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→A-E: clarified that "Angry White Man" describes both sides, and pointed out the problems on both positions described under "All Issues Are Political Issues"
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* [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]]: [https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2016/08/gawker-com-officially-shuts-down/10191/ Ding-dong], [[Hulk Hogan]] did Gawker in. [http://kukuruyo.com/comic/gamergate-life-52/ As symbolically depicted by kukuruyo], this was one thing on which everyone outside Gawker seems to have agreed.
** And then sequels happened: Gawker led a trend in absorption, downsizing, and general crash-and-burn of the media. [https://www.kukuruyo.com/comic/gg-triggerhappy-gawker-2-0/ Gawker 2.0], [https://www.kukuruyo.com/comic/gawker-3-0/ Gawker 3.0], [https://www.kukuruyo.com/comic/triggerhappy-blimps-update/ blimps update] («I’ve updated the “blimps” comic with the publications that have been absorved by Vice this week. Dammit i made this image to last, but at this rate i’m gonna need to draw more blimps soon :p»), [https://www.kukuruyo.com/comic/triggerhappy-blimps-update/ blimps update 2] («How the fuck did this happen? I did this page with tons of blimps with the idea of just adding logos when a woke media started to go broke, and so it would last me for years without having to draw more. I’ve been left out of blimps for logos IN A MONTH.»)
* [[Angry White Man]]: Pro-GG Gamergate is often stereotyped as consisting mainly of
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Pro-GG people often associate themselves with sea lions (and to a lesser extent, alligators).
* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: [[Vivian James]], [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/vivian-james after a fashion]. Aside from being associated with the /v/ boards in both [[4chan]] and [[8chan]], though her origins are traced back to 4chan and a group called The Fine Young Capitalists, she's sometimes affectionately used to symbolize modern gaming. And sometimes used as a [[Straw Character]] by anti-GG, [[Wimpification|corrupting]] her established [[The Stoic|carefree personality]].
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