▁involved ▁considerable ▁ab use ▁and ▁har ass ment ▁of ▁female ▁developers ▁and ▁game ▁critics . ▁Conc ern s ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁raised ▁when ▁ju xt ap osing ▁the ▁behavior ▁of ▁G amer gate ▁supp or ters ▁with ▁their ▁claimed ▁message : ▁Dr . ▁Kath le en ▁Bart zen ▁C ul ver , ▁a ▁professor ▁and ▁media ▁eth ics ▁expert ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin – Mad ison , ▁wrote ▁that ▁while ▁G amer gate ▁supp or ters ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁interested ▁in ▁journal ism ▁eth ics , ▁their ▁" mis og yn istic ▁and ▁threaten ing " ▁behavior ▁bel ied ▁this ▁claim . ▁" M uch ▁of ▁the ▁conversation — if ▁I ▁can ▁even ▁call ▁it ▁that — has ▁been ▁a ▁to xic ▁sl ud ge ▁of ▁rum or , ▁inve ct ive , ▁and ▁gender ▁bias . ▁The ▁ir ony ▁comes ▁from ▁people ▁who ▁claim ▁to ▁be ▁challeng ing ▁the ▁eth ics ▁of ▁game ▁journal ists ▁through ▁pat ently ▁un eth ical ▁behavior ." ▁ ▁After ▁analyz ing ▁a ▁sample ▁of ▁twe ets ▁related ▁to ▁G amer gate , ▁News week ▁concluded ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁primarily ▁about ▁har ass ment ▁rather ▁than ▁eth ics , ▁stating ▁that ▁the ▁sample ▁" s ug gest s ▁that   [ ...] ▁contrary ▁to ▁its ▁stated ▁goal , ▁G amer gate ▁sp ends ▁more ▁time ▁twe eting ▁neg atively ▁at ▁game ▁developers ▁than ▁at ▁game ▁journal ists ". ▁Case y ▁John ston ▁wrote ▁for ▁Ar s ▁Techn ica ▁that , ▁based ▁on ▁logs ▁from ▁the ▁