Destiny Corey Comperatore Remarks / Kick Ban

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Destiny Corey Comperatore Remarks or Destiny July 2024 Kick Ban refers to debate streamer Destiny getting temporarily banned from the streaming site Kick in July 2024. The two-week suspension came days after Destiny's X / Twitter account was demonetized, with both being attributed to the "centrist" streamer's disparaging remarks about Corey Comperatore, the firefighter and father killed in the 2024 Trump Rally Shooting. Memes about Destiny being banned from Kick, a platform that routinely allows contentious content and platforms controversial streamers due to its policy on free speech, began making the rounds soon after his ban.

Background

On July 14th, 2024, Destiny made a series of posts on X^[1][2] / Twitter disparaging Donald Trump and the rally attendee who was shot and killed during the 2024 assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. In the tweets, Destiny made comments disparaging Trump and his supporters and called Corey Comperatore a "fucking retard" for showing support for Vladimir Putin online (examples shown seen below).

On July 14th, Destiny also hosted Kick streams during which he reiterated his position on Trump and his supporters, saying that he lacks sympathy for an aspiring dictator and those who stand behind him. In one prominent clip, he said, "Fuck it, fuck the dude, the firefighter guy, fuck Trump, fuck the people that support him" (clips shown below).

Destiny Talks About The Innocent Firefighter That Was Shot & Killed During Donald Trump’s Rally Yesterday..😳

"F*** That Dude, The Fire Fighter Guy, F*** Trump." pic.twitter.com/wJqLF9nH71

— KickChamp👑 (@Kick_Champ) July 15, 2024

Destiny again goes off on the innocent firefighter who was shot and killed during Donald Trump’s rally..

"Just to be clear, f*** you, f*** the guy that got shot at the rally" pic.twitter.com/Jjl4SI7DpM

— Kick Clips 🎬 (@kick_clips) July 16, 2024

Developments

On July 14th, 2024, X user @Dom_Lucre,^[3] a man previously banned from X for posting uncensored CSAM material who was later reinstated by Elon Musk, posted a collage of Destiny's tweets, calling for his account to be demonetized. Shortly after, Musk posted a response and said Destiny's content was not advertiser-friendly (seen below, left).

On July 16th Destiny's Kick channel was temporarily banned for his statements about Donald Trump and Corey Comperatore, with Destiny posting^[4] a suspension notice on his X account on July 17th, gathering over 12,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

Piers Morgan Uncensored Appearance

Destiny made an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored to defend his position on bad-mouthing Trump and Comperatore on July 16th, 2024, with a YouTube^[7] upload of the debate gathering over 1 million views in a day (seen below).

Online Reactions

Some X users posted disparaging tweets about Destiny in response to his comments on the Donald Trump assassination attempt, with X^[8] user @ElectionLegal writing on July 14th, 2024, "Man who calls himself Destiny versus an actual man of destiny," and gathering over 30,000 likes in three days (seen below, left). Meanwhile, Destiny^[9] posted a meme on July 16th mocking "Dark humor mfs," gathering over 19,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

Various internet users pointed out Kick's supposed hypocrisy in banning Destiny over the controversy, with YouTuber SomeOrdinaryGamers posting to his X account @OrdinaryGamers^[5] on July 17th saying, "Dude got banned faster than the child predators/drunk drivers lmao," and gathering 60,000 likes in a day.

Also on July 17th, 2024, YouTuber and streamer Vaush wrote on X, ""I can't believe [mocks George Floyd] Destiny would ever [supports January 6] mock the dead [mocks Club Q shooting] and make light of [mocks Paul Pelosi attack] political violence" 😡😡😡," gathering 15,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).^[6]

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