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Joe Rohan covered this well [1]. What Sargon is supposedly being banned for according to patreon is using the n-word against Nazis that had been attacking him f
by asabjorn 8y ago
Joe Rohan covered this well [1]. What Sargon is supposedly being banned for according to patreon is using the n-word against Nazis that had been attacking him for a while. Patreon said context didn’t matter and that they didn’t like his “brand” whatever that means. He didn’t say this on patreon or even his own YouTube channel, and let’s remember again he used the language of literal Nazis against them.
Supposedly context doesn’t matter if you violate social justice beliefs, because somehow sharing the platform with someone that does wrongthink also taints you. It is a very dangerous way of thinking and we should not tolerate it from tech platforms.
[1] https://youtu.be/2wsQPFyZghc https://youtu.be/2wsQPFyZghc
- ryanlol 8y agoContext doesnt matter if you risk bringing negative publicity to Patreon, which will directly affect their payment processing rates.
- asabjorn 8y agoWe are here talking about some hypothetical negative publicity. The outrage about what Sargon said is rather contrived and I suspect most of it is an act.
- ryanlol 8y agoIt just doesn't make sense for patreon to care about whether this outrage is contrived or not, any negative publicity over their customers could hurt their margins a lot. Payment processing is hard. I'm not saying it should be so, but Patreon isn't to blame for that.
- asabjorn 8y agoMore than what the outrage over the censorship of other viewpoints are? To me what they are doing seems more like an act of faith in social justice that is most likely really bad for their business
- ryanlol 8y agoI rather doubt that outrage over Patreon banning users to keep their payment processors happy would hurt their relationship with said payment processors.
- asabjorn 8y agoIn the call with Matt Christiansen they said this was entirely their decision. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U0mQjUA0T5INc_GDkwPJ2mfhO7tbaIogisSqqxHw0hc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U0mQjUA0T5INc_GDkwPJ2mfh...