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#Gamergate? Nerd rage is nothing new (video)

September 4, 2015 By Kathy Shaidle

In my decades of professional writing, the angriest reactions I’ve gotten from things I’ve written come — not from Muslims — but from two sub-sets of furious, above-average-IQ, young able-bodied white men:

Improv geeks and the “gamergate” crew.

I agree with a lot of what #gamergate guys say — but they won’t permit even a smidgen of dissent into their minds.

And they REALLY need to get fresher talking points.

A lot of the people on both sides of this fight are clearly disturbed.

Anyway, this is nothing new.

Adam Carolla remembered this old Man Show bit on his podcast this week. Luckily, I was able to track it down:

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