NICKMERCS \u201cstands by\u201d controversial Pride tweet in return to streaming after CoD skin removal FaZe ClanFaZe star NICKMERCS has finally returned to streaming following outrage over a tweet he penned about Pride Month in schools, and says he still \u201cstands by\u201d his words. FaZe co-owner and Call of Duty streamer NICKMERCS came under fire in early June due to a comment he made about a protest that took place outside a school in Glendale, California. The protest was reportedly sparked by a board meeting regarding the recognition of Pride Month at the school. NICKMERCS offered his response to the matter, saying in a now-viral tweet: \u201cThey should leave little children alone. That\u2019s the real issue.\u201d The streamer\u2019s post took social media by storm, with many users calling his tweet \u201chomophobic\u201d and \u201cAnti-LGBT.\u201d Activision eventually removed his operator skin from Warzone 2 & Modern Warfare 2 as a result of the backlash, but not before streamers like Dr Disrespect voiced support for the MFAM leader. NICKMERCS addressed the outrage in a stream on June 7, saying he \u201cdidn\u2019t mean to upset anybody\u201d but that he\u2019s \u201cnot apologizing about the tweet, because I don\u2019t feel like it\u2019s wrong.\u201d After this, the influencer took a step back from streaming and claimed he\u2019d return to his regularly scheduled content on June 19. NICKMERCS says Pride tweet made people \u201cshow their true colors\u201d Now, he has addressed the issue once again, claiming he still \u201cstands by\u201d what he said and feels people showed their \u201ctrue colors\u201d amid the \u201cmess\u201d that resulted from his post. \u201cA lot of people showed their true colors,\u201d he said. \u201cAnother positive in this mess. You kinda get to see what people think about you. People who hate you \u2014 it just kinda like, it gives them more ammunition to hate you, I guess. And people who f*ck with you, they f*ck with you more now.\u201d NICKMERCS slams Call of Duty after operator skin removal He also called out Activision for removing his CoD skin, arguing that he \u201cdidn\u2019t say anything\u201d offensive. \u201cMy manager\u2019s not gonna want me to say this, but I just gotta keep it a buck,\u201d he added. \u201cBut of all the f*ckin\u2019 companies \u2014 Call of Duty? That\u2019s the company? Is anybody else bam-f*cking-boozled by that? \u2026I didn\u2019t even say anything! I keep thinking, it\u2019s like I went up there and did a speech!\u201d Referencing his previous steam addressing the matter, NICKMERCS continued to state that his tweet was not meant to target LGBTQIA+ people, \u201cHow the f*ck was that anti-[LGBTQIA+]?\u201d he asked. \u201cListen, these kids are very young. Can\u2019t they just go be kids? Can\u2019t they just be children? It\u2019s got nothing to do with that.\u201d NICK\u2019s controversial tweet may have gotten him removed from Call of Duty, but it also sparked a massive influx of followers for the streamer, who gained a whopping 50,000 followers on Twitter amidst the outrage. For now, it\u2019s unclear if NICK\u2019s operator skin will ever return \u2014 but for now, it looks like business as usual for the FaZe star and his newly-increased fan following.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NICKMERCS \u201cstands by\u201d controversial Pride tweet in return to streaming after CoD skin removal FaZe ClanFaZe star NICKMERCS has finally returned to streaming following outrage over a tweet he penned about Pride Month in schools, and says he still \u201cstands by\u201d his words. FaZe co-owner and Call of Duty streamer NICKMERCS came under fire in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}