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Open Letter to YouTube

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Open Letter to YouTube

I sent this to YouTube this morning via their Feedback feature: To whom it may concern, Over the course of the last few months, I have become increasingly concerned regarding certain editorial and business decisions that have been made by YouTube and its parent company. More and more, it seems

Who Gets Your Attention?

Once someone tells you that they hate you, you don't give them money or support their work. You don't owe them that. When someone indicates that they think you're evil, you don't have to listen to their podcasts or watch their YouTube videos or support their Kickstarters or Patreons.

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The Safest Hands...

If your measure of evil says a mild-mannered Canadian psychologist who's studied fascism and speaks out against it regularly IS EQUIVALENT TO an ACTUAL Nazi, then one might suggest that your yardstick is off. Just a titch.

Head Canons

What, to me, was Star Wars?

Watch Your Head

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Watch Your Head

[A] culture that no longer values free speech as a cultural value will eventually lose sight of the reasons why speech is protected, and will inevitably then take steps to curtail and restrict speech.

Engaging Writing

...When you’re writing, you always have at least an audience of one. And if you pay attention and let that person have a say, they are very good at calling you on your BS....