YouTube confirmed Tuesday that it closed the live chat function on a livestream of a congressional hearing addressing “hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism” due to “the presence of hateful comments.” A Republican congressman said of the comments, which came up later during the hearing itself: “Could that be a hate hoax?”
Hate speech has no place on YouTube. We’ve invested heavily in teams and technology dedicated to removing hateful comments / videos. Due to the presence of hateful comments, we disabled comments on the livestream of today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing.
— YouTubeInsider (@YouTubeInsider) April 9, 2019
After committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) read from an Associated Press report on YouTube removing the chat function — Nadler quoted YouTube commenters as saying “These Jews want to destroy white nations” and “anti-hate is a code for anti-white” — Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX) opined that the comments could be disingenuous and meant to inflate the perceived presence of racists on YouTube.
“Could that be another hate hoax?” he asked. “Just keep an open mind.”
“All I know is what I just read,” Nadler replied.
Gohmert inflates the perceived presence of brain- and soullessness in Congress.
All right, that’s it. Fucking electric dog collars for these people and if at any time someone calls something a false flag or a hoax when it’s not proven to be that they get the juice until their hair starts to smoke.
Louie doesn’t have much hair. hahahahahahahahahaha But I do love that idea. hahahahah When can we issue the collars?
Steam from the eye sockets then. I’m serious here.
And I think today would not be too soon. I mean, the majority can do that, right?
I know. I’m sorry I’m laughing but the picture it conjures up is damn funny.