Digital Culture Wars and Political Violence: How Online Harassment Tactics Shape Real-World Tragedies
The evolution from Gamergate to contemporary political divisions reveals dangerous patterns in how digital harassment campaigns amplify real-world conflicts
The recent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has exposed how toxic online culture war tactics, originally weaponized during the Gamergate controversy of 2014-2015, have evolved into a broader framework for political conflict that extends far beyond digital spaces into real-world violence and harassment campaigns.