We know, thick-skinned Media Matters alumnus Carlos Maza is the guy no one had heard of until a week ago, and we’re already sick of him too, but the guy did open a can of worms just as YouTube decided to purge thousands of channels and Twitter released its new community guidelines.
As Twitchy asked earlier, does Maza’s tweet encouraging the public to “milkshake” the far-right and “humiliate them at every turn” until they “dread public organizing” run up against Twitter’s new rules? It certainly sounds like “the glorification of violence,” which is a no-no.
Milkshake them all. Humiliate them at every turn. Make them dread public organizing. https://t.co/myrCSv07Dx pic.twitter.com/7dozYzJoAl
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 21, 2019
As Twitchy also reported, the SPLC applauded YouTube’s blanket removal of videos that have made the platform “a global organizing tool for the radical right” (not the radical left, though — you’re cool, Antifa), even though by pulling down Nazi propaganda videos the service ended up banning a respected history teacher for his educational archive of “hate speech.”
So in short, both YouTube and Twitter are trying to “help,” spurred on by Maza, who claims he’s just trying to create a safe environment for LGBT content creators — probably the same reason he joined MMFA to shut down Fox News.
The reason we include all of that background is simply to illustrate that progressives considered violence and assault perfectly acceptable as long as it’s directed against the right people. That’s certainly why Maza hasn’t taken down his “milkshake” tweet — he’s talking about scaring the far-right from ever organizing in public again — even when they do it’s like nine guys on a Dayton sidewalk.
So when pollster Frank Luntz asked Maza if he’d felt he’d been harassed if someone pelted him with a milkshake, here’s the answer he got:
Honest question, Carlos – if a YouTuber milkshake’d you, would you report it as “harassment” or accept it as the new rule you wrote for political discourse? https://t.co/ReLbeuvKle
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) June 6, 2019
Hmm, that’s a good question, let me think for a moment …
¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/Wb99z9Q8KE
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) June 6, 2019
Responds with a block, it seems
— Ryan Richards?? (@Ryan_Richards41) June 6, 2019
And that's how you get blocked by Maza in a nanosecond.
— Valerie Guralnik (@ValerieGuralnik) June 6, 2019
Blocked? But we thought Maza 1) had thick skin and 2) was all about civilized political discourse. For someone who’s been crying for weeks about Steven Crowder picking on him, he sure knows how to hit a block button when he doesn’t feel like engaging.
But like we said, the radical left certainly feel Maza was perfectly within his rights; after all, he’s talking about the radical right. Check out this tough guy:
How do you deal with white nationalists & Nazis?
— Mark Berry (@Mark915213) June 6, 2019
— Roß (@VeeDub7777) June 6, 2019
Milkshaking white nationalists is a great idea. I support it.
— Roß (@VeeDub7777) June 6, 2019
You also support home-grown mobs in matching black hoodies and kerchiefs meting out justice — even if they beat up the wrong guy because he was — gasp! — wearing an American flag and probably a Trump supporter.
These idiots still don't get it that THEY are becoming the fascists they fear.
— DoodleSnark (@DoodleSnark) June 6, 2019
Yep.
Then stand by it when it happens to you…
— Joe (@joe_EMPA_PA_C) June 6, 2019
You know someone is going to do it.
— Bo Rich (@borich2) June 6, 2019
Thank you, Frank. As soon as someone smacks one of them with a beverage, they'll scream "hate crime!". Can't stand these people
— Erica W. (@proverbs31qtee) June 6, 2019
$10 he reverts to victim mode as in “poor progressive, so misunderstood…”
— Betotalkswithhishands (@Liberalknoitall) June 6, 2019
Progressive Rule number 1: our rules are for thee not me
— Preston Moritz (@ptmoritz) June 6, 2019
He doesn't know the meaning of the word harassment.
— Antonio Martinez (@djtechchicago) June 6, 2019
If someone “milkshaked” me I’d take it as a message I did something bad enough in their eyes to earn a public rebuke. I’d listen to what they had to say and reflect on whether or not I deserve it
— Michael James (@MichaelJamesNCA) June 6, 2019
Lol
— Mead (@SOTMead) June 6, 2019
??
— Joe (@joe_EMPA_PA_C) June 6, 2019
What's the proper discourse with Nazis, Frank?
— Christina (@tampagirl19655) June 6, 2019
You stop watching their propaganda films on Vox. ?♂️
— Antonio Martinez (@djtechchicago) June 6, 2019
It’s D-Day — a time to remember when actual men defeated the Nazis for real on the battlefield, not jumped some white supremacist clown on a public sidewalk. If Maza can learn to use a block button he might lay off the authoritarian crap under the guise of creating an online safe-space.
Related:
'Literally milk-shaking right now': Twitter's new safety rules mean nothing if they don't ban this man immediately https://t.co/7cd3eqcYoh
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 6, 2019
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