If you don’t know what #Gamergate is, count yourself fortunate.  It gets discussed a lot in the circles I hang out in, especially in computational media. I’ve learned words like doxxing and how it can lead to people leaving their home because of death threats, and how conceal-and-carry laws in Utah can cause a feminism theorist to cancel a talk because of threats of a “massacre.”

The article below (and the comments in response) gave me new insight into the supporters of Gamergate.  The violent and immature behavior makes it hard to see what (I think) is a kind of free speech argument. Gamergate supporters want their culture just the way it is, thank you very much. Even if that culture lacks positive female role models and may overflow with misogyny, it’s their culture.  They see feminists, academics, and journalists as a “conspiracy” to engineer social change (see the quote below). Even the original…