The Controversial Backlash Surrounding Call of Duty and Streamer Nickmercs.

Outrage over Activision Blizzard's removal of a Call of Duty influencer's products due to his anti-LGBTQ comments has sparked a boycott campaign by the anti-woke right. The incident is reminiscent of the Gamergate movement, which targeted progressive and feminist values in video games. The reactionaries' outrage over a video game endorsing Pride is a throwback to the troll movement that opened the floodgates to such crusades almost a decade ago. The incident reveals the projection that underlies the past decade of right-wing resentment and their fear of losing cultural territory to newcomers.