[Showerthought] On GamerGate as an Identity Some thoughts on GamerGate becoming a label or identity. To start with, it's clear that GamerGate was never intended to be a group or label, it was just a conversation that gamers from all over the world and from various different communities are participating in. Gamers want a better industry, free of corruption and censorship. We want an industry where gamers and gaming are respected, not taken advantage of by corrupt journalists and anti-consumer practices. With that being said, if you want to call yourself a "GamerGater," that's your prerogative and I'm not going to stop you. Secondly, when you label yourself, you play the enemies game. SJWs and corrupt journalists want to put everything in a box, black and white, because it makes demonizing their opponents easier. SJWs label you and then they blame all of their problems on that label, whether it's GamerGate or MRAs or "reactionaries" or something else entirely. Though I should note that this isn't unique to any one group and is ingrained in our society. Thirdly, think of all of the time you've spent defending the "honor" of GamerGate against these SJWs. These people are acting in bad faith and know they are lying, they just want to hijack GamerGate for their own purposes, whether it's for money (Literally Who) or to force us to lose focus on exposing their corruption and debunking their arguments. They want to put us on the defensive, but that's not what GamerGate is about. GamerGate isn't about justifying it's own existence, it's about exposing corruption and authoritarian ideologues. Our actions will speak for themselves and anyone who actually engages in or witnesses the GamerGate conversation will see that the media narrative is a lie. It's time we stopped apologizing for being falsely accused of being misogynists and we move the spotlight to where it should have been all along, on these corrupt authoritarians.