Meet Carlos Maza. Carlos works for Vox and has been actively trying to shut Steven Crowder’s YouTube channel down because he doesn’t like it. Forget that he could just ignore the show, you know, like an adult. But oh no, Carlos doesn’t want anyone listening to anything he disagrees with and thinks YouTube doesn’t care about ‘queer creators.’
Wait, gay creators. We need to be careful how we write about this because even though it’s Carlos’ phrasing that didn’t stop him from going after Crowder, who used his phrasing as well.
YouTube spends a ton of money on PR stunts like this to distract from the fact that its helped anti-LGBT bigots developing massive, loyal fan bases that target queer creators.
It’s pinkwashing.
They make money off of queer people while creating weapons to abuse them. https://t.co/RgcurFjXMi
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) June 1, 2019
Hoo boy.
YouTube lets toxic and hateful videos flourish on their platform because they’re good for engagement.
They aren’t LGBT allies. They’re exploiting us. Because hate makes money. https://t.co/UElP9ijlUv pic.twitter.com/xXvC63DBMG
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) June 1, 2019
He says ironically as he spreads hate.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez chimed in to defend Carlos:
The holy grail of many social platforms is “engagement.”
Bigotry + disinformation campaigns are often the most “engaging” (& rewarded) due to their inflammatory nature.
Some, like Pinterest+Reddit, at least TRY to address this.
Others decide profit is worth the social erosion. https://t.co/XLazGlw0nV
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2019
Social erosion?
WTF is AOC talking about now? You know what, don’t answer that.
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Even from a “market competition” perspective, it’s a bad long-term strategy.
The reason young people are leaving Facebook in droves is bc its unchecked toxicity makes it an awful place to be.
Think abt this as Big Tech lobbies for monopoly power to prevent mkt competition.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2019
The reason people, in general, are leaving Facebook is that they’re tired of being censored … it has nothing to do with toxicity. And of course, since it’s AOC we’re talking about, big money and evil corporations are to blame.
Have you seen online platforms make strong, healthy decisions to prevent bigotry and disinformation?
Take a minute to celebrate that here w/ a comment or example, or write what steps you wish your favorite platform would do more of below ⬇️
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 2, 2019
Guess how this went over?
Bigotry and disinformation like this?https://t.co/VPJdT5fHsJ
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) June 3, 2019
Oops.
Muh censorship.
— Mongo (@atlharp) June 3, 2019
Right now, too many of these platforms are meddling in the upcoming 2020 election. Case in point… https://t.co/8kQhdFtDTj
— Colorado RedTraci (@goptraci) June 2, 2019
But Crowder was mean to Carlos and stuff! DISINFORMATION AND BIGOTRY!
hahahahahhah https://t.co/hEBRGgY8mj
— The World Supporter (@WorldSupporter) June 3, 2019
Nope but I've seen mass censorship by both companies and members of the house of Representatives. You also conveniently ignore bigotry and disinformation you agree with.
— とある「King Slime」 (@triggeringyou) June 3, 2019
Bingo. She is likely fine with Crowder being silenced because he’s mean or something.
Retweeting Carlos is not a good look ??♀️
— Lisa Turnage (@LisaTurnage12) June 2, 2019
Not. At. All.
Have you seen the call to attack/throw milkshakes at, and name calling Carlos does weekly? He attacks conservatives ALL the time. So forgive me if I think he’s thin skinned and using being gay to get a comedian banned
— Their nonnie (@ceastwoo) June 3, 2019
Maybe she missed it but Carlos wanted people to throw milkshakes at anyone they disagreed with.
But you know, Crowder is the mean one.
Totally agree, they are being too cautious.
They should ban you and @saikatc for bigotry towards conservatives
And for spreading disinformation about socialism
— Will Chamberlain ?? (@willchamberlain) June 2, 2019
That works.
I’ve seen them make deliberate attempts to censor/suspend/and ban conservative influencers and platforms…..
It’s not bigotry, hate speech, or racist to have someone disagree with your narratives.
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) June 2, 2019
Carlos Maza encourages harassment online. Do you condemn him as well? pic.twitter.com/xr2JgItGTm
— Lewis Ungit (@LewisUngit) June 2, 2019
The answer is no, my dude. It’s always “rules for thee, but not for me” with her and the left in general.
— Hyperion the Almighty (@hypest_ion) June 3, 2019
It’s the Left’s way. Yup.
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