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Does it really matter? Clearly it would be in the realm of satire or political humor, things liberals have historically been very vocal about protecting.
by throwawayboise 5y ago
Does it really matter? Clearly it would be in the realm of satire or political humor, things liberals have historically been very vocal about protecting.
- JohnHaugeland 5y ago[flagged]
- throwawayboise 5y agoWho's lying? Satire and humor are not lies.
- lookalike74 5y agoSatire and humor both have definitions, neither of which described anything happening here.
- pkulak 5y agoWhy are you so convinced it's satire? Regardless, YT doesn't want that anti-vax shit on their platform, so they removed it. There's absolutely no controversy here.
- fastball 5y agoI'm very pro-vax. Watched the video. Where's the lie?
- hobomatic 5y agoyou know, sport, it isn't necessary to call everyone you disagree with 'champ'.
- CrazyPyroLinux 5y agoI'm not your buddy, guy!
- mechanical_bear 5y agoWhy are you talking down to previous poster, rather than just disagreeing? This seems inappropriate for HN. Personally, I come here for differing viewpoints, expressed with a bit of maturity, or at least without toxicity of that sort.
- aeturnum 5y agoI mean, obviously it could matter. The difference between lying and joking is always in context. If I dress as a police officer for Halloween it's fine, if I lead you to believe I actually am a police officer it is a crime. There's also a middle ground where someone could mistake my costume for impersonation. I don't know what aspect of this video violated the terms of service, but I think political videos on all sides regularly make statements that aren't supported by 'mainstream' fact checking sources and therefore might fall outside the policies of services like Youtube. If you want to argue that all speech with 'political intent' should be protected I am open to that conversation! But that is not the standard held by most services, including Youtube, which Bryson Gray agreed to when he uploaded his song.
- iab 5y agoOk - can someone explain to me how this is funny? Use small words please, I want to understand
- jwond 5y agoHumor is subjective
- will4274 5y agoNascar is a sport where people drive cars in circles really fast. A reporter was interviewing a driver after he drove the fastest. The drivers name was Brandon. The crowd was chanting so loud it was louder than her interview. The reporter said that the crowd seemed very supportive because they were chanting "Let's go Brandon." The crowd was very obviously not chanting "Let's go Brandon." The crowd was chanting "Fuck Joe Biden." This reporter works for a news network that has a certain reputation for political bias. This event was seen as an obvious attempt to dissemble. This video went viral and had significant publicity. One type of humor is known as "trolling". The basic idea is to see how much of a reaction you can get from something pointless and stupid. Now many people are making songs with the lyric "Let's go Brandon" and they are receiving hate mail, being banned, being demonitized, etc. This reaction is seen as outsized for a reference to a fairly well known piece of pop culture. Thus, to those who find outsized reactions funny, this is funny.
- iab 5y agoThis was actually illuminating
- IncRnd 5y agoIt must be funny, because many people find it to be funny. Ours not to reason why.