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Comicsgate
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English
Etymology
From en comics -gate.
Proper noun
en informal A right-wing campaign in opposition to diversity and progressivism in the North American superhero comic book industry.
en Celebgate Gamergate
en 2021 Lisa Nakamura; Hanah Stiverson; Kyle Lindsey Racist Zoombombing Routledge 9781000388350 https://books.google.com/books?id=gfwgEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT47&dq=%22Celebgate%22&hl=&cd=31&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Celebgate%22&f=false Gamergate, “the Fappening” (or Celebgate), and the subsequent Comicsgate are examples of campaigns that deployed active memetic warfare in racialized and gendered ways to attack and drive away a constructed enemy.
Further reading
en Conservatism