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Twitch streamer Narcissa threatens Twitch HQ following a ban
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No. I'm sorry but every gun threat, specially in the US has to be taken seriously to protect people. Threatening gun violence isn't emotional lashing out.
With all due respect, this is laughable. Even if you have the "slightest knowledge" of their character it's still a fucking shooting threat. Not like they tweeted something bad which would only affect themselves. No, they brought others into the equation, regardless of how serious the threat is.
Peoples first reactions should be serious and concerned. Not "oh they don't mean that".
I don't think that this part of what you said is true.
You do have to take threats like this seriously , especially in the US where the availability of guns is absolutely absurd and mass shooting are an everyday event.
But not every shooter is doing it with the goal to cause harm to others. It's also often a self-destructive act - making yourself appear as a threat can be an effective way to incur violent, potentially lethal retaliation against you.
If we don't know what she's going to do and suspect that it might be something that's destructive to herself or others, I think the first priority should be on deescalating the situation. That might require recognizing that this may be emotionally lashing out or a cry for help.
User Banned (1 Month): Deadnaming; Transphobia
What happened with Cosmos. It's like for the last year or so they went batshit crazy.
I don't agree with this. Sorry but the first priority is the safety of the people being threaten with gun violence
Maybe in your perfect bubble, the response to someone mentally unwell who threatens to murder an entire office of a company would lead to a wellness check.
This is the real world though, where threats of murder are taken at face-value.
Emotionally lashing out with a threat of murder may in fact just be lashing out but that doesn't matter. It's still a threat of murder.
Okay, it took me a minute to put this together but she did a lot of Zelda speed runs for GDQs over the years, right? I remember her speed running the iQue version of OOT on a GDQ. I've kind of fallen off watching GDQs in recent years and I had never followed her beyond their GDQ appearances so I was not aware that they had transitioned or any of this really. Very sad to see she is struggling. I hope they get the help they need. That said, it's 2022 so even though it's almost certainly an empty threat they probably shouldn't take it lightly.
Of course Twitch should be taking any potential threat seriously even if it's said by a 3 year old and I would hope that Twitch has any potential event covered on their end but the internet mob and internet reaction threads are not Twitch and being vaguely familiar with this person and other instances of people online being practically egged on to become worse and do worse things by the internet I simply am of the belief that public spotlighting such as the tweet linked in the op is extremely bad lol
Other streamers had accidentally shown porn before (switching to the wrong tab, opening a link in chat that took them to it) and they got a temp ban and eventually came back. Guess what the one thing all those people didn't do? Yeah, they didn't threaten to go on a killing spree.
This may surprise you, but if you can stop people from committing violent actions, that can also improve the safety of the people who would otherwise be hurt by them.
Most firearms deaths in the USA are suicides - I don't think you can take mental health out of the equation.
I literally popped in the stream the other night and she was playing Melty Blood. The chat was instigating drama with her so I dipped out. It's unfortunate that people are still pushing her to limits but at the same time threats like that need to be taken serious.
That threat was out of line, hoping nothing bad happens to anyone working at Twitch.
I also hope Narcissa can get some reinforcement or help, and people realize this is a vulnerable person who, even if they are not a danger to others, could be one to themselves - the "greater good" argument is irrelevant here, everyone should have a happy and peaceful life.
Trans people are one of THE MOST VULNERABLE groups out there, so excuse me for not going "terrorist" or "lol, stupid thing to say, idiot".
I also hope Narcissa can get some reinforcement or help, and people realize this is a vulnerable person who, even if they are not a danger to others, could be one to themselves - the "greater good" argument is irrelevant here, everyone should have a happy and peaceful life.
Trans people are one of THE MOST VULNERABLE groups out there, so excuse me for not going "terrorist" or "lol, stupid thing to say, idiot".
I can't imagine being a transwoman that's a public figure, that would be a very rough position. Especially since she was the face of speedrunning in the early years of it becoming mainstream, pre-transition.
They really need to stay away from the spot light as it's not a healthy place to be for them. I remember reading those old articles.
This is sad and concerning situation, but ultimately we don't want to host a thread on someone's mental breakdown.
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