No IKEA doesn't want to put an ad under your video of your daughter's first AR-15.
I used to think the NRA was nuts, then I saw that there's no negotiating with the other side. Gun owners only stand to lose, and have consistently had their rights destroyed. If they didn't have a persecution complex, they wouldn't be paying attention.
They absolutely have not, and this formulation illustrates the extreme positioning that the NRA has fostered for you to adopt.
If you think the NRA stands for gun owners' rights more than the profits of the manufacturers, explain their response to the Philando Castile murder.
The only NRA response I found echos what I first thought. Gun pointed at you? Don't move a single bit unless exactly directed. I figured that out in real-time, because I'm not going to trust some stressed out cop to stay chill. Particularly more if I appeared to be part of the highest crime demographic. It's still unfortunate and the cop should have had more training perhaps. But I guess I'm falling for propaganda.
That's because they like to be victims. It's all about the narrative.
If you look around you see this happening broadly. You see a lot of people concerned about it who don't even mention politics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Southern
> Lauren Southern (/ˈsʌðərn/; born 16 June,[3] 1995) is a Canadian far-right political activist, book author, and internet personality associated with the alt-right.[4][5][6] In 2015, Southern ran as a Libertarian Party candidate in the Canadian federal election. She worked for The Rebel Media, a far-right online media company based in Canada, until leaving in March 2017.
She also tried to physically prevent refugee rescuers with a far right "identitarian" group
Now she doesn't sound so innocent and the reason for YT decision seems pretty clear and uncontroversial
Conservatives love to push the idea that they were targeted purely for being conservative. Look at the reaction around Damore, for example. It's all about how conservatives are being oppressed, how you can't trust the media and tech because they hate conservatives.
In the firearms/gun rights communities, it seems like the prevailing opinion is that YouTube is specifically targeting them based on political bias.
I've not really considering it much, but your comment makes me wonder if their issues are part of a much larger pattern.