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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 6
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      Steven Crowder is an unfunny blowhard, but Carlos Maza is professional adult journalist employed by a major media organization -- not some kid being bullied on a playground. The idea that YouTube needs to "protect" him is ridiculous and infantilehttps://spectator.us/steven-crowder-carlos-maza-playground/ …

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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 6
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      I don't know if Maza self-describes as a "journalist" but he produces political content for Vox under the ostensible guise of journalism. Either way, he's employed by a major media organization. Variety calls him a "chronically bullied gay Hispanic video journalist"pic.twitter.com/aAeP0ReWeb

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    3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 6
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      I'm sorry but if you actually enjoy this crap you're almost certainly a gigantic dunce. Good thing you don't have to defend someone on the merits to defend them against being arbitrarily penalized by tech companies in response to hysterical mob pressure!pic.twitter.com/6Co9G8HTxc

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    4. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 6
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      Crowder is a juvenile doofus, but Maza is juvenile in his own special way by demanding that tech authorities impose disciplinary action on his adversaries. If you can't withstand mockery online, don't choose a profession that entails making provocative political statements online

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    5. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 6
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      If you're a public figure, like Maza, you simply have to expect ridicule: including the kind of buffoonish, demeaning ridicule Crowder specializes in. It comes with the territory. Your aversion to mean insults doesn't entitle you to dictate what speech is permitted on YouTube

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 6
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      Turning the tech companies -- who were never supposed to be active arbiters of speech, just facilitators of it -- into functionaries of the government and the elite media, with all the political baggage that entails, is extremely dangerous. If you can't see that, you're a moron

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        1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 7
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          Crowder and Maza feed off each other in a perverse way. They're both invested in stoking petty online culture war battles, because it's good for their respective "brands." If these are the types of people elevated to the top of the contemporary media hierarchy, we're 100% screwed

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        1. Sam‏ @SamuelPLively Jun 6
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          It's not really that unusual - the Hays Code essentially controlled Hollywood speech for 40 years as a proxy for establishment morality. I think the trouble is how radical the morality of the new hegemony is.

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        1. Illoominati‏ @OrenBalaban Jun 7
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          It's pointless to try and defend Crowder. Anything that liberal media deems hate speech, defined as any speech they determine to be hateful, should be banned indefinitely!

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        1. Charlie Hamilton‏ @chashamilton02 Jun 6
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          You are fast becoming one of my favorite journalists. Thanks for the sanity.

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        1. MicMars‏ @IAmMicMars Jun 6
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          MicMars Retweeted Steven Crowder

          https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1136813615053492232?s=19 …

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          Steven CrowderVerified account @scrowder
          .@gaywonk is the #LwC employee of the month! He set the record for most #MugClub memberships sold in a single week! Thank you @gaywonk. Use his promo code “Free Speech” for $30 off! http://LouderWithCrowder.com/MugClub  https://twitter.com/MsAnniePaul/status/1136808726285889536 …
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        2. Jack, a professional American‏ @A_Bro_LIncoln Jun 6
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          I agree with a part of your argument..but Crowder has been inciting and encouraging his mouth breathing followers to carry on a harrassment campaign against Maza.

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        3. Opinion Respecter™‏ @ReallyNotAMoose Jun 7
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          It's funny that you wouldn't be able to provide any source on that.

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        1. The Cocaine Bear‏ @KyCocaineBear Jun 7
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          Why is @mtracey the sole voice of reason on this platform?

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        2. Navid  🧢‏ @NYCNavid Jun 7
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          Navid  🧢 Retweeted Navid  🧢

          https://twitter.com/NYCNavid/status/1136949312460640257 …

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          Advertisers, including YouTube advertisers, can always dictate to for-profit media what content they can sponsor. To the extent that extreme unequal access to resources might prohibit some speakers to spread their message, yes, that's bad. That's why I support @AndrewYang's UBI. https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1136814276277145600 …
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        1. Russian Asset  ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️‏ @SpinNoMas Jun 7
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          The DMCA must be repealed or rewritten

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        2. TyEvtt‏ @tyler3verett Jun 6
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          "Turning the tech companies -- who were never supposed to be active arbiters of speech, just facilitators of it" - according to whom? I'd be more on your side if we nationalized social media, but this feels like a made up standard.

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        3. TyEvtt‏ @tyler3verett Jun 6
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          Don't get me wrong; I have concerns about youtube, but picking at this specific argument.

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        2. DC Kurtz‏ @dc_kurtz Jun 6
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          It's frustrating because yes, Steven Crowder is an unfunny and irritating turd, but giving the keys to public discourse to Susan Wojicki and Mark Zuckerberg is so infinitely horrifically worse and I wish people could see the bigger picture.

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        1. Donny T-Bone‏ @TromboneDonald Jun 6
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          He can still post videos on the platform though. Nobody is stopping him from putting his trash out.

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        1. Nancy Freed‏ @jeansbluejeans Jun 6
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          They are the real threat to the election, not Russia as they censor conservative speech

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        1. David Leverty‏ @RhaegarRemDeiku Jun 6
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          Michael is currently trying to swing from the "Russiagate" branch to the "Vox Adpocalypse" branch. Hoping for a smooth transition between attention-seeking endeavors. I wonder what his next phase will be? Ah, the sweet, succulent fruit of perpetual unemployment.

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        1. insitu‏ @insituobserves Jun 6
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          Isn’t it advertisers or at least the fear of losing them that’s controlling this rather than elite media or government? The business model itself isn’t tolerant of anything that could hurt their image because advertisers care about that and nothing else. #VoxAdpocalype

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