Extremists Feeling the FAFO: Jimmy Kimmel, Twitch, and Gaming
FAFO Culture is Hitting Extremists Like a Truck
When silence is complicity, consequences follow.
Charlie Kirk’s unjust killing detonated a political and media firestorm that’s now exposing how platforms, late-night shows, and game studios behave themselves…or don’t.
Congress just yanked Twitch CEO Dan Clancy into the spotlight, Jimmy Kimmel just got canned from for running his big mouth, and game developers who thought they could joke about a man’s death are getting a firsthand look that FAFO is real and it’s coming for the extremists.
For the first time in over a decade, gamers everywhere are watching the scoreboard shift.
The Spark That Lit the Fuse: Charlie Kirk’s Death
On September 10, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was tragically shot and killed while debating at an event at Utah Valley University. The alleged shooter, 24-year-old Tyler Robinson, was eventually arrested and charged with the gruesome assassination, following a 33-hour manhunt.
Authorities described Robinson as motivated by his belief that Kirk “spread too much hate” online while early speculation from demented liberals tried to paint the killer as a “MAGA Republican” (some even going so far as to doctor images of him in MAGA attire) – accurate reporting quickly debunked that narrative, revealing Robinson as a reportedly gay, radicalized left-leaning ideologue with a trans-identifying, furry boyfriend.
What followed wasn’t just a tragedy – it was a litmus test. Who gets punished for their rhetoric? Who gets protected? And what happens when the hypocrisy can’t be ignored anymore?
Congress Calls Twitch to the Carpet
Twitch has always been…selective when it comes to moderation. While some streamers on Twitch like Tectone was famously banned for two weeks for calling an objectively overweight woman fat, other left-leaning streamers skate by despite inciting their audiences with violent rhetoric and clearly breaking Twitch’s Terms of Service on multiple occasions.
Well, this concerning double standard has finally caught Congress’s attention.
The House Oversight Committee formally invited Twitch CEO Dan Clancy to testify on October 8, 2025, as part of a broader probe into “radicalization of online forum users” and the platforms that host them.
Translation: Twitch is about to be grilled over why conservative voices get nuked at the first whiff of controversy, while progressive streamers like Hasan Piker have enjoyed carte blanche to spew their ideological venom with impunity – including direct calls for violence on multiple occasions.
This isn’t just Twitter drama anymore.
Congressional testimony means lawmakers are deciding whether Twitch is complicit in fueling political extremism. And if Clancy thinks he can smooth-talk his way out of this one, he hasn’t been paying attention.
Twitch's Double Standards on Full Display
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: selective enforcement.
Twitch will happily slap suspensions on conservative-leaning streamers for things as trivial as edgy commentary, while turning a blind eye to Piker’s years of violent rhetoric. When clips circulate of him saying things like “America deserved 9/11” or “joking” about political assassinations, Twitch shrugs and gives him a surprise birthday party.
Twitch is corrupt and needs immediate action.
— TECTONE 🇺🇸 (@Tectone) September 13, 2025
Twitch you must ban Hasan. pic.twitter.com/gQFO2m0UTL
Video: Hasan Piker Calling for Violence on Twitch | Posted by Tectone on Twitter
When a right-leaning voice vaguely steps out of line or (heaven forbid) criticizes woke ideology?
Bam! Here’s a ban.
That double standard is exactly why Twitch is under the microscope.
And it’s why Clancy’s testimony matters to more than just streamers – it’s about whether platforms that dominate youth culture get to play favorites with political ideology.
Jimmy Kimmel Finds Out the Hard Way
The hypocrisy isn’t limited to Twitch either. Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel thought he was untouchable when he went live on ABC and declared, as fact, that Kirk’s killer was a MAGA Republican.
It was a disgusting and false statement – not just insensitive, but directly contradictory to the actual facts that have already been revealed and released at the time. The alleged shooter wasn’t some red-hat conservative; he was a radicalized leftist according to his own family.
ABC’s response to Jimmy Kimme’s unhinged rant?
Kimmel was yanked off Jimmy Kimmel Live! almost immediately. Sources say the call came from two of the largest media groups, Nextar and Sinclair, of which, Sinclair put out a statement saying “Regardless of ABC’s plans for the future of the program, Sinclair intends not to return ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ to our air until we are confident that appropriate steps have been taken to uphold the standards expected of a national broadcast platform,”
“I can’t imagine another time when we’ve had local broadcasters tell what we call a national programmer like Disney that your content no longer meets the needs and the values of our community,”
-Branden Car, FCC
Of course, left-leaning voices rushed to spin the firing as “Trump censorship,”…but that’s just delusional.
This wasn’t the government muzzling Kimmel – it was his corporate overlords and the FCC deciding they’ve, collectively, had enough of his reckless mouth. For once, a mainstream figure faced consequences for spewing misinformation.
And no, that’s not censorship. That’s accountability.
The FAFO Movement Comes for Gaming
The ripple effect hit gaming hard.
For years, the industry has leaned far too hard to the left – both in leadership and in culture. But when tragedy struck, some devs just couldn’t help but show their true colors.
Take Sucker Punch Productions. An artist on their upcoming title Ghosts of Yotei openly celebrated Kirk’s death online. Gamers didn’t take it lightly. Community outrage spread like wildfire, and before long, that artist was fired.
Then came Bethesda.
Out of nowhere, the company’s official Twitter account posted a mocking response to Kirk’s death. Yes, on the official account. Screenshots spread fast, outrage spread faster, and Bethesda deleted the tweet.
But the damage was done.
For me personally? That was the last straw. I loved Elder Scrolls and Fallout, and was honestly looking forward to the next season of the Fallout show, but I’m not supporting a company that thinks mocking murder victims is good branding.
Gamers have long memories, and Bethesda’s stunt is going to cost them.
Freedom of Speech vs. Freedom From Consequences
Here’s the thing: nobody is saying these people can’t speak.
Jimmy Kimmel, that Sucker Punch dev, even Bethesda’s toxic social team – they had every right to say what they said.
But rights aren’t the same as social immunity.
Free speech protects you from government censorship, not from the consequences of your employer, your audience, or the free market.
Conservatives and moderates have been on the blunt end of cancel culture for years. Now that the same pendulum is swinging back at their faces, leftists are crying for getting smacked in the head.
Sorry, but you can’t demand accountability for one side while expecting impunity for the other.
That’s not how this works.
Why This Matters for Gamers
So why should you, the average gamer, care?
Because the people shaping your hobby – the developers, the streamers, the platforms – are the same ones trying to reshape the culture. If Twitch keeps protecting calls for violence and terrorist sympathizers while banishing right-leaning voices to the shadow realm, then the biggest streaming platform in gaming isn’t even trying to appear neutral – it’s taking a political stance against America and it’s Western values, in my opinion.
If Bethesda thinks mocking death is good PR, then your dollars aren’t just funding the game franchises that you played as a kid and fell in love with – your money is funding their ideology.
And the market is waking up.
Boycotts, cancellations, outrage campaigns – they’re no longer just anti-conservative tactics.
They’re the new reality being uno-reversed onto these extremists.
Companies will either adapt with transparency and fairness, or they’ll keep bleeding goodwill until gamers simply move onto companies that align better with their values.
The End of Free Passes
Here’s the bottom line: the era of free passes using social and emotional manipulation for all of this insanity is over.
Twitch is facing Congress. Jimmy Kimmel is out of a job. Developers are losing gigs. Companies are scrambling to delete tweets and control the damage of its employees and leadership.
For once, the people who thought they were untouchable are being forced to live by the same rules they shoved on everyone else for the last decade.
And honestly? It’s about damn time.
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I Am Charlie Kirk
September 18, 2025
FAFO IN MOTION
Ayefkay
September 19, 2025
Hey I am Charlie Kirk, thanks for stopping by and yea, for some reason there seems to be a contagious strain of FAFO going around the left lol
RIP Charlie
September 20, 2025
maybe these bitches will understand now
Ayefkay
September 21, 2025
Hey RIP Charlie, thanks for stopping by but honestly – I doubt it. The leftist extremists aren’t really known for self-inflection and instead will likely find some way to just blame Trump for everything while inciting more violence. I hope not, but history shows us otherwise.
R. O.
September 26, 2025
Kimmel is a tool and got off too lightly imo