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This phrase is a pejorative for Communists; it is more or less equivalent to the term 'commies' in English. EDIT: Please don't downvote me for contributing rel

This phrase is a pejorative for Communists; it is more or less equivalent to the term 'commies' in English. EDIT: Please don't downvote me for contributing relevant facts to the discussion. I do not support censorship.

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slantyyz 6y ago
If that's the case, shouldn't Youtube ban words like 'cuck', 'libtard' and 'snowflake'?
- dionian 6y ago
  Yes. I wonder why the Thought Police are going so easy on "Hate".
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vorpalhex 6y ago
Youtube doesn't censor most pejoratives in comments, as you can tell by reading any of the comments.
- addHocker 6y ago
  Goto have money, goto have power, to be sensitive or gentil glass hearted.
- chki 6y ago
  I think you are reading things into the comment your replying to that aren't there.
  - vorpalhex 6y ago
    It is either the case that the parent likes to add random facts into conversations such as "the word communist contains 9 letters" which has nothing to do with the conversation, or the parent clearly felt that the phrase being perjorative was tied to it being censored. Let us assume the parent was being on topic and relevant. Therefore they seem to indicate the censoring was due to it being perjorative. As most other perjoratives are not typically censored (per my comment), that would imply that the "Communist Bandit" perjorative is somehow special. Is it special because it's somehow especially worse than other perjoratives, or is it special because it offends a foreign state's political party?
    - chki 6y ago
      I guess we're on a tangent now but maybe it's an interesting exercise. >the parent clearly felt that the phrase being perjorative was tied to it being censored. How do you come to this conclusion? In my view the comment is not implying anything at all, it is merely translating (not only using a direct translation but also conveying the implications of the phrase "communist bandit"). The word "pejorative" adds to the translation. There is nothing in the original comment that says anything about censorship at all.
      - vorpalhex 6y ago
        So then the parent was adding in random fun facts for our benefit?
SirHound 6y ago
Break my fucking heart
3fe9a03ccd14ca5 6y ago
They definitely don’t ban the word “commie” in English, so why ban the Chinese one?
- jldugger 6y ago
  You know why.
sova 6y ago
A banded together band of bandits bandying about their propaganda. Communists are not US citizens, and even if they were, the US does not have laws to protect softies from "pejorative speech." Clearly, someone claimed it was "hate speech" -- which it is not -- and now it's banned globally on YouTube because US laws stipulate they must not entertain Hate Speech, but until a US judge says "Communist Bandito" is hate speech, zero relevance.
- sova 6y ago
  Sure, vote me down but it's true - extranational powers do not have citizens' rights in the US, and even if they did, pejorative language is not something citizens are insulated from as a right. Google is siding with a fascist prison-state over Americans' right to free speech, it is deplorable. And furthermore, the only real justification for a global ban for a US-based company could be "hate speech," which clearly enough communist operatives claimed it was, but just because somebody's feelings are hurt doesn't make something hate speech, it doesn't come down to cancellation politics. In other words, Google is siding with the Party Room of Control because Google is not an American company. If they were, they would not let this stand.
Lio 6y ago
Commie is itself not a pejorative anymore than “communist” is. It’s like calling a member of the National Socialist party a Nazi. Calling someone that’s not a communist or a nazi either would be a pejorative. “Commie bandit” might not be a pejorative either depending on who it’s applied to. At times there have been communist guerrilla groups that have used banditry to fund their political struggle. There are people that believe that an enforced one party state is a form of banditry (although a one party state is not requirement of communism).

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slantyyz 6y ago

If that's the case, shouldn't Youtube ban words like 'cuck', 'libtard' and 'snowflake'?

dionian 6y ago
Yes. I wonder why the Thought Police are going so easy on "Hate".
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vorpalhex 6y ago

Youtube doesn't censor most pejoratives in comments, as you can tell by reading any of the comments.

addHocker 6y ago
Goto have money, goto have power, to be sensitive or gentil glass hearted.
chki 6y ago
I think you are reading things into the comment your replying to that aren't there.
- vorpalhex 6y ago
  It is either the case that the parent likes to add random facts into conversations such as "the word communist contains 9 letters" which has nothing to do with the conversation, or the parent clearly felt that the phrase being perjorative was tied to it being censored. Let us assume the parent was being on topic and relevant. Therefore they seem to indicate the censoring was due to it being perjorative. As most other perjoratives are not typically censored (per my comment), that would imply that the "Communist Bandit" perjorative is somehow special. Is it special because it's somehow especially worse than other perjoratives, or is it special because it offends a foreign state's political party?
  - chki 6y ago
    I guess we're on a tangent now but maybe it's an interesting exercise. >the parent clearly felt that the phrase being perjorative was tied to it being censored. How do you come to this conclusion? In my view the comment is not implying anything at all, it is merely translating (not only using a direct translation but also conveying the implications of the phrase "communist bandit"). The word "pejorative" adds to the translation. There is nothing in the original comment that says anything about censorship at all.
    - vorpalhex 6y ago
      So then the parent was adding in random fun facts for our benefit?

SirHound 6y ago

Break my fucking heart

3fe9a03ccd14ca5 6y ago

They definitely don’t ban the word “commie” in English, so why ban the Chinese one?

jldugger 6y ago
You know why.

sova 6y ago

A banded together band of bandits bandying about their propaganda. Communists are not US citizens, and even if they were, the US does not have laws to protect softies from "pejorative speech." Clearly, someone claimed it was "hate speech" -- which it is not -- and now it's banned globally on YouTube because US laws stipulate they must not entertain Hate Speech, but until a US judge says "Communist Bandito" is hate speech, zero relevance.

sova 6y ago
Sure, vote me down but it's true - extranational powers do not have citizens' rights in the US, and even if they did, pejorative language is not something citizens are insulated from as a right. Google is siding with a fascist prison-state over Americans' right to free speech, it is deplorable. And furthermore, the only real justification for a global ban for a US-based company could be "hate speech," which clearly enough communist operatives claimed it was, but just because somebody's feelings are hurt doesn't make something hate speech, it doesn't come down to cancellation politics. In other words, Google is siding with the Party Room of Control because Google is not an American company. If they were, they would not let this stand.

Lio 6y ago

Commie is itself not a pejorative anymore than “communist” is. It’s like calling a member of the National Socialist party a Nazi. Calling someone that’s not a communist or a nazi either would be a pejorative. “Commie bandit” might not be a pejorative either depending on who it’s applied to. At times there have been communist guerrilla groups that have used banditry to fund their political struggle. There are people that believe that an enforced one party state is a form of banditry (although a one party state is not requirement of communism).