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Well, I appreciate your opinion on the matter but I simply disagree. As a fan of such disagreements, I find them quite educational about ideologies, I have seen the term used many times in several ways for years now.

For example, urban dictionary has entries from four years ago with the very definition described. You may disagree with the usage of the term but don't change its history.

It was not popularized by GamerGate and many would say it was adopted by the hashtag because it describes many people within that debate.



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