Summit1g responds to backlash over \u201cinnocent until proven guilty\u201d tweet Summit1G\/Twitch[jwplayer 91I9RIGm]Popular Twitch streamer \u2018summit1g\u2019 is facing backlash on social media over a tweet appearing to criticize how accusations are handled online, following a slew of sexual assault and harassment allegations against well-known content creators and personalities in the gaming industry. The past week has seen a number of allegations made online against prominent figures in the gaming sphere, but the internet\u2019s reaction to the claims has been \u201cbackwards\u201d according to a tweet from summit on June 24. \u201cInnocent until proven guilty\u2026.\u201d the streamer tweeted. \u201cUnless it\u2019s the internet where we do things backwards.\u201d Summit almost immediately faced pushback on his take from various personalities and Twitter users, including fellow Twitch streamer Asmongold, who suggested that in these cases it\u2019s worth giving both sides the chance to speak. \u201cIt\u2019s possible to support and take someone who\u2019s making an allegation seriously while also not immediately cancelling the person who it was made against,\u201d Asmon replied. \u201cIt\u2019s important to give people an opportunity to respond and defend themselves.\u201d Esports insider Rod \u2018Slasher\u2019 Breslau went a step further and suggested that maybe it would have been better if the streamer had kept his opinion to himself on the matter. \u201cAs one of the biggest streamers in all of gaming and on Twitch, if your first comment on social after a week of ~100 women coming forward with stories of special assault, harassment, and misconduct is to say this,\u201d Slasher wrote. \u201cMaybe it\u2019s better you say nothing at all.\u201d Summit hopped on stream shortly after making the tweet and almost immediately addressed the outrage surrounding it after viewers brought it up. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to hold myself back sometimes, I\u2019m only human you know? And I have opinions and we\u2019re not all going to share opinions,\u201d summit said on stream. \u201cNo matter what you think, no matter what you say, no matter how righteous your cause may be, there\u2019ll always be someone that disagrees.\u201d \u201cI am just simply stating that while people are making very, very clear that sexual assaults and things like it are happening at real-life events and that people are people are getting called out,\u201d he added. \u201cI just also want to make it very, very clear how dangerous it is to run someone\u2019s name through the mud like that if it\u2019s not 100% true.\u201d Despite his on-stream explanation, the broadcasting star continues to face backlash over his post due to the current environment in the gaming and streaming space. Stay tuned to Dexerto for more as this story continues to develop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Summit1g responds to backlash over \u201cinnocent until proven guilty\u201d tweet Summit1G\/Twitch[jwplayer 91I9RIGm]Popular Twitch streamer \u2018summit1g\u2019 is facing backlash on social media over a tweet appearing to criticize how accusations are handled online, following a slew of sexual assault and harassment allegations against well-known content creators and personalities in the gaming industry. The past week has […]<\/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-59647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59647","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=59647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}