Because Gamergate craves legitimacy above all else - they need outside validation to prove to everyone that this is actually the dire philosophical battle they believe it is, and not just fanwanking over their hobby and their persecution complex. So when someone who has like a graduate degree or holds a officious job…

It’s easy to see how she got caught up in this, she was forwarded the essay by a white supremacist or Gater and got duped and is now too proud to admit it. I don’t agree with what has been described as the content of Rapp’s essay but I’ve not read it so wont judge the actual content and even if I had read it and…