aspiegamer
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That Gamespot bit is pretty nauseating. They seem to just be ruined as a community as they let the #GG stuff run rampant in their comment sections for a long, long time. It's also a completely 100% bullshit PR copy-paste. They let the toxicity spread and literally all they can do now is say "yup, we're against bad things! Will the trolls please go away now?" In fairness there are some decent comments on that article but there are equally as many crying of censorship and deleted comments.
Personally, I'm ready to move onto -Ghazi at any time! It adds a connotation that only insane people could believe such a thing since "-gate" was based on an actual historical event.
It's been this way (in American culture) for 15+ years. Originally people/media added it onto legitimate-tier scandals but in the typical race to the bottom of exceptionalism it quickly became used for everything. There's absolutely nothing that can be done about it. It's standard American lexicon and it's been almost globally accepted. If a legitimate scandal involves a proper noun then it doesn't get the -gate. After all, we do need root words for new tags! For example: 9/11 truthers, Bill Clinton's Whitewater, Benghazi, lack of WMD in Iraq, federal response to Hurricane Katrina. Those don't get "-gate'd".Unrelated thought:
How stupid is it that we suffix "-gate" on any scandal. Like, if Watergate happened today would we call it Watergategate? Burglarygate?
Personally, I'm ready to move onto -Ghazi at any time! It adds a connotation that only insane people could believe such a thing since "-gate" was based on an actual historical event.