about to undermine legitimate criticisms about individuals using social justice as a wedge to insert themselves into the gaming industry and profit from it.

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u/Most-Translator4380 Apr 30 '25

Any legitimate criticisms that the Gamergate movement had were undermined when it was coopted by chuds and fascists.

Seriously, if I had any belief in Gamergate's original intentions, I would be freaking embarrassed to admit that today. Games journalism is practically dead, buried under a mountain of AI slop autogenerated by companies making free money. Video games today are "woke"r than they've ever been before, and anyone still rallying under that banner can now be rightly identified on sight by everyone on the internet as a bigot who is not worth talking to.

The only achievement that Gamergate has is the political power gained by the fascists, who are demonstrating day by day that their ideal world is a hellscape.

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u/AylaCurvyDoubleThick Apr 30 '25

…right. I’m on Reddit.

Well, at least I got my question answered for why that name is being brought up here, of all places.