Google (or YouTube) are merely giving this guy the same platform that they are giving everyone else?

It’s called freedom of speech, and this moron is excising it.

– Darnell Clayton

I agree 100%. Speaking to you as a conservative who used to get in loud late night debates with my former landlord’s liberal (and jewish) son, there was only one thing we strongly agreed with and that was Israel’s right to exist.

When he returned from a trip to Israel, despite that we never got along, he brought me an Israeli flag which I have displayed on the wall in every home I’ve lived at since then.

So I’m not anti-Jewish.

Yet if this guy wants to advertise his stupidity and vileness to the world, that is freedom of speech.

The antidote to that is more free speech — not less.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Lurian

I will never for the life of me understand the rampant hatred of all things Jewish,
Mindcrime on June 20, 2007 at 11:10 AM

His name is Satan and he is behind all of this!
People may wonder, do I really believe a fallen angel named Satan and his hordes of demon spirits are behind all this hatred of God’s chosen people the Jews?
Well in a word, YES!
After all he is the “god of this world.”
2Cr 4:3
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
2Cr 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

As long as you have a rant about life/politics/religion and do not use copyrighted material, Google doesn’t even bother with the video.

Darnell Clayton on June 20, 2007 at 11:32 AM

You’re kidding, right?

If that was a serious comment, you seriously need to read back through the archives at HotAir and MichelleMalkin. Your statement couldn’t be farther from the truth – conservative political commentary is yanked from YouTube with predicable, tedious regularity.

Agenda, I smell an agenda burning.

Darnell Clayton on June 20, 2007 at 12:29 PM

They already act as morality police! That’s the whole point, they pick off effective conservative clips wherever they can.

show me one.

AlexB on June 20, 2007 at 11:36 AM

Wow, do you really surf YouTube?

- Sands of Passion (Episode Six)
- Dr. Wafa Sultan
- Islam: Religion or Cult?
- Brokeback Mohammed

There are plenty of others, and if you would just “google it.”

“Freedom of speech” doesn’t entitle you to use someone else’s business as your platform. If you say something offensive here, I get to ban you notwithstanding your freedom of speech. Why? Because I have freedom of speech too, and I don’t want my enterprise being used to disseminate your ideas.

Allahpundit on June 20, 2007 at 11:37 AM

I see your point on this (as Google is not a government) but then again, do you really want Google to act as “the morality police” online?

Microsoft has done a fantastic job of this over on their “MSN Spaces,” and last I checked users were forbidden to even publish certain cuss words. (correct me if this is still the policy on this).

If you want Google to act as the “moral police,” then fine. But don’t go complaining when even the Christian gospel is censored because it is considered to be anti-gay/pro-life/anti-”one world faith.”

http://www.terrorismawareness.org/what-really-happened

Is someone making you watch it?

Finds the creep of moonbat mentality on free speech and tolerance somewhat alarming.

doriangrey on June 20, 2007 at 12:03 PM

Well, point blank approval would require some kind of statement. What we get from their managemnt when it comes to posted anti-semetic messages is closer to deafening silence. Their actions imply approval, but that’s as far as they can possibly go. You know. Because they can “do no evil.”

You don’t think they’d go back on that corporate cornerstone of theirs, do you?

So Dorian, I completely disagree with you.

/but tacitly approve your message. ;)

The unholy trinity of anti-Westernism: YouTube, Google, Wikipedia.

Niko on June 20, 2007 at 11:22 AM

Collapse of civilization is fun!

Look again. And especially look at “It’s In The Koran” which is 100% original content with no chance at all of copyright violation, and yet YT pulled it.

Pablo on June 20, 2007 at 12:00 PM

Bingo.

As long as you have a rant about life/politics/religion and do not use copyrighted material, Google doesn’t even bother with the video.

Uh, what planet are you from? Videos critical of Islam are taken down all the time. Those critical of Christianity are left up.

Tacit approval my a$$ it’s a point blank endorsement of those vile view points. The management at youtube are antisemitic racists and nothing less.

I’ve seen many anti-Muslim video’s on YouTube, and the only time I’ve seen Google pull those is when they use copyrighted material (as in the case with this video using music by Warnerbros without permission).

Look again. And especially look at “It’s In The Koran” which is 100% original content with no chance at all of copyright violation, and yet YT pulled it.

And as Allah has already pointed out, freedom of speech doesn’t mean you can use someone else’s forum to speak. It only means you can legally say what you want.

Esthier on June 20, 2007 at 11:42 AM

Right. And in light of this the disturbing thing is, leaving these vids up isn’t free speech at all. Rather, it smacks of tacit approval of the message.

Must we have this argument every time I link to this turd?

What you said and Freedom of Speech ONLY PROTECTS THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THE GOVERNMENT. Jeez. When will people learn the First Amendment.

I’ve seen many anti-Muslim video’s on YouTube, and the only time I’ve seen Google pull those is when they use copyrighted material (as in the case with this video using music by Warnerbros without permission).

Allah has shown time and again where anti-terrorist (not anti-Muslim) videos have been banned and called racist. Hot Air and Michelle Malkin have had videos banned for the same reason, though everyone here would argue that they had nothing to do with racism.

And as Allah has already pointed out, freedom of speech doesn’t mean you can use someone else’s forum to speak. It only means you can legally say what you want.

It’s called freedom of speech, and this moron is excising it.

Must we have this argument every time I link to this turd?

“Freedom of speech” doesn’t entitle you to use someone else’s business as your platform. If you say something offensive here, I get to ban you notwithstanding your freedom of speech. Why? Because I have freedom of speech too, and I don’t want my enterprise being used to disseminate your ideas. Your freedom of speech entitles you to set up your own blog, open your own video service, publish your own newsletter, stand on your own street corner. It doesn’t entitle you to use YouTube — which, I hasten to remind you, we were reminded of last year when they banned one of our videos. They have every right to do so, but I do find it rather nuanced that they object to our material but not, say, a neo-Nazi’s.