Most people radically underestimate the role that misogyny played and plays in online far right radicalization, and Gamergate was *the* critical turning point for the far right using online misogynist culture as an on-ramp into the far right.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xgwmdz/paul-pelosi-attacker-gamergate

Man Who Attacked Paul Pelosi Says He Was Radicalized by Gamergate

The man told jurors he spent hours listening to far-right podcasts before breaking into the Pelosi home and attacking the then-Speaker’s husband with a hammer.

@gwensnyder How awesome that he is an adult and therefore responsible for his actions.
The amount of planning he did rules out any insanity defense he might be hoping for. This guy will grow old in prison.