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> Milo wasn't [known] outside those circles until after the controversy got the mainstream consciousness

Yeah, I watched Milo get popular too, going from an occasional guest on Sky News to someone that people riot about... He's pretty amusing for the amount of controversy he generates. However, I don't think he has changed the culture of /pol/ (as OP said), I think he was propelled by it.

> It's now rebellious and cool to want to marry and start a traditional family.

I don't think GamerGate focused on that particular aspect. From what I saw, GG was just about bashing the media and exposing how journalists will work together to push certain narratives. Traditionalism is more prominent within the alt-right, and that wasn't pushed into the media spotlight until Hillary did a speech attacking them around August 2016. By that time, GG had died down and even Milo had pivoted his brand to alt-(right|light) talking points.




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