TimTheTatMan Wants Call Of Duty Operator Removed In "Support" Of Nickmercs

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Call of Duty recently added two Twitch streamers to Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 in the form of Operator bundles: Nickmercs and TimTheTatMan. The former was recently removed from sale after he made homophobic comments on stream, saying that LGBTQ+ protesters under attack should "leave little children alone".

TimTheTatMan, however, has come out in support of Nickmercs, and wants his operator removed too.

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"[Nickmercs] has been my friend for years- we went in getting our CoD operators together," TimTheTatMan tweeted. "It feels wrong for me to have mine and him no longer have his. In support of my friend, please remove the timthetatman bundle".

Rather than holding his friend to account for harmful homophobic comments, which uphold a common right-wing talking point that queer people are groomers and paedophiles, villainising their entire existence, TimTheTatMan came out to support Nickmercs. This has only added fuel to the fire, as many in the comments are celebrating TimTheTatMan's decision, with Kick co-owner Trainwreck saying, "fuck cancel culture. if the part of the internet that's going after mercs were the 'good guys', they'd teach & be patient even if their teaching are being questioned."

Others in the comments, commonly with paid-for blue checks, have started to call detractors "groomers", again pushing this right-wing talking point that renders queer people's existence as evil and wrong. But it's not just TimTheTatMan, Trainwreck, and Nickmercs who are pushing a harmful narrative about LGBTQ+ people, excusing it as free speech being 'cancelled'; Mara actor Alex Zedra (not to be confused with Mara's voice actor, Carla Tassara) replied to an