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Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by ryankemper on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:14PM (#23063492)
Are you saying that I am entering propaganda territory, or instead that David Icke is/was? The meaning is not clear to me, although I assume you are referring to myself.

Again, the distinction here is that I don't think being wrong (even if you think it's intentional) is something we should try to suppress. And the reason I think that is because right/wrong is ultimately a value judgement, and thus opens the door for equally flawed individuals to castigate a viewpoint as false while conversely spreading their own falsehoods (which they themselves view as truth).

As far as advertising revenue is concerned, I understand that business incentive. So, if they want to use Reddit's quarantine concept - or even boot them off their platform as they are doing now - they're free to do so, but I don't think that it's the _right_ thing to do.

In other words, we can agree that a business is acting in its own self-interest and thus would want to get rid of these types of people. I believe that they have the legal authority to do so, as well as all the incentives. But where I don't agree is that I don't cheer them on when they do it. Rather I think it's very dangerous.

So in other words, I suspect the difference between our beliefs here is that you are cheering on YouTube for doing this. You're (correctly) seeing that David Icke is a total fucking wacko and saying to yourself "good riddance". I certainly understand that inclination. I just don't believe in it myself, for the reasons that I've outlined. (I hope I haven't mischaracterized you there - sorry if I did)

Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by throwaway2048 on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:31PM (#23063632)
Do you believe that YouTube has an obligation to publish objective, demonstrable lies that harm people?

What about cryptocurrency scams, what about media co-coordinating assassinations of targets they don't like?

Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by tick_tock_tick on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:07AM (#23065041)
Yes