In a shocking bit of social media stupidity, popular Canadian DJ DeadMau5 has deleted his Twitch account following an explicative-laden homophobic rant.
The EDM artist, real name Joel Zimmerman, had an online meltdown after his character died in the online game PlayerUnknown’s Battleground. In the initial post, he referred to his opponent as “f*cking c*ck-sucking stream sniper f*g.” Twitch then banned DeadMaus5 for violating its anti-hate speech policies, prompting the DJ to then take his frustration to Reddit in an even longer, profane & homophobic tirade.
Twitch has banned @deadmau5 for 'hate speech' for using a homophobic slur against a stream sniper in PUBG.
In a response on Reddit, deadmau5 says he will likely no longer partner with or stream on Twitch due to the platform's double standards on censorship and suspensions. pic.twitter.com/fRI9ogF64j
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) February 13, 2019
In his rant, Deadmau5 stated he was “not going to stand for Twitch’s double standard when it comes to censoring and suspending tat for harmless sh*t.”
He also said that his remarks did not amount to hate speech, noting his statement “was intended to insult a f*ckin asshat who was being a f*cking asshat… it wasn’t ‘directed at an entire group of people who have a sexual orientation that differs from my own’ f*ck off with that sh*t. I know who I am, and I don’t have to f**king s*it here and cry and defend my f**king self with the obligatory “I’M NOT THAT PERSON, I AM SORRY” reflex.”
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Deadmau5’s Reddit remarks have since been deleted, though not before music journalists could begin publishing screen grabs.
This isn’t the first time Deadmau5 has come under fire for homophobia. Last year, the DJ drew criticism for homophobic and transaphobic remarks made on Twitter while defending his trademark oversize mouse helmet.
masterwill7
This is such BS. If you want to be insulted, you can always find something…. This guy was just playing a video game and got shot, end of the story…
Kangol
So homophobic rants are OK for you? GTFOH!
djmcgamester
It’s not a matter of “okay”. It wasn’t meant as a slur against gay but against the player. It’s stupid and insensitive but I’m not sure I’d go out on a limb and say he’s homophobic. I’ve personally used c@nt, @sshole and d!ck in reference to people doing stuff I don’t like. Doesn’t mean I hate vaginas, butts and penises. It’s stupid, immature behavior.
Again, we live in a culture of people who like to be offended. Why? What’s the net gain?
startenout
Damn, some guys will roll over just to setttle for any crap. If you’re calling people a “f-g” to be insulting, you’re homophobic just like if you called someone a “ni—er” you’d be racist. People will literally fight to let trolls put you down so you can buy their crap.
Godabed
Ppl are assuming that the person he was insulting was not gay or offended. There are a ton of gay gamers such as myself. This person is clearly an a$$hole.
ModeI
Happy Valentine’s Day, folks. I plan to enjoy it, and I hope you do too.
sebell75
What a moron. I’m sorry, it doesn’t matter that you wanted to insult some “asshat”…by using lgbtq people as your method of insult, you insult all of us, too. We are not there to be your insult. C*ck-sucking is not bad, and the word f*g is just an insult to us, since it has been directed at us as a detriment for over a hundred years. So, STOP USING THOSE WORDS as insults for ANYONE, you moron! You were willing to call them an asshat in your other post, so why not just go with that insult, instead of using one that’s offensive to an entire class of people, who are still out there being abused by a large portion of society.
RoughRugger
BINGO.
rodzilla
sebell75 or kingsolomon75?
wise man!
lord.krath
First of all, as a public figure it is disappointing he can’t use better words. But it is what it is.
Second, he is not wrong. I won’t excuse him because he isn’t asked to be excused. But I will say that gays use words in the heat of battle. How many of you have ever heard a woman referred to as a *unt? That isn’t a compliment. Or how about the words we use for ourselves for the specific purpose of denigrating another? Those are intended uses.
Why are we going after these incidents rather than actual and impactfull ones? We have VP that believes in conversion therapy for frells sake!
Daws
He seems like a moron. I’ll go back to not thinking about him or realizing he exists.
RIGay
Yet another social media platform that I:
1) Never heard of before
2) Would never consider using.
People will just never learn.
joseph_buscarino
I think it is Ironic, that he is talking about double standards, yet, if he had gone on a racist rant, that would be okay? I think its a sad state of affairs, that people generally still think its okay to target any single group with toxic hate speech to make a point, apparently we still have a long way to go for equality, if its considered okay to promote hate this way, whether it is in the heat of the moment or not.
Hillers
If he’d just called the dude a “bottom-feeding asshat,” we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Homeboy clearly has a commendable array of solid insults at his disposal.
piriblue
People in the entertainment business are just going to have to hire translators to translate what they really mean. Such as what he really means is ………………….. Society has changed so much as to what we can and cannot say. Everyone is looking for an opportunity to be offended and start a new revolution.
People say bad words when they get angry and they also say all kinds of negative shit. I’m sure when you think no one is listening you have a couple of choice words of your own. Why don’t we just relax for a little bit and stop taking offense at everything. There is going to come a time that in every street corner you are going to find a crow each one separately bitching about what someone else said. Can you imagine all the Go Fund Me pages being opened in order to compensate all of those hurt feelings.
Geeker
Even if he’s not a homophobe he sounds like an enraged asshole.
theWorldyouMade
I was on his side until I got to the very end of the article and realized that this isn’t the first time. So although I do like his music, I don’t like his attitude. We all have to live in this world together and some words hurt and sometimes people can be too sensitive, but either way we still have to live in this world together, it’s the circle of life, that’s what compromise is all about, I can look past him saying *coke sucker but I can’t look past him saying *fog. So C’mon dude at least get rid of some of the deragatory terms and I’ll try to be a little more understand that your upset.
surreal33
If quacks like duck and walks like duck…
Donston
hate this idea that “all gays were outraged”. No, most gays don’t even know who this dude is and most don’t give a shit about what he said to some dude while playing an online video game. Hell, Kevin Hart “joked” about hurting his son if he ever said his son was gay, and there are still many who didn’t care, made excuses for him or wanted everyone to quickly move on. We really need to stop thinking a handful of folks on social media can ever represent an entire demo.
On the other hand, it’s a shame that words like “faag” and “c*cksucker” have to continuously be used to bring down another man. That kind of stuff remains the main go-to when it comes to angry rants towards guys. It continues to re-iterate that being gay is dehumanizing, emasculating and equates to being a second-class citizen. Hell, even many homosexual/homo-leaning/homo-romantic/gay men continue to go to that old well.
Rock-N-RollHS
After a certain point, you make the decision what you find “emasculating” and “dehumanizing.” That shit rolls off me like rain on a waxed 1968 Mustang.
Rock-N-RollHS
Bad taste? Sure. Rude? Def. Kina offensive? Yeah. But on the offensive meter, not so high to me. But I’m a grown man, not a kid. In any event, Mr. Maus, does sound like an asshat. Gaming is sort of arrested, anyway, so not much of a surprise.
rodzilla
i don’t consider “c*cksucker” a disparaging remark, “LOUSY c*cksucker” is. but with a keen interest and lots of practice, one can improve their technique.
Rock-N-RollHS
Lol
MarathonBoy
“Love you, rodzilla! Keep up the great work!”
-Sincerely,
Throat Cancer
Kangol
@MarathonBoy,
“Go suck on an egg & stop being a homophobe & defending them.” – HPV Vaccine
nitejonboy
Who ? Nuff said.
DivinityRyder
Some of these comments are crazy. He used the word as an insult. He called someone gay as an insult. Basically “the worst thing I can call him is gay” That is the very definition of “homophobic”.
paul dorian lord fredine
grown man who i never heard of wears giant mouse head to get attention says what?
irbaboon
and you sir, just won the tread
johnnymcmxxx
He is a very poor DJ.