Homophobia: a controversial issue in the world of eSports
Recently, an Esport commentator named Frankie Ward was awarded “Presenter of the Year” at the UK Esports Awards, and in her speech at the awards ceremony, she declared: “In Esport
Normally, this type of controversy always appears in Esport MOBA games like League of Legends or Battle Royale games like PUBG, and the audience is quite used to this.
The incident took place on June 30, while streaming a CS:GO match, moE typed the word `faggot` into the team chat and then expressed his opinion that `it seems we are not allowed to say such things now.`
The next day, moE posted his opinion on the channel being locked, basically saying that locking his channel was a move to appease those who oppose homophobia in Esport.
Another famous person on Youtube and Twitch, Sky Williams, also spoke up about moE’s channel being locked, meaning that he also disagreed with moE’s statement and that clearly when using the word `faggot`, moE was
MonteCristo, a commentator for the Overwatch tournament, wrote: `Many people are deliberately misinterpreting a word because they don’t care about the context of the word.`
Back in 2012, comedian Louis CK opened a debate about the word “faggot” and where its figurative meaning came from.
However, things are going too far unnecessarily.
Back to the story of streamer moE, he said that `I use the word fagot to mean stupid people, that’s all`, but later, in an apology, moE corrected that `I have never had