haydenaurion: That gamergate is pretty much a hate group that often attacks anyone that dares suggest gaming be a little more tolerant and inclusive, often using the excuse of "censorship" or shouting about "SJWs". At least from what i've seen of the group. If they don't want to be called a hate group, then maybe don't act like one.
Gamergate is not a group, not a movement, not a revolt or anything like that it's just a hashtag, nothing more nothing less, anybody can use it for whatever they want with it, the best and the worse.
And since it's inception some used it is to harass/insult/threaten other peoples, some used it to vent out their frustration over the current PC and outrage culture, some to complain about gaming press and it's imaginary or real failings, and some even used it as a convenient boogieman representing the "enemy" that they could insult and blame for all the wrongs in the universe.
But over generalizing, that everybody who ever used that hash tag is part of a hate group is IMHO very silly, it doesn't serve any purpose except polarizing peoples, creating a us vs them mentality making any sort of
polite discussion nearly impossible, which is, IMO again, a problem of the Internet nowadays and on a smaller scale on this forum too.