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Lawlight said:

There is a difference between encouraging harm to others vs., for example, making a joke like Colin Moriarty did. You know something is wrong when someone gets fired for making a joke on Twitter. That's not freedom of speech. Another example is Canada which passed a law restricting criticising of Islam. Which reminds me of this:

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Colin Moriarty wasn't fired for something he said on Twitter.

He wasn't fired at all.

Even if he was fired for something he said on Twitter, it's still not a free spech issue.

Nobody owes you a job. Nobody owes your patreon money. Nobody owes your advertising support on your content. Nobody owes good publicity. 

All those things can come and go at the whims of whoever provides them, except if otherwise dictated in the terms of an agreement or something. 



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Kapi why shouldn't youtubers get paid. They make content that entertains it's viewers. Advertisers pay to put their adverts on these videos. Why shouldn't youtubers get their 60% cut of this revenue?

Youtube can be either a hobby or a profession. There is no black and white.