▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Mil o ▁Y ian n op oul os , ▁vocal ▁critic ▁of ▁femin ism ▁and ▁left - wing ▁ide ologies , ▁published ▁le aked ▁discuss ions ▁from ▁a ▁ma iling ▁list ▁for ▁g aming ▁journal ists ▁called ▁Game J our no Pro s ▁on ▁the ▁Bre it b art ▁News ▁website . ▁Y ian n op oul os ▁and ▁G amer gate ▁supp or ters ▁saw ▁the ▁ma iling ▁list ▁as ▁evidence ▁of ▁coll usion ▁among ▁journal ists . ▁The ▁list ' s ▁founder ▁acknowled ged ▁suggesting ▁that ▁journal ists ▁write ▁an ▁open ▁letter ▁of ▁support ▁to ▁Qu inn ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁har ass ment ▁they ▁were ▁facing , ▁but ▁said ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁list ▁had ▁rejected ▁his ▁suggestion ▁and ▁helped ▁him ▁understand ▁why ▁his ▁idea ▁was ▁in app ropri ate . ▁Comment ators ▁did ▁not ▁consider ▁the ▁list ▁to ▁represent ▁coll usion , ▁obser ving ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁standard ▁practice ▁across ▁prof essions ▁to ▁adopt ▁inform al ▁ven ues ▁for ▁discuss ing ▁matters ▁of ▁professional ▁interest . ▁Following ▁the ▁leak , ▁the ▁ma iling ▁list ▁was ▁closed . ▁ ▁Social , ▁cultural , ▁and ▁political ▁impact ▁Ob ser vers ▁have ▁generally ▁described ▁G amer gate ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁long - running ▁culture ▁war ▁against ▁efforts ▁to ▁divers ify ▁the ▁tradition ally ▁male ▁video ▁g aming ▁community , ▁particularly ▁target ing ▁out sp oken ▁women . ▁They ▁c ite ▁G amer gate ▁supp or ters ' ▁frequent ▁har ass ment ▁of ▁female ▁figures