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How would you react to your own ideas being censored? YouTube here has decided what the “correct” messaging is for the many based on the decisions of a few. Is

How would you react to your own ideas being censored? YouTube here has decided what the “correct” messaging is for the many based on the decisions of a few. Is there no room for dissenting opinion? Perhaps more dangerous are the people who now are firmly convinced the lockdown should be over simply because the video was taken down. When is the proper approach to discuss and counter instead of suppress?

milemi 6y ago
I'm not super familiar with YouTube's policy on this, but apparently they decided to curb what they deem to be COVID-19 misinformation. I completely agree that what these two are doing is spreading misinformation, this is not anywhere in the range of a seasonal flu, the numbers are clear on that. It's very naive to think that what these two are doing is a good faith attempt to present a dissenting opinion. If someone wants to use this tragedy as an opportunity to launch their right-wing media career I don't think YouTube is obliged to be an accomplice. As for my opinions being silenced, if I ever yell fire in a theater, or tell people to drink poison laced Kool-Aid, or tell them to ignore this pandemic, I hope I get what's coming to me.
- runawaybottle 6y ago
  Have you seen Trump’s press conferences? You’d have to censor half the stuff he says, or half the stuff the right wing pushes. The Heritage Foundation is literally on a media blitz right now on Youtube pushing the Wuhan Lab outbreak theory (which I entertain as something that needs inspection, but I’m rethinking the whole thing now that I know one of the lying think-tanks that propagated the Iraq War narrative is cooking up some new bullshit). Censoring misinformation on YouTube is like censoring porn. Wait, I guess something as absurd as that actually exists in Japan. Alright, never mind, humanity has no bounds, continue on in your paradoxical ways. Censor the flat-earthers while you’re at it at, at least we know that’s bullshit for sure.
- um_ya 6y ago
  And what happens when you yell fire in a movie theater and they silence you when it's true? It's not just about the "incorrect" content that's posted on Youtube, it's also the correct content that gets censored. How else would we learn about the water that makes the frogs gay?
  - milemi 6y ago
    Luckily I wrote down those deets before it went dark. Best water I ever drank. My frogs are loving it too.

milemi 6y ago

I'm not super familiar with YouTube's policy on this, but apparently they decided to curb what they deem to be COVID-19 misinformation. I completely agree that what these two are doing is spreading misinformation, this is not anywhere in the range of a seasonal flu, the numbers are clear on that. It's very naive to think that what these two are doing is a good faith attempt to present a dissenting opinion. If someone wants to use this tragedy as an opportunity to launch their right-wing media career I don't think YouTube is obliged to be an accomplice. As for my opinions being silenced, if I ever yell fire in a theater, or tell people to drink poison laced Kool-Aid, or tell them to ignore this pandemic, I hope I get what's coming to me.

runawaybottle 6y ago
Have you seen Trump’s press conferences? You’d have to censor half the stuff he says, or half the stuff the right wing pushes. The Heritage Foundation is literally on a media blitz right now on Youtube pushing the Wuhan Lab outbreak theory (which I entertain as something that needs inspection, but I’m rethinking the whole thing now that I know one of the lying think-tanks that propagated the Iraq War narrative is cooking up some new bullshit). Censoring misinformation on YouTube is like censoring porn. Wait, I guess something as absurd as that actually exists in Japan. Alright, never mind, humanity has no bounds, continue on in your paradoxical ways. Censor the flat-earthers while you’re at it at, at least we know that’s bullshit for sure.
um_ya 6y ago
And what happens when you yell fire in a movie theater and they silence you when it's true? It's not just about the "incorrect" content that's posted on Youtube, it's also the correct content that gets censored. How else would we learn about the water that makes the frogs gay?
- milemi 6y ago
  Luckily I wrote down those deets before it went dark. Best water I ever drank. My frogs are loving it too.