This morning Right Wing Watch, a leftist group that “monitors” those on the right (much like Media Matters but less mainstream stuff), apparently just got banished from YouTube for all of the so-called ‘bigoted’ stuff they’ve been chronicling:
Our efforts to expose the bigoted view and dangerous conspiracy theories spread by right-wing activists has now resulted in @YouTube banning our channel and removing thousands of our videos. We attempted to appeal this decision, and YouTube rejected it. pic.twitter.com/74Rfi31uQe
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 28, 2021
YouTube is very much a leftist organization so it surprises me that they would do this.
I also find it somewhat hilarious – and ominous – as it just shows how much the right is truly oppressed by these fascist big tech companies. So much so that a leftist group who ‘exposes the crazies on the right’, who shares the very same censorship principles of Big tech, is now censored by Big Tech because of all of their ‘bigoted’ content.
Here’s a few responses to this:
Congratulations once again to all the liberals and leftists — led by their journalists — who urged censorship of political speech by Silicon Valley monopolists based in the belief that it would only be used to silence your adversaries and enemies but never your allies. 👍 https://t.co/efDUTSC5Hb
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 28, 2021
I am very pro free speech
I will no longer defend anti-speech scumbags who set fire to the system for ideological gain when they get burned by their own arson https://t.co/mBPsF1BIny
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) June 28, 2021
Hahahahahahahahahaha! Isn’t it fun when you get a dose of your own suppository? https://t.co/MBLO7h9Ueo
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) June 28, 2021
Just look at how many prominent liberals are expressing rage and indignation that YouTube would ban a political site they like. They just have no clue that they're ranting against their own belief system. Their brains can't process the contradiction:https://t.co/efDUTSC5Hb
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 28, 2021
Ahem, I believe the mandatoryTwitter response here is, "Shut up, you snowflake. YouTube is a private company and they can do whatever they want." https://t.co/RYWh56OCD0
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 28, 2021