This might be a bit longer post, sorry
To expand on this statement, the reason I said this actually had nothing to do with Charlie Kirk or any other civil unrest this year. While of course, it's an agitating variable, it wasn't the reason
Last year, at Twitchcon, Nmplol and Wakewilder were sexually assaulted live and on camera, twitch made no statement and pretended like this didn't happen.
That type of behavior is disgusting, wrong, and has no place in civilized society. Anyone with a brain knew that if this had happened to a female creator at the time, Twitch's response would have been completely different. Anyone without a brain had that proven last night.
To me, this proved an undeniable cynical reality: Twitch doesn't care about sexual assault, they care about the optics of sexual assault. If they had cared, they would have approached it with men in the same way. This proves their motives are driven by optics rather than principle.
Under that reasoning, it could be assumed that Twitch would allow the same thing to occur again this year. Why wouldn't they? They got away with it last year.
This is what my true reasoning was behind what I said.
Even now, Twitch refuses to apologize to Emiru or even name her. Innocuous to the uninitiated but obvious to the informed.
They are refusing to apologize because it could be used against them in a lawsuit. They are refusing to name her to avoid boosting SEO (search engine optimization) connecting the company to this event and to not further spread her name in the hopes that it will minimize the controversy.
In front of everyone, they put optics over principle and insult your intelligence by assuming you're too stupid to see it.
Actions speak louder than words and what people avoid saying often reveals their true intent.
I apologize that sometimes when I speak on issues that I do so in such a brash and offensive tone that it polarizes people against me. When things like this happens it makes me think about that a lot. Could I have made a bigger difference if I was less of an asshole? Maybe.
Stay safe, trust your instincts, and believe what you see and not what you hear.