Scott Cawthon, the creator and developer of the popular Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF) survival horror game series, has resigned after he was subjected to a sustained cancel campaign related to his donations to several politicians including Donald Trump, Tulsi Gabbard, Mitch McConnell, Ben Carson, and Kimberly Klacik.
Cawthon has been donating to political candidates since 2015 but last week, after a tweet about his historic political donations went viral, numerous Twitter users and gaming outlets targeted him for cancelation by claiming that he was donating to "the most anti-LGBTQIA+ conservatives in America" and "homophobic and transphobic lawmakers."
Cawthon responded to the online outrage by refusing to apologize to those demanding his cancelation:
"I'd like to think that the last seven years would have given me the benefit of the doubt in regards to how I try to treat people, but there I was, trending on twitter for being a homophobe, getting doxed, with people threatening to come to my house. My wife is six weeks pregnant and she spent last night in fear because of what was being said online. She has already been struggling with her pregnancy so seeing her so afraid really scared me. All this because I exercised my right, and my duty, as an American citizen, to vote for and support the candidates who I felt could best run the country, for everyone, and that's something that I won't apologize for."
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