Posted on 06/02/2019 9:36:11 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
YouTube is investigating conservative commentator Steven Crowder after Vox host Carlos Maza accused him of harassment and making derogatory comments about his ethnicity and sexuality.
YouTube responded to Maza's tweet thread detailing his allegations, saying that it was "looking into it further."
The company also confirmed to The Hill that it was investigating in response to Maza's thread, but declined to comment further.
Maza, the host of Vox's media literacy series "Strikethrough," accused Crowder on Twitter this week of "repeated, overt attacks on my sexual orientation and ethnicity." He said that the pundit has called him "an anchor baby" and "a lispy queer." He also said that Crowder's videos have caused him to be the "target of ridiculous harassment," adding that "it makes life sort of miserable."
The Vox host told his followers to flag Crowder's videos and said he did not believe YouTube would take a stand against the commentator. He accused the company of not caring about its LGBT creators.
Crowder posted a video to YouTube on Friday responding to the investigation and Maza's allegations. He framed the events as an attack by Vox on a successful competitor, claiming that Vox "can’t compete" with his channel.
"I’m really hoping that YouTube doesn’t capitulate to a multihundred-million-dollar corporation who've had a long history of advocating corporate censorship," he said. "I’m hoping YouTube doesn’t cave simply because of political and huge financial pressure."
"This is not really an example of hate speech or even just offensive speech versus a self-proclaimed queer creator," he added. "This is an example of a giant, multinational media conglomeration ... attempting to squash a competitor."
Crowder also defended past comments he made about Maza, saying his references to Maza as "the gay Latino host at Vox" was "friendly ribbing" and noting that Maza often refers to himself as gay or queer. He also said he has discouraged doxxing or other targeted harassment online.
"You speak with a lisp, and you refer to yourself as a queer," he said. "That, along with the LGBTQ moniker, has genuinely made me think that 'queer' is one of the more suitable terms. If not, I don't understand the rulebook."
Crowder has posted several "rebuttal" videos in response to videos created by Maza for Vox.
"This is not really an example of hate speech or even just offensive speech versus a self-proclaimed queer creator," he added. "This is an example of a giant, multinational media conglomeration ... attempting to squash a competitor."
This has me confused.
Corporate censorship and caving to political and financial pressure are bad things but isn't this what the left demands? Isn't this what Mr. Maza is asking for?
Which is it? Are they queer or not?
They can't have it both ways.
The “rulebook” changes every time a conservative speaks.
Liberals are not liberal. That is the rule you can count on.
Black people can use the N word.
Homos can use the Q word.
But you? You are not allowed to use N or Q.
I suppose if we look hard enough we’ll find verboten “O” and “P” words so we get a four-letter run of off-limits words.
another faggot that “just wants to be left alone”
VOX IS TRYING TO BAN THIS CHANNEL... | LOUDER WITH CROWDER https://www.bitchute.com/video/oQbpbsY7qVQ/
Life might be miserable if you are lispy and queer.
Are you?
IMHO,
1. YouTube should be “spun-off” from Google.
2. YouTube’s NEW Board of Directors should include Diamond and Silk, Steve Crowder and others whose Free Speech Rights have been abused.
3. Such a “NewTube” would go a long way towards creating the “diverse” internet that America deserves.
IMHO,
1. YouTube should be “spun-off” from Google.
2. YouTube’s NEW Board of Directors should include Diamond and Silk, Steve Crowder and others whose Free Speech Rights have been abused.
3. Such a “NewTube” would go a long way towards creating the “diverse” internet that America deserves.
Sooooo, YouTube is now an investigative agency?
Gee, all this time I just thought they were an internet site that allows any old shmoe to post any old video...
I often hope that this all leads to another “civil” war.
We will be silenced, banned, shut down, harassed, assaulted, “safety stopped,” “safety camera ticketed,” arrested for “hate speech...”
Until somebody, somewhere, remembers what freedom meant.
I have lived all over the world, FRiends.
The USA is NOT the “land of the free.”
This guy is a look at me, look at me, pathetic drama queen. If you can stomach it, a very brief perusal of his site and “reporting” shows a fellow who is absolutely obsessed with his sexual orientation. Every other sentence has a reference to his being “queer,”gay, and an oppressed/bullied homosexual. I think he has a crush on Crowder.
First, they came for Alex Jones...
If Crowder loses his channel, I’m going to get hit with another avalanche of abuse and will likely get doxxed again.
That’s what’s so fucked up about these platforms: they create wildly powerful monsters and then ask the targets of abuse to draw further attention to themselves.
This guy needs to research the Streisand Effect:
The Streisand effect is a phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.
Help Steven out by buying a Mug Club membership on BlazeTV. I did.
JoMa
He seems to thrive on drama. Read his twitter feed.
He wants to be the center of attention but doesn't like the attention he gets for demanding his critics be silenced.
another faggot that “just wants to be left alone”
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Crowder tempered his language and message to keep the YT wolves at bay. And he also jettisoned Owen Benjamin and others. All for naught. The real traitors in 2019 are CINOs, conservatives in name only. YouTube, Facebook, Google and Amazon... MUST DIE. They are an existential threat to freedom and fair elections.
He's demanding censorship and he wonders why people are angry at him.
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