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Isn’t this the GamerGate guy?

Apparently so:

https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php/Eron_Gjoni

Unclear how "the gamergate guy" he was Vs just "accidentally triggered gamergate". I'm not going down that rabbit hole though - where's Internet Historian when you need him?

Probably plagiarizing something.

Internet Historian recently got cancelled for being a Nazi and hiding "Nazi symbolism" in his videos is what a quick google told me.

I'm still not really sure what gamer gate was or who the Internet historian is

Where did you find that Internet Historian is a nazi? I only found something when searching "Internet Historian nazi", a reddit post that also claims that Jontron is a white supremacist. This post: https://www.reddit.com/r/196/comments/18erlt0/internet_histo...

If you actually googled "Internet Historian nazi" for a guy you don't even know who he is, that would be pretty funny.

I have seen an Internet Historian video before. I just googled "Internet Historian" and a cancellation style reddit post was the third result. I even mentioned that I only did a quick google; I encourage you to do your own research here and form your own opinion on this. I have heard of Jontron but I am not familiar nor have I read anything about that.

JonTron actually said white supremacist stuff on video, for which he later apologized (why he's not part of Game Grumps anymore).

What do you mean? He left Game Grumps in 2013, way before he said anything controversial.

I think to be "cancelled" you have to actually get cancelled from somewhere... His Youtube channel seems to be going fine.

It's very obvious from his videos that he is a 4chan troll. Didn't know he was full on Nazi though.

"Despite GamerGate’s positive changes on the industry, it has been met with heavy criticism from the journalists and publications under fire and their supporters, as well as third-wave feminists involved who have attributed the harsh criticism towards female offenders to misogyny and sexism."

That summary seems a bit tendencious!

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