Destiny Elon Musk controversy (Image via Destiny’s Instagram handle and Getty Images) Political streamer Steven Bonnell II aka Destiny has been banned from Twitch. As alleged by him, the move has been orchestrated by Elon Musk and other conservative figures. The ban that came after the recent controversy surrounding his comments on Charlie Kirk has been claimed to have eliminated his income. Destiny alleges that this action is a coordinated effort to silence him, directly contradicting free speech principles.
Destiny points a finger at Elon Musk and other conservatives
In the post shared by Destiny on X, he didn’t mince his words when he took names that got him removed from Twitch. Bonnell has directly accused Elon Musk and the other conservatives of engineering the coordinated effort to get him removed from the platform. Calling this entire event as “unreal”, he further claimed, “My entire income is gone now. So much for the party of free speech.”The streamer even shared a screenshot of the Destiny Twitch ban notice he received. Addressed directly to him, it stated how Twitch is committed to keeping the community safe for all and how as part of it, they need, “all users to ensure that anything shared on their account abides by Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.”The screenshot of Twitch further talked about how their review made them believe violations have been made. It cited “Hateful Conduct” violation as the main reason for his indefinite restriction on Twitch. The platform then accused him of “promoting, encouraging, or facilitating the discrimination or denigration of a group of people based on their protected characteristics.”
Why is Destiny blaming Elon Musk and others for his Twitch ban?
After segments of video from Piers Morgan Uncensored started to get viral on X, Elon Musk responded to an X user post. The post read, “Why hasn’t Amazon banned their streamer, who has repeatedly called for conservatives to be murdered?” The user even blamed Jeff Bezos, boldly stating, “You know this is on you… right?” Addressing the following post, Musk targeting Destiny wroter, “Let him say what he wants, but then also pay the price under the law.”In another comment made by Musk, he even said he shouldn’t be banned. Instead, “Amazon should stop paying him to incite murder. That’s insane.”“Separately, incitement to murder and domestic terrorism is a felony crime. For that, he should go to prison. He can resume streaming when he has served his term,” he added further within the entire Destiny Elon Musk controversy.
Why is Destiny under fire after his appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored?
Destiny’s ban has been in place after his appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, where he made some comments that were not well-received by the panelists or social media. When asked about his response to Charlie Kirk’s death, instead of condemning assassination, he argued that conservatives must be afraid of going to such events for pressuring their leaders to turn down the temperature. He further added, “We are 10 years into whatever this Trump madness is, and there is not a single mainstream conservative that will call for a lowering of the temperature on their side. I think that liberals need to wake up and finally realize that if they’re not willing to do it, it will never come down.”Destiny even placed blame for the violent climate in the United States on President Donald Trump. He stated, “If you wanted Charlie Kirk to be alive, Donald Trump shouldn’t have been president for the second term.” “Every time he’s in office, this happens. People joked about when Biden came in, it was so boring, nothing was going on. Seven out of ten of the largest protests in American history have happened under Donald Trump,” he added further.
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The debate started to intensify as hosts tried to confront Destiny about the tweets he made from his personal account, mocking Charlie’s widow, Erica Kirk. When asked why he would mock Charlie Kirk’s grieving widow, he claimed that she was being used as a “political weapon” for the conservative recruitment drives.Destiny on Piers Morgan Uncensored repeatedly refused to condemn murder. He insisted he will not do so until President Donald Trump calls for de-escalation of the political violence going on in the country. In his words, “why can’t Donald Trump simply go on TV and say we all need to turn it down like Biden could like Obama could like the Clintons could like like could why not.” As per critics, this demand of Destiny was a deflection of a lack of basic humanity. In the words of panelists, he doesn’t have “basic humanity to condemn it.” They said it out loud, he would rather taunt “his widow,” which was quite sickening for them to see. Answering his previous question it was even added, “because you can’t even condemn the cold blood execution of Charlie Kirk.” As per them, he was not in the position to demand anything from anybody.