r/Asmongold

Here's Asmon's tweet in response to the Twitch ban:

> Banned for an entire week because I said I don't give a fuck about the opinions of illiterate third worlders.

>Would someone be banned for saying they don't care about what an American's opinion is on the Middle East?

>Of course not

>Blatant double standard, I didn't break ToS

Twitch is clearly an incompetent business. There's no other way to describe this level of unprofessionalism by them in this matter.

First off, they are letting Asmon set the narrative regarding the ban justification. Now their PR will have to play catch up, instead of getting out ahead of the situation by making the announcement themselves. That's just...plain dumb.

Second, this "justification" is objectively wrong. I heard the part of the stream where Asmon talked about the "opinions of illiterate third worlders", and he basically said that he didn't need the approval of others, in response to a chat comment that "America's reputation was bad" because of the war. Asmon also observed that American's didn't even know where these foreign countries were located ("Do you think the average American knows where Lithuania is on a map?" he asked IIRC). He asked: why would anyone in another country think Americans cared what they say?

That's all. And there's no way saying that breaks TOS anywhere. The only thing I can think of is that Asmon's statement translates to: "Shaming tactics don't have power over me, or over any intelligent person in this country.". And then someone on Twitch's staff got tilted and was like: "This is our chance! We'll show him that we're not powerless!".

Thirdly, this is absolutely awful timing by Twitch. With so much happening with world events right now, I think Asmon might choose to stream on Kick and Rumble during the ban (I don't know how his setup works though, so this might not be possible). If he does continue to stream though, that will hurt Twitch in the long run, since this just incentivizes users and creators to migrate to other platforms.

In every way, this is a terrible decision by Twitch.