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No, it’s not because that. It barely has a “verse”. They just don’t like the traction it’s getting and the anti narrative it promotes.

If it were F@ck Donald (whatever) and everything else the same it would still be up.

The rest is nothing but naked excuse.

There are so many medically misleading things on YouTube —just look at dieting. They cause harm. Let me see them pull those.

Nah, they won’t.

Honestly, I think “Pravda” would be proud of the gall.




Its a bad song and I don't want to listen to it to get all the lyrics. [0]

>Pandemic ain't real, they just planned it, ayy, ayy (They just planned it)

>Biden said the jab stop the spread, it was lies (I remember)

That is all I can see as far as "medical information" goes. What a joke. This song is bad, it would have fallen off the charts if they just let things go.

[0] https://mychords.net/en/bryson-gray/157414-bryson-gray-lets-...


All they had to do was sit tight, leave it alone and let it be forgotten. Countless others and I would never have seen it. Thanks to Google's censorship, people will now know about this song.


Yeah they're about to feel the full Streisand Effect.


You don't have to listen to the song. You don't get to tell others what they can or cannot listen too.


I should have worded my post better. I dont want to listen to the song (again) to find out exactly what was said.

After the reading the news article in full, I found the video and watched it once in full. After that, I searched and found the lyrics to the video. I'm over explaining, but I'm rate limited.

I dont see much that would support the reason YouTube gave for banning it.

FWIW, I am against censorship.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NVxdD_qwJ8

Check this song out, it gives practical advice for carrying out burglaries. People have screamed and kicked but YouTube won't remove the song.


>Biden said the jab stop the spread, it was lies (I remember)

Thing is, if I remember rightly Biden did spread outright misinformation that falsely claimed the vaccine was a lot more effective than it actually is using his platform as president, and got checked on it by the BBC (though maybe not the mainstream US media)...


I also remember during the debates Trump was talking up the vaccine and Bidens says something like "And who is going to take it?"

It was rather cool to be anti vaccine 1 year ago. Now its verboten.


Boy am I tired of partisan politics.


Amen. I just wish that all politicians would remain more consistent in their views, or at the very least admit that they previously said the opposite but have since changed their mind.

I do not intend for this post to be anti Biden. Trump is also a hypocrite, just not on his pro covid vaccine stance.


I have some interest in politics, and I've decided that I'll be open about public vs personal views. For example:

"I personally believe X, but my constituents overwhelmingly support Y, so I will be voting for Y."


You should also be open about when you choose to disagree - "I know my constituents believe Y, and I see their arguments. I have spent much time evaluating it and assigned some of my best staff to make arguments for and against, and will be voting X."


Agree. At least being honest about it is worth more than any measure of optics.



This aged poorly given information we have about breakthrough rates.


anyone who thinks this is planned can never have been involved in any form of government


I see this argument a lot. The counter-argument is surely that not everybody involved in malfaescence / corruption / conpsiracy has to be in on it [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot


Right? We (the US) have enough trouble planning meaningful infrastructure in our communities, let alone a global conspiracy in order to bring about some new world order, apparently coordinated with every other world government.

But, I’ve heard the “planned” argument levied against the CCP, and that it was a bio weapon, and this was a planned release. That argument, while still far fetched, is at least in the realm of possibility for me.


Given that their ai have spotted this that is actually quite good. But yes it is a joke.


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I mean, it is "their" democracy too. Also, advocating for corporate censorship is not helping to stabilize democracy, it is eroding one of its foundations: the ability of citizens to freely express themselves.


My point is that those working to undermine or overturn democracy are using freedom to expression to undermine that very freedom. That is outside the bounds of toleration.

A case in point is Christina Bobb, who works as a propagandist for OANN under 1st amendment journalistic protections, but showed her true colors on Jan 6 by working with Rudy G and John Eastman at the Willard to overturn the election result. At that point I think she is no longer entitled to legal protections afforded journalists.


You’re honest. YouTube isn’t.


OK, that has nothing to do with YouTube censoring content and proving a false excuse why...


It does though. The election fraud narrative and covid anti-vaxx efforts are being driven by many of the same forces. One public point of nexus is "Faith and Freedom" and "Health and Freedom" Conferences which overlap each other and "Stop the Steal"/Jan6.


Google up marketing posters. You will see many of the same names and faces, a prominent example being Michael Flynn.


You're other comment already got flagged for being off topic. And now your posting conspiracy theories...


Why assume anything?


Because it's the basis of doing literally anything. Why did I walk out and get in my car? Because I assumed it would start and be capable of driving me somewhere.


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I don't know a gentle, polite way to point out that you've hit every platitude in its most thoughtless, vacuous form:

    - You can still disagree with a private company
    - We as a society are thoroughly divided on that, and many disagree that issues of rights and morality are decided democratically
    - Political speech you disagree with has value


I have certainly not hit "every platitude"!

I left out the "protecting our children" platitude. Thought it might be a little bit over the top. ;-)

In any case, I think Glenn Greenwald has the best take on internet censorship:

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/democrats-and-media-do-not-...


I stand corrected. You also didn't say that I should move to Somalia. I should be grateful.

I agree about Greenwald's take there.


> Would we have wanted social platforms to give a voice to the "American First" movement of the 1930s?

Definitely. Just because you disagree with something doesn't mean it should be censored.


> Would we have wanted social platforms to give a voice to the "American First" movement of the 1930s?

Of course, it's part of democratic debate. Remember America stayed out of World War 2 until Pearl Harbor. Lindbergh's argument from the video you link is completely reasonable.


They may have a right to do so, but given the importance of social media this gives those companies immense power. For right-wing Americans, simply shrugging off blatant targeting like this is politically suicidal. At this point, their only recourse is to use government power to push back, so we shouldn't be surprised if moves like this push red Americans further from libertarianism into more authoritarian views of government. To not do so is untenable.




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