RedState Reports: Back in 2014, Gamasutra's news editor, Leigh Alexander, wrote an article that would be one of the opening salvos from the social justice left against a developing GamerGate movement. What would later become known as the "woke left" had infected gaming journalism and it was pretty clear that the cabal of radical leftists in the elitist circles didn't like gamers. 

As such, Alexander released an article titled "Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over," to the applause and echoes of many of her ilk in gaming journalism circles. Alexander not only looked down on the audience she'd been writing articles for, but she questioned why she was even doing what she did:

‘Games culture’ is a petri dish of people who know so little about how human social interaction and professional life works that they can concoct online ‘wars’ about social justice or ‘game journalism ethics,’ straight-faced, and cause genuine human consequences. Because of video games. Lately, I often find myself wondering what I’m even doing here. And I know I’m not alone. All of us should be better than this. 

Alexander's article remains one of the most flagrant examples of an elitist lack of self-awareness and an egregious sense of self-importance ever put on display. It also cemented the fact for many, that these "journalists" weren't journalists at all, they were activists bent on destroying the hobby that gamers loved. It's a lesson we never forgot.

But gamers are made of hardier stuff than many people realize. When they pointed at us and told us to feel shame for being us, accused us of social sins galore, and claimed a moral high ground...we laughed. In fact, we did something they didn't expect; we fought back, and in a much fiercer way than they anticipated. We deconstructed their arguments, proved their claims false, and demonstrated a sense of community between races, ideologies, political affiliations, etc. that bordered on the miraculous.

This is a community of people who slay dragons for fun and oftentimes together. Our hobby teaches us to fight and keep fighting, no matter how many blows we take. If you fail, you press "continue" and try again until you win. 



As such GamerGate became one of the biggest black eyes the radical left ever received and they've never forgiven or forgotten how bad gamers made them look...nor how much gamers cost them and continues to cost them.