Gamergate was fueled by outside interests way beyond “ethics in journalism” and anger at feminist game critics. The online outrage was easily led down a much broader path.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/heres-h...

I agree there were many other factors, but do you think anger at the other side's actions didn't also play a major role?

Sure, if you take alt-right victimology at face value.

I'm not sure I understand your point, can you explain it?

'Taking something at face value' means accepting it uncritically, but sometimes skepticism is warranted.

I understand the saying, I don't understand the point. Is it that the "victimology" is completely feigned and contribute nothing to attract more people to their cause? I'm sure a lot of it is feigned, but they keep doing it because it works.

Yes. Obviously it's impossible to assess every anonymous poster but examples abound of IRL right-wing extremists who use this as a gambit but whose private chats etc. reveal their insincerity.