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Rewind 100 years: what was your avenue for “being heard”? The radio and newspapers had no obligation to regurgitate your thoughts. Nobody is stopping him from
by tw04 5y ago
Rewind 100 years: what was your avenue for “being heard”? The radio and newspapers had no obligation to regurgitate your thoughts.
Nobody is stopping him from touring the country to spread his message. Same as it always was.
I personally post 0 on Twitter or Facebook or YouTube and I manage to get by in life just fine.
- repsilat 5y agoSure, "no obligation", I think their critics agree with you there. This isn't a conversation about rights, it's a conversation about values. This action shows that Youtube doesn't strongly value being a neutral platform, and people are disappointed.
- dolni 5y agoRadios and newspapers also did not present themselves as a way for the average person to make themselves heard. But you are onto something here - the problem is that there is a massive disparity in the power of an individual's discourse versus a radio or newspaper. Now look at YouTube and Twitter. They amplify the voices of many average people, but only those who tow their political line. This makes it appear as though some ideas are more widely supported than they actually are. It's the same problem as with radio and newspapers, but it is exacerbated more than 1000 fold.