I very much disagree with the idea that these videos were a 'clear display of misogyny'. The guy did it as a joke that a lot of people found funny, and so it spread. There are all kinds of reasons you can laugh at those videos without being a misogynist.

And while you say the Backlash was warranted, the only thing that did was make him even more popular when everyone started talking about it, and even more so when it got mass flagged and removed, it's been the biggest reason in modern days why jokes people find offensive spread, because people keep saying that people can't make these jokes.

I'm not saying you're one of the ones who supported the videos being taken down originally, but that was what that backlash did.

That said yeah, it's common for people these days to take any chance they can to say games are causing certain attitudes, and it's been common for a while now. One of the big examples I remember is all the info in game that was cut from the Feminist Frequency video on one of the Hitman games.

I just think in the end it's this default assumption offensive or dark humor like a guy punching womens suffragettes in the face is too easily lopped into being Misogynistic just because someone finds it offensive, or thinks some kinds of humor should be off limits. It's assuming intent that more likely then not isn't there.