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		0xDEAFBEAD on Sept 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube blocks Russell Brand from making money thr... Let's check for political bias here. Suppose I rewrote your comment so instead of talking about Russell Brand, I'm talking about the right-wing Budweiser boycott. Those right-wingers are punishing Budweiser without due process of law. Just like most dictatorial regimes. How worried are you?

Perceval on Sept 20, 2023 [–]

These are not comparable scenarios.

In the first, a massive multinational corporation is singling out an individual for punishment based on nothing more than accusation.

In the second, individual consumers are punishing a multinational corporation that explicitly expressed open contempt for them as people.

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