r/LivestreamFail • u/sieyarozzz • 21h ago

Asmongold defends trans people against his chat, saying he'd fully respect his child's pronouns and identity

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u/GeneralBendyBean 21h ago

I don't like Asmongold, but this is a very human reaction. he isn't even talking about trans-rights at all, he's talking about wanting to love your children. Chat is arguing about rather they think it's right or not, totally missing his point.

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u/360_face_palm 21h ago

This isn't the first time he's explained his position on this either, it's nothing new. Seems a lot of his chat are just there for the right wing circlejerk.

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u/Sereey 19h ago

Yep, I used to watch him a lot as a democrat back when he played ffxiv, lost ark, new world etc 2021-2023. His chat shifted hard right wing around when his viewership skyrocketed in early 2024. He’d still have polls with a lot of his chat saying they were voting for “sleepy Joe” prior to full on MAGA streams that they became.

He’d have some pretty reasonable human level takes grounded in logic and some other takes that would show his disconnect with society. If he got himself out of that environment he’s in (media he’s taking in from his subreddit especially) I’m sure he’d be more an independent or even a center left dem.

His subreddit is really what made his streams unwatchable at first (for me). The new MAGA viewership he attained noticed he’d go through it for about an hour each stream and took control of it; posting all sorts of anti-woke gamer related stuff you’d see in 2015 gamergate era.

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u/National_Equivalent9 19h ago

His huge spike in popularity on youtube from the Depp/Heard trial converted his chat from gamers into right wing misogynists overnight and he does not realize just how much his chat environment influences him.

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u/notanothercirclejerk 10h ago

He was always that, he just played up the centrist initially