Friday, October 29, 2021

YouTube Censoring Videos Opposing Hate And Anti-Semitism

A religious leader called for the violent destruction of Israel, the slaughter and ethnic cleansing of its Jewish population, and for war against the Jews. Is that hate speech? Or is opposing Jew hatred, or anti-Semitism, hate speech? I challenged this anti-Semitism in a video, and other anti-Semitism in another video, only to have the videos censored by YouTube. 

I appealed their censorship, which was quickly rejected with no explanation given other than that my videos violated their policies on hate. In other words, my videos which called out hate were themselves considered hate, perhaps because I cited the sources from which the hate emanated.

I have records of the censored videos. I challenge YouTube, or anyone for that matter, to show anything in the videos that in any way promotes hate, violence, bigotry or intolerance.

Social Media selectively censors. People that belong to one of social media's protected groups are given a pass even when they themselves spread hate, misery, violence, bigotry and intolerance. Those that challenge the hate and bigotry of the protected are censored and shut down.

Social media corporations censor content that has nothing to do with hate, violence or misinformation if it does not conform to how they want people to think or if it goes against who is not allowed to be challenged or criticized. They censor content using the excuse that what they do not like promotes hate.

Anti-Semitism and any form of hate and bigotry should be opposed regardless of its source. Hate and bigotry should not be protected when it comes from members of a religion or from anyone else, even when a religion or group are given special protection status by social media or others. Preferential treatment is something that causes harm in and of itself. Protecting the source of hate by giving them victim status or protected group status and not holding them accountable for their own hate and bigotry only adds to hate and bigotry and makes it worse.

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