When I first read that, as part of its attacks on “hate speech”, YouTube had removed the infamous Nazi propaganda film, Triumph of the Will, I hardly believed it. But I searched at YouTube last night and this morning, and, sure enough, I could not find that film.
So in the name of opposing “hate,” YouTube has removed important history of how hate, namely Nazism, was promoted in Germany. And it is an important film in itself and also in illustrating how propaganda can be effectively used even for the most evil causes. Such basic education is now gone from YouTube.
I suspect Google will come partly to their senses and restore Triumph of the Will. But this is the problem with campaigns, open and surreptitious, to silence “hate.” What really gets suppressed is history and free speech. What gets promoted is news, speech, and education that is politically correct, offending no protected group . . . which is hardly news, is not free speech, and is propaganda, not education.
Not to mention that silencing views and information with which you disagree is what totalitarians do. And isn’t that real hate?
Remember when Google’s slogan was “Don’t be evil”?
Not to mention that silencing views and information with which you disagree is what totalitarians do. And isn’t that real hate?
Remember when Google’s slogan was “Don’t be evil”?
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