Incredibly grateful that Vox has my back on this.
LGBT @YouTube employees, I wish you had the same:https://twitter.com/joeposner/status/1137041249448398855 …
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@TeamYouTube to know that they empower this kind of culture when they allow bigots and racist to run rampant on thier platform. Speech doesn’t exist in a vacuum, it has social consequences that effects millions.pic.twitter.com/PMzDhdbX2CThis media may contain sensitive material. Learn more
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That still doesn't make it illegal or censorable. You don't generally care about the social consequences of things, otherwise we'd be back to banning Henry Miller and Richard Pryor .
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Richard Pryor was a comedian of his era, the era of Carter and Reagan. Comparing comedians to a homophobic racist who does social commentary on YouTube with “jokes” sprinkled in between is the epitome of a false equivalence.pic.twitter.com/SeamQMsFmx
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It's a slippery slope. If we ban crowder from doing that, we'd have to ban Charlie Chan movies, a number of westerns, Madame Butterfly, an old Doctor Who episode, etc. Censorship never stops.
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