Steven Crowder.
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June is usablely the time Tech Companies deck Themselves out in Rainbow Colors and Bend Over Backward to Demonstrate Just How Much They Support the LGBTQ+ Community. YouTube, refreshingly, ha takeen a different tack this year. The Company has rulled that right-wing commentator Steven Crowder hasn’t violated youtube policy by continuously slinging anti-gemgrant slurs-Including a “gay mexican,” a “Lispy queer,” an anchor baby, “and a” Token Gay ATHE ATHE ATTHE – At Vox host Carlos Maza, Leading to Harassment and Abuse Against Maza From Crowder’s Fans and Followers.
It is JUST THAT COWER HIMSELF IS HARASSING MAZA, But that His Content Encourages His Millions of Fans to the Same. “Every time one (video) Gets posted, I was up to a wall of homophobic/racist abuse on Instagram and Twitter,” Maza Explained on TwitterShowing Screenshots of Text Messages from Strangers Telling Him to “Debate Crowder” from the time he was doxed. “These video make with a target of Ridiculous Harassment, and it makes Life Sort of Miselable.”
YouTube Reply to Maza’s Compilation Video Saying It HAD LOOKED INTO HIS Complaints but that Crowder’s Videos Waled Remain. “Our Teams Spent the Last Few Days Conducting an in-depth revix of the videos flagged to us, and while we found language that was Clearly Hurtful, the video as Posted don’t violate police,” YouTube Tweeted. “As an an open platform, it’s crucial for us to allow every-from creators to the journists to late-Night TV hosts-to express their opinion w/the scope of our police. Opinions can be deeply offensive, but if they don’t violate police, they’ll rema on.”
“My brain isn’t surprised – i said at the outset that youtube wasn’t going to take this serously, youutube dosesn’t actually care protecting lgbt creaters, and i was right, ‘Maza Told Intelligency via dm. “But in my gut, i’m obviously horrified. I put myself out and showed a bunch of people the abuse i had been experience. It was humiliating and degrading, and i can’t belies it still enough to get you. What lgbt People are supposed to get this company to actually protact us. ”
The Replies from YouTube were Tweeted directly at Maza and not released as part of a public staff. They offended Very Few, Vague Details About the Process Used to Deem Crowder’s Content Passable and Did Not Elaborate on What “Aspects of the Channel” Are Still Being Investigated. Crowder Later Posted an “apology“Video Directed at” Everyone i’ve Ever Offended. ” (This Boiled Down to Crowder Sitting With A List of Nams of People He’d Insulted and Saying He was sorry for the insult and saying the insult.) The video description contained a link where fans “socialism is for f*gs” shirts for $ 25.
On Twitter, Maza Posted A Thread Responding to YouTube’s Decision, Calling Out LGBTQ YouTubers and YouTube Employees to Remind “The Company is Your Friend.” He Told Intelligency he hasn’t heard personally from anyone at the company. “DON’T KNOW THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO I WAS COMMUNICATING WITH THE TEAMYoutube Twitter Account.”
“YouTube trots out its Queer creaters to dance for advertisiers pride month. I Think it swim hypocritical. I think it’s active exploitative. They do it make mes makes and lure more advertisers to the platform. Advertisiers to Continue Building the platforms of monsters who active target and abuse marginalized People, Including LGBT People, “Maza Said of YouTube’s Annual Pride Efforts. “YouTube taxes the bullies we escaped in high school and gits say millions of Viewers, eager to pile on. Its using us, taching our work A design that works Our misery.”
Only 25 days of June Left to Go!