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Article discusses what seems like an unreasonable ban by YouTube, and does so without histrionics -- until the last sentence, when the author seems compelled to
by allears 5y ago
Article discusses what seems like an unreasonable ban by YouTube, and does so without histrionics -- until the last sentence, when the author seems compelled to throw in "Sieg Heil" and Joe Biden in the same breath. This author couldn't even keep it in his pants for one short article. Not credible.
- adamrezich 5y agothe author is a well-known Jewish actor and comedian, and definitely not a Nazi. while this should be an unnecessary prerequisite for using a flippant "Sieg Heil" to make a "this authoritarianism, especially with regards to speech, is reminiscent of Nazi Germany" comparison—especially post-2016, when doing so jumped the shark entirely—it underscores the ridiculousness of the supposed offense.
- thesuperbigfrog 5y agoBen Stein's IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825401/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0825401/ His use of "sieg heil" seems to be towards the authoritarian YouTube moderator bots.
- xyzzy21 5y agoHe's doing far better than 99.9999% of what's on the web, social media and mainstream media. I'll give him a pass on that last sentence!