![]() ![]() Bonnell himself has stated that his intention is not to persuade their opponents, but to persuade the audience although he has expressed that airing his opinions often feels "like screaming into the void," he estimates he has received hundreds of emails from former members of the alt-right crediting him for their conversion to left-wing politics. Subsequent journalistic and academic coverage of right-wing YouTube commentary has credited Bonnell as an early and effective opposition to it, particularly owing to his provocative, combative debate style which appeals to right-wing gaming audiences. Starting in 2016, Bonnell has gained attention for live-streaming political debates with other internet personalities. Bonnell identified as a libertarian during this era, but his politics began shifting toward liberalism after an incident in which he heard another streamer call a gay person a "fucking faggot." ĭuring his years as a Starcraft II streamer, Bonnell was known for his abrasive and confrontational style, including use of threats and pejoratives against other players for shock humor. ![]() In October of that year, Bonnell joined professional team Quantic Gaming and placed 4th in the 2011 MLG Global North American invitational. Streaming his Starcraft II matches on (which later merged with Twitch), he was immediately financially successful. In 2011, Bonnell quit his job as a carpet cleaner to stream video games full-time. Soon after, he was fired from his restaurant position, and found work as a carpet cleaner. Ultimately unable to juggle both his education and full-time work, Bonnell dropped out of college in 2010. ![]() In 2007, Bonnell enrolled at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, where he studied music while working night shifts as a restaurant manager at a casino. A few years later his parents moved to take care of an aging relative, after which he lived with his grandmother until he was 18. When he was a pre-teen, his mother's home day care business collapsed, and his family's home was foreclosed. He was raised in a conservative Catholic home in Omaha, Nebraska, where he attended Creighton Preparatory School-a private, Jesuit high school for boys. Steven Kenneth Bonnell II was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on December 12th, 1988, to a Cuban-American mother and American father. ![]()
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