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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by donatj on Saturday November 11, 2017 @01:57AM (#15675292)
The kids are choosing what they want to watch and it doesn’t fit societies made up ideal for what children should want to watch. It’s scary just like rock and roll was scary 50 years ago.

I am only hearing the exact same moral panic arguments given about Elvis’s hips.

Just because you don’t like something and can’t understand why someone else would, doesn’t make it bad.

You are just too old to see the value in things your child likes. It’s a tale as old as time.

You’re very insistent these are bad but I don’t really see why. I would consider many of these absurdist works of art, yet we don’t cover children’s eyes from the likes of Pollock.

Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by yzmtf2008 on Saturday November 11, 2017 @02:03AM (#15675304)
Yes, these videos are bad. The reasons are clearly listed in the article and the video in it.

"5 years old and watching Spiderman rape & murder Elsa" is never something you should let a child watch. I'm sorry, but this is not something Pollock would ever cover. This is child pornography level of stuff. Or, are you saying that is also something perfectly fine for any audience?

I'm really amazed by the mental gymnastics one has to perform to compare these videos to Pollock and Rock and Roll.

Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by donatj on Saturday November 11, 2017 @02:09AM (#15675313)
Explain the actual harm. Enumerate it. I get that you don’t personally like it, and thus don’t want your child to watch it, but do you think it’s going to make your child a rapist?
Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by yzmtf2008 on Saturday November 11, 2017 @02:14AM (#15675324)
I'll cite a fellow HN user: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15674870

Or this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15674305

Or how about this medium article? https://medium.com/@jamesbridle/something-is-wrong-on-the-in...

Many people have presented their case on this issue. In this thread or elsewhere. Please don't pretend they don't exist by saying "Explain the actual harm. Enumerate it." Where's your proof that these videos are harmless or even beneficial to children?

Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by donatj on Saturday November 11, 2017 @02:22AM (#15675347)
Again, you are only proving the Elvis moral panic argument. Other commentators agreeing with you doesn’t make a case.
Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by yzmtf2008 on Saturday November 11, 2017 @02:34AM (#15675366)
I'm sorry, but this is not just "Other commentators agreeing with you". Those arguments are, in fact, sufficient for me to believe that these videos are harmful to children.