Sacha Baron Cohen owes his career to free speech.
So naturally, he’s all in favor of free speech.
Unless, of course, it’s speech he doesn’t like. Like Donald Trump’s for example.
Trump’s already been booted from Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, but what about YouTube? What are they waiting for?
NEW: Trump's YouTube Channel has GAINED 30,000 subscribers this week.
Other companies are cutting ties with Trump. YouTube is profiting!
YouTube–the new Trump TV.
RT to tell @Google, @YouTube, @SusanWojcicki…stop profiting off lies and violence! #BanTrumpSaveDemocracy pic.twitter.com/EdTrVF0xvX
— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) January 12, 2021
Save Democracy! By limiting speech you don’t like simply because you don’t like it.
Democracy is when you silence your opponent
The more you silence your opponent the more democratic you are https://t.co/PhloRSoMjP
— Punished Venom Contrarian (@ii_internet) January 13, 2021
How far we’ve come.
Borat is commenting on community standards. https://t.co/kgrVjD0tw5
— Kevin Sinclair (@kevinsinclairsk) January 12, 2021
From the guy who has profited off of his Racist characters for years. https://t.co/H21iyPtZhe
— BiasedGirl (@BiasedGirl) January 13, 2021
Hey, man. It’s OK when Sacha Baron Cohen offends people because he’s doing it for the right reasons. Trust him.
This is creepy behavior. https://t.co/6lMyzHy9r8
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) January 12, 2021
It’s extremely creepy.
Scratch a Hollywood "entertainer" and you'll almost always find a Stalinist. https://t.co/4kys7zv1GC
— Keith ⛄⛄⛄Burton (@bbeekk321) January 13, 2021
But it’s apparently also quite effective. At least as long as you’re on the Right Side of History:
YouTube is suspending President Donald Trump's channel for at least one week, and potentially longer, after his channel earned a strike under the platform's policies https://t.co/GBGd2yS0aV
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 13, 2021
Wish is granted! Well done @SachaBaronCohen for bringing this to everyone’s attention!!https://t.co/5QeGYNZvAx
— Sharath Dorbala ✌? (@sdorbala) January 13, 2021
Yes, Sacha! Well done! No chance whatsoever that the Speech Police will come for you someday.
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