During a livestream on February 27, popular Twitch streamer Zack "Asmongold" perused his official subreddit, where members of his community shared their opinions on the streamer's controversial remarks about the Ohio train accident. The streamer previously mentioned that those affected by the toxic train crash should consider leaving their houses.
Upon encountering Redditors joking about a comment he made during his recent broadcast, the Austin, Texas-based content creator expressed frustration that people were still fixated on it. As he read through the comments under the thread, he proceeded to delete a viewer's submission, claiming he wanted to be honest with his audience and did not want to see "this s**t."
Asmongold then doubled down on his contentious take by saying:
At the 15-minute mark of his February 27 broadcast, Asmongold came across a post by Redditor u/Bushfries, who submitted a post titled "Just sell your houses and leave Ohio guys 4head (Twitch emoticon)."
This was in reference to a statement that the streamer made the previous day when he reacted to a post by an Ohio native who was affected by the recent train derailment. The One True King (OTK) co-founder did not hold back and went off on the viewer, telling them to "stop crying" and that he did not care about their feelings.
After seeing the gist of the most recent post on his official subreddit, Asmongold stated that people were upset by his statement. He remarked:
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Upon reading a few more fan reactions, the World of Warcraft gamer deleted the user's post from the subreddit, stating:
The streamer doubled down on his controversial take and cited an "expert" who supposedly said the same thing. He added:
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