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how else are you going to use the youtube comments as they are meant to be? I can't make half-witted, nonsensical, semi-racist comments if they are linked to my
by crucifiction 14y ago
how else are you going to use the youtube comments as they are meant to be? I can't make half-witted, nonsensical, semi-racist comments if they are linked to my own name!
- coldtea 14y agoI find the "half-witted, nonsensical, semi-racist" YouTube comments are the only real democracy on the Internet. It's the only one place were you can say anything, there are people of all ages, religions, creeds, sexes etc, from the most progressive to hardcore KKK members, and they can freely discuss anything, with no censorship and no moderation from a higher source of power. Only the whole community can vote and "hide" a message they deem bad. YouTube comments, which some "intelligent" people don't like, are the closed thing we have to a truly free discussion. People don't like them because they like to flock with their own and only exchange mild agreement and trivialities, and abhor any contact with the true Other, be him a black gay Latin American or a white, protestant Bible Belter. To put it simply: some supposedly progressive people hate talking to other people with different ideas even more than bigots. Learning to co-exist and talk on YouTube, I believe, really makes you a better person.