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Re: YouTube deletes rapper's 'Let's Go Brandon' song claiming medical misinformation

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Post by nathanaldensr » Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2:21 PM UTC

mimikatz wrote: post #41

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/youtube-will-not-ban-yg-... When songs promote robbing Asian people YouTube says “ In a memo to staff explaining the rationale for not barring the YG video, management wrote: “We’ll start by saying we find this video to be highly offensive and understand it is painful for many to watch, including many in Trust & Safety and especially given the ongoing violence against the Asian com…

Ah, so what's good for the goose is actually not good for the gander. Interesting...

Re: YouTube deletes rapper's 'Let's Go Brandon' song claiming medical misinformation

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Post by Zigurd » Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2:22 PM UTC

Lyrics about the pandemic being planned. And this is a "free speech" cause célèbre now? It's trash, and it is toxic trash during a crisis that has at every turn exceeded the dangerousness that sober, informed people has said about it. Throttling the stupidity is itself a form of speech that needs to be defended.

Re: YouTube deletes rapper's 'Let's Go Brandon' song claiming medical misinformation

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Post by wodenokoto » Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2:23 PM UTC

miked85 wrote: post #21

jimmar wrote: post #15

Try to spot medical disinformation: https://crownlyric.com/2021/10/19/loza-alexander-lets-go-bra...

This is actually a different rapper, the article is referring to Bryson Gray. Either way, I don't see the medical misinformation. https://genius.com/Bryson-gray-lets-go-brandon-lyrics

> Biden said the jab stop the spread, it was lies (I remember) How you woke, but you haven't opened your eyes? (You ain't see)

I mean, I know there are pockets of people who believe that saying vaccines don’t work is telling the truth, but broadly speaking, saying that vaccines are fake and don’t work is considered misinformation related to medicine.

Re: YouTube deletes rapper's 'Let's Go Brandon' song claiming medical misinformation

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2:24 PM UTC

treeman79 wrote: post #50

0des wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That young man must feel so bad for this to be his moment. I hope it doesn't overshadow his other accomplishments.

The reporter? He’s shown himself to be dishonest. In a similar style to Baghdad Bob. When reporters lie then there careers should be over.

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Re: YouTube deletes rapper's 'Let's Go Brandon' song claiming medical misinformation

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Post by cudgy » Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2:31 PM UTC

Zigurd wrote: post #52

Lyrics about the pandemic being planned. And this is a "free speech" cause célèbre now? It's trash, and it is toxic trash during a crisis that has at every turn exceeded the dangerousness that sober, informed people has said about it. Throttling the stupidity is itself a form of speech that needs to be defended.

Perhaps your opinion should be throttled, since you are espousing other’s opinions to be throttled?

Re: YouTube deletes rapper's 'Let's Go Brandon' song claiming medical misinformation

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom » Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2:37 PM UTC

h2odragon wrote: post #46

SideburnsOfDoom wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is the substance of your argument: that the "pandemic" is not a medical matter, or that "ain't real" is not misinfo?

I could argue that this "pandemic" is not of actual severity sufficient to require the responses; and "it ain't real" is an opinion being voiced, which is more important than a duty to "protect the public from misinformation". But I'm not. The proper counter argument to this Stalinist "you can't say that," bullshit is to keep saying it, louder. I would also like to quote NWA: "Fuck the Police"

> this Stalinist "you can't say that," bullshit is to keep saying it, louder.

So you don't dispute that it is disinformation. Is idea that is that someone refusing to host disinformation is a good reason to disinform, louder?

Re: YouTube deletes rapper's 'Let's Go Brandon' song claiming medical misinformation

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Post by batch12 » Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2:40 PM UTC

lazyjones wrote: post #40

I'm expecting this to disappear from HN as well, unfortunately.

And your expectation came true. Front page then no page.

Re: YouTube deletes rapper's 'Let's Go Brandon' song claiming medical misinformation

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Post by Zigurd » Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2:50 PM UTC

cudgy wrote: post #55

Zigurd wrote: post #52

Lyrics about the pandemic being planned. And this is a "free speech" cause célèbre now? It's trash, and it is toxic trash during a crisis that has at every turn exceeded the dangerousness that sober, informed people has said about it. Throttling the stupidity is itself a form of speech that needs to be defended.

Perhaps your opinion should be throttled, since you are espousing other’s opinions to be throttled?

Some things are not a matter of opinion. The "plandemic" reality you have constructed in your head is not actual reality. What the horse paste eaters are doing is like having an opinion against gravity and jumping from a height to show their faithfulness to an unreality.

Re: YouTube deletes rapper's 'Let's Go Brandon' song claiming medical misinformation

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Post by trident5000 » Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2:53 PM UTC

kuroguro wrote: post #18

0des wrote: post #3

Were there other lyrics besides "Let's Go Brandon"? If those contained disinfo, perhaps that is why.

> Pandemic ain't real, they just planned it probably that part?

In what oppressed world should you not be able to say that.

Re: YouTube deletes rapper's 'Let's Go Brandon' song claiming medical misinformation

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Post by dazilcher » Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 2:53 PM UTC

wodenokoto wrote: post #53

miked85 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is actually a different rapper, the article is referring to Bryson Gray. Either way, I don't see the medical misinformation. https://genius.com/Bryson-gray-lets-go-brandon-lyrics

> Biden said the jab stop the spread, it was lies (I remember) How you woke, but you haven't opened your eyes? (You ain't see) I mean, I know there are pockets of people who believe that saying vaccines don’t work is telling the truth, but broadly speaking, saying that vaccines are fake and don’t work is considered misinformation related to medicine.

> saying that vaccines are fake and don’t work

But that's not what he's saying, is it?