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Post by michaelw on Feb 28, 2020 1:24:05 GMT -5
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Post by robeiae on Feb 28, 2020 17:11:21 GMT -5
Seems like a no-brainer to me. No one has a right to a speech "platform," as a matter of course. If PragerU doesn't like YouTube's policies, it can find someone else to host its videos, or it can do it itself.
ETA: The comments on the Reason piece are a riot. It's true what they say, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Post by michaelw on Feb 28, 2020 20:10:39 GMT -5
Seems like a no-brainer to me. No one has a right to a speech "platform," as a matter of course. If PragerU doesn't like YouTube's policies, it can find someone else to host its videos, or it can do it itself. That's what I thought, too. But it seems like PragerU certainly has their share of sympathizers on this issue. One of their pet issues seems to be the idea that conservative opinions are being silenced by leftist tech companies (and not just YouTube). |
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Post by Optimus on Feb 28, 2020 21:50:11 GMT -5
Seems like a no-brainer to me. No one has a right to a speech "platform," as a matter of course. If PragerU doesn't like YouTube's policies, it can find someone else to host its videos, or it can do it itself. That's what I thought, too. But it seems like PragerU certainly has their share of sympathizers on this issue. One of their pet issues seems to be the idea that conservative opinions are being silenced by leftist tech companies (and not just YouTube). They might be right, insofar as what has leaked from internal Google and Facebook communications over the past year or so. But...as y'all said, it's not a First Amendment issue. PragerU trying to make a "freedom of speech" case is pretty weak given that all of their videos are freely available on their own website. Now, if they were being denied a web presence at all, then I'd think they might have a case. Conservatives love supporting the "freedom" of capitalism and allowing private companies to do what they want...until those private companies use that freedom to do something they don't like. |
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