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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumshas the youtube comments section always been full of holocaust deniers and straight-up Nazis?
And I am not using the word as a hyperbolic substitute for conservatives, but actual Nazis. I was watching some pretty good documentaries on WWII from the BBC and other reputable, mainstream broadcasters and I mean, jeez.
And are there more of these people than I thought, or is this just the internet artificially magnifying things?
cali
(114,904 posts)DanTex
(20,709 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)lol
treestar
(82,383 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)Renew Deal
(81,801 posts)It gives anonymous racists and dirtbags a place to sound off. Some number of these people wouldn't say these things in real life, but many do.
The Internet is generally full of overt anonymous racists.
mikeysnot
(4,755 posts)and giving the a platform for their stupidity.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Coward shields.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)where the commentary was not so ugly as Yahoo.
Nothing has changed except for the complete racism that has swept the place since the election of a certain president.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)horrible spellers who come in droves and vote down every post that is even remotely pro-Obama. I wonder why the Mods of that channel don't remove them. Some are out and outright racist. If you call them on it, your post gets voted down by hordes of these asswipes. I've since stopped commenting on the Obama Channel. I don't even know if it's still up.
But they can get away with lots of schoolyard bullying and immature F-bombing. Try to retaliate with level-headed reasoning and your post disappears.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)LeftinOH
(5,341 posts)yahoo "news" is a good example.
MineralMan
(146,189 posts)I just avoid the comments.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)I just never paid attention to them. I go there to watch videos not read opinions. DU is really the only place I do that. I just happened to scroll down a bit yesterday and holy mary mother of god.
but I am not going to avoid youtube, just going back to avoiding the comments.
tjwash
(8,219 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)nt
tjwash
(8,219 posts)they are the same brand of crazy - the intertubes bring them all together nicely
Dash87
(3,220 posts)I had one tell me that airplane contrails are impossible and have never existed.
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Dash87
(3,220 posts)They just say things to piss people off, especially since trolling has become trendy as of late.
Jennicut
(25,415 posts)and a lot of bored teenagers and people in their early 20's. I like it for it's easy access to lots of different types of videos. But I always need a lobotomy after 5 minutes of reading the comments. If you want even worse and want your mind to be scarred for life, try the "b" section of 4chan. Brain bleaching afterward is required.
TroglodyteScholar
(5,477 posts)The thing many people don't know, though, is that these people are all either 12 years old or "functioning" at that mental level. Just skip the comments. Those people are beyond help.
alp227
(31,959 posts)Ever seen that spam comment "Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white" in ANY youtube video about race even on progressive channels like David Pakman, Thom Hartmann, and The Young Turks?
librechik
(30,663 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Indeed, I find it difficult to sit through any video that has people talking, the input is just too damn slow, I feel like I'm watching in s l o w m o t i o n.
You can expect stupid and disgusting posts on political videos, comes with the territory. If you want really nasty try reading the comments to just about any newspaper website.
It's mostly concerts and other music I watch on Youtube and while the comments can get fairly nasty sometimes they're not nearly at the level of ignorance and hate of those on the political videos.
Initech
(99,909 posts)It's definitely a worth while add on.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Really sad.
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)To see who can be more ridiculous than the other.
Behind the Aegis
(53,823 posts)Though, it is surprising the number of Holocaust deniers that spew on those sites. Many, however, aren't really "deniers" but more "minimizers."
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)a lot of blaming WWII on the Allies. moderate Nazis? regardless one wonders (well not really) what motivates someone to take that sort of unsupportable revisionist position