What is your opinion about gamergate? yes, i know it's an old topic
For those who don't know Gamergate is a controversy that started when a game developer named Zoe Quinn had produced a controversial game about depression, Depression Quest. A good game if you can handle it, by the way. The gamer community turned on her when her ex-boyfriend claimed she slept with five guys during their relationship. The gamer community threatened her life and harassed her.
Then various journalists such as Leigh Alexander, and Anita Sarkeeian picked up the banner and began writing articles and blogs, and making videos condemning all gamers as hate mongers against minorities and women.
Then Intel pulled it's adds from Gamasutra the company that Leigh Alexander worked for. Intel then apologized saying something along the lines of not wanting to take sides.
But I digress. Gamergate is really about the ethics of game developers and journalists in the gaming industry. The game developers are being accused of racism and sexism. The journalists are accused of turning against the gamers and the companies producing the game and using them to push their personal agendas (mostly monetary).
Their is way more to this story. I'm not even going to try to write about it all. But I am a gamer, and as a gamer I can assure you I have been threatened and berated. Yes in real life, in one case. But I can tell you the gaming community (and the internet) is not filled with violent hate filled misogynistic racists. Some are exceedingly good people. But there are some who will do these horrid things. Your should not lay the blame on all of use because of the actions of a few.