I've said this before but this whole situation with @YouTube is really highlighting how platforms like it seem to believe that it's possible to establish a set of rules that works by treating everyone the same. (1/3)
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@YouTube will NEED to acknowledge this and start acting accordingly. They NEED to factor power dynamics into their rulings. They NEED to take a fucking side. (3/3)Show this thread -
I mean, they have taken a side, of course. They're siding with the oppressors while paying lip service to "pride" & notions of equality. For any of us who have ever been the target of hateful rhetoric from bozos like Cr*wd*r, it's transparently obvious, and it's a fucking outrage
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This is what I mean, why we can't have a 1-size-fits-all set of rules. Calling for milkshaking (or more forceful means of resistance) of right-wing pols is NOT the same as inciting the harassment of marginalized ppl bcuz conservatives in power enact policy that is itself violencepic.twitter.com/m6KmsvX7P0
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There is a very real sense in which we are fighting for our fucking lives here.
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