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Video game and TV writer at Forbes. Also on YouTube, various podcasts. Opinions are mine and mine alone.

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    Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 22h22 hours ago

    "I realized Milo could connect with these kids right away," Bannon told Green. "You can activate that army. They come in through Gamergate or whatever and then get turned onto politics and Trump." ~ Steve Bannon on Milo/Breitbart's use of #GamerGate to boost Trump.

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      1. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 22h22 hours ago

        This is what I said about the sudden appearance of Milo and right-wing opportunists back in 2014 when #GamerGate was kicking off. I think I was right. And judging by what Bannon has said, I think this was always the plan.pic.twitter.com/bMf07Z19jR

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      1. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 17h17 hours ago

        I just realized that half the people responding angrily to this tweet probably think Bannon is some agenda-driven SJW game journalist and not the mastermind behind Trump's campaign and Breitbart.

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      2. (((R 🎃r 👻n_St ☠️hl)))‏ @Roran_Stehl 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain

        Source?

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      3. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @Roran_Stehl

        https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/07/18/steve-bannon-learned-harness-troll-army-world-warcraft/489713001/ …

        5 replies 12 retweets 48 likes
      4. Just Lyle 🎮 🐊‏ @Lyde15 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain @Roran_Stehl

        Did you only just see that? This is kinda the cornerstone of the 'GG got Trump elected' silliness.

        2 replies 2 retweets 11 likes
      5. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @Lyde15 @Roran_Stehl

        Bannon's own words? Um...not silliness at all. GG was instrumental in many ways to the Trump campaign.

        7 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      6. Just Lyle 🎮 🐊‏ @Lyde15 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain @Roran_Stehl

        You think. I mean, I know he tried. But was it that effective?

        3 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      7. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @Lyde15 @Roran_Stehl

        Well Trump is POTUS.

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      8. Just Lyle 🎮 🐊‏ @Lyde15 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain @Roran_Stehl

        I don't think GG did joblessness in the rust belt states.

        1 reply 2 retweets 12 likes
      9. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @Lyde15 @Roran_Stehl

        I'm not saying there is one simple factor involved. There are many. It's incredibly complicated. But I think Bannon learned a great deal about how to harness the *anger and resentment of various groups* from GG.

        4 replies 1 retweet 16 likes
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      2. Ian Miles Cheong‏Verified account @stillgray 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain

        How exactly did anyone get GamerGate to mobilize to vote for Trump? This has never been explained.

        9 replies 9 retweets 88 likes
      3. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @stillgray

        Mobilized to vote for Trump? Who knows. Used in that larger effort? Definitely. You're a great example of someone moving rapidly to the right recently.

        13 replies 1 retweet 88 likes
      4. Ian Miles Cheong‏Verified account @stillgray 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain

        Gamers becoming political and turning toward the center and right is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If the gaming media weren’t so invested in demonising its own audience and politicising the medium, this would’ve never happened.

        11 replies 65 retweets 303 likes
      5. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 21h21 hours ago
        Replying to @stillgray

        Oh sure, all the blame magically lies with your political opponents. How original of you.

        21 replies 2 retweets 104 likes
      6. Dan Wolfgang#4850 △‏ @Azu_Rayn 18h18 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain @stillgray

        You were one of the people directly involved in that demonizing the gaming audience, Erik. Don't try to deny it! #GamerGate http://archive.is/eGOwq pic.twitter.com/g40eV6ABHY

        3 replies 10 retweets 29 likes
      7. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 18h18 hours ago
        Replying to @Azu_Rayn @stillgray

        So you just screen capped the headline and didn't bother to read it? Wow you are one dumb motherfucker dude.

        4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Grames Barnaby‏ @overunderwriter 18h18 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain @Azu_Rayn @stillgray

        @erikkain mah son, the mutherfucking archives they DO NOT LIE!http://archive.is/eGOwq 

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      9. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 18h18 hours ago
        Replying to @overunderwriter @Azu_Rayn @stillgray

        What? It's a publicly available article still online with no need for an archive. Can you even read is the question?

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      2. Brad Glasgow‏ @Brad_Glasgow 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain

        There's little evidence of that happening in any significant way, however.

        8 replies 11 retweets 56 likes
      3. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @Brad_Glasgow

        Not from where I'm sitting. I've been covering games for years and there's clearly been a major shift/right-leaning transformation in the gaming community. No matter how people answer self-identification surveys on the internet.

        16 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
      4. Brad Glasgow‏ @Brad_Glasgow 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain

        So don't believe surveys. Take a look at KiA. How many posts do you see asking for a wall? How many do you see supporting any of Trump's policies?

        5 replies 5 retweets 34 likes
      5. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @Brad_Glasgow

        I see plenty of deeply right-leaning things on KiA. I think it leans right pretty obviously, though not to the same degree as other more obviously right-wing subreddits like r/thedonald etc

        6 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
      6. Brad Glasgow‏ @Brad_Glasgow 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain

        It's not right wing unless you redefine right wing, which a lot of people are attempting to do lately. Traditionally, right wing is religious, pro-military, pro-business, etc.

        1 reply 8 retweets 41 likes
      7. Brad Glasgow‏ @Brad_Glasgow 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @Brad_Glasgow @erikkain

        KiA is not at all religious, pro-net neutrality, pro-gay marriage, pro-choice, for universal healthcare... none of this is at all right wing.

        2 replies 6 retweets 36 likes
      8. Erik Kain‏Verified account @erikkain 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @Brad_Glasgow

        I think it's a mixed bag for sure, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that all of KiA is all of those things either.

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      9. Brad Glasgow‏ @Brad_Glasgow 22h22 hours ago
        Replying to @erikkain

        I wouldn't either. There are obviously right wingers within GG. Just as you'd expect out of any slice of the population.

        3 replies 3 retweets 32 likes
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