YouTube has declined to take any action at all against its money-minting content-provider Steven Crowder, an untalented comic whose right-wing, viciously homophobic videos have a huge following — and who has for years led a campaign of harassment against queer Vox journalist Carlos Maza.
In a widely shared series of posts on Twitter, Maza documented how Crowder has singled him out, and how legions of his fanboys have peppered Maza with harassing emails. He also underscored the blatant homophobia in Crowder's videos, which would seem to be in obvious violation of YouTube's policies.
Not so, says YouTube:
Other aspects (Image via Twitter)
I wonder what the “other aspects” are?
Maza is, understandably, beside himself, writing:
I don't know what to say. @YouTube has decided not to punish Crowder, after he spent two years harassing me for being gay and Latino. I don't know what to say. That's an absolutely batsh*t policy that gives bigots free license.
Check this out — how in the fuck is this not attacking someone personally:
Apparently YouTube has no problem with any of this.
— jordan (@JordanUhl) June 5, 2019
Remember this when they push their bogus corporate Pride Month contentpic.twitter.com/7ISl2KQNuE
Chris Geidner points out:
Note that the far-less-followed @TeamYouTube responded to @gaywonk to tell him to shove off, whereas the main @YouTube account is sending out rainbow-colored replies to LGBT content creators who aren’t asking the company about repeated anti-LGBT harassment. pic.twitter.com/4NaHbuJt0R
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) June 5, 2019
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