Thread by @Brad_Glasgow

And now we have the New York Times writing about the #GamerGate connection in the Pelosi attack. Took four reporters to write it and not one of them appears capable of critical journalism. @tarangoNYT, @livia_ar, @skarlamangla

@tarangoNYT @livia_ar @skarlamangla We know DePape himself said explicitly, "How did I get into all this? Gamer Gate it was gamer gate."

So ok then, link established? I mean, the guy believes a fairy is following and talking to him, but let's take him at his word that that's how he got into all this...

@tarangoNYT @livia_ar @skarlamangla But the article contradicts that notion and doesn't even mention the contradiction. In 2000 when he first met now-imprisoned San Francisco activist Gypsy Taub he had "no outward political beliefs."

@tarangoNYT @livia_ar @skarlamangla He shacked up with Taub and "quickly adopted what she described as her 'very progressive' political leanings."

And there were "signs" between 2002 to 2009 that DePape was participating in "anti-government conspiracy theories."

@tarangoNYT @livia_ar @skarlamangla GamerGate didn't happen until August, 2014. So maybe that's not how he got "into all this"?

He could have certainly been a gamergate supporter, but given his troubles in life before then, the role that gamergate played in radicalizing him seems trivial if it had any at all.

@tarangoNYT @livia_ar @skarlamangla So why did DePape say that it was all GamerGate? Why would he blame GamerGate for all of it?

I have no idea. What if this special 4-part Op-Ed in the New York Times back in 2019 declaring "Everything Is Gamergate" had something to do with it? nytimes.com/interactive/20…

@tarangoNYT @livia_ar @skarlamangla The truth of the matter is Gamergate is an amorphous blob of often conflicting ideals, opinions, outrage, and activism that combine to form a concept that has proven all but impossible for normies to understand.

@tarangoNYT @livia_ar @skarlamangla Blaming Gamergate for DePape's radicalization is wrong not because it needs to be defended as a rightful cause, but because doing so actively prohibits us from seeing the truth.

The truth here is the dude's crazy and there's no easy cause and effect. Sorry! /🧵