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Streamer’s apology for racist rant exposes the rot in streaming culture
Streaming culture incentivizes this kind of hateful rhetoric.
Last week, top Twitch streamer Zach Hoyt, better known as Asmongold, went on a racist rant against Palestinians, expressing apathy for the relentless military campaign against them that has claimed over 40,000 lives, many of them children. When Kolcheff was suspended earlier this year after using a slur against transgender people, he responded on social media saying that he didn’t know the word that got him banned was problematic, then made another joke at the trans community’s expense. When Herschel “Guy” Beahm, better known by his persona Dr Disrespect, was banned from Twitch for reasons that were not initially disclosed, he continued streaming, migrating his channel — and his 4 million strong audience — to YouTube.
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