POLITICS & DONALD Annoying Orange MEGATHREAD

[Shift Kitty]

I find it funny that they even had to put up a notice. We all know there aren't 5.3M Annoying Orange supporters that would visit Buzzfeed.

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[SetGaming]

Donald Annoying Orange won the debate so handily that his supporters have to explain why he did.

(And Holt's "apparent bias" is just a line of questioning that people are freaking out over for no reason. Anyone whose seriously angry that independent moderators are exposing cracks in a candidate's shell just doesn't want to admit they're being lied to.)

can't tell if you're being serious about him winning

SHUT IT DOWN

reuploaded video;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcHyeDXTCRY

jesus christ

the fact that they took it down to me looks pretty suspicious. who takes something down that obviously isn't true?

[Nonnel]

can't tell if you're being serious about him winning

reread the first line

[otto-san]

the fact that they took it down to me looks pretty suspicious. who takes something down that obviously isn't true?

the video was taken down from a copyright claim from a "[Merlin] SC Distribution," merlin being a "music rights agency." it's most likely just that the video got content ID matched, either erroneously or because they used a copyrighted music track.

this apparently wouldn't be the first time something weird has happened with merlin either: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/monetization-on-youtube/LqjldMVkTIo

[Ipquarx]

the video was taken down from a copyright claim from a "[Merlin] SC Distribution", merlin being a "music rights agency." it's most likely just that the video got content ID matched, either erroneously or because they used a copyrighted music track.

Merlin is a well known copyright troll. They falsely flag videos all the time for profit to abuse the stuffty revenue system youtube has in place.

Guys, not everything is a loving conspiracy.

[Jairo]

Guys, not everything is a loving conspiracy.

that's what they WANT you to THINK!!!!!!!!!

[Frequency]

is it really a conspiracy theory if it's entirely within the realm of possibility and not unlikely given the parties involved

[otto-san]

is it really a conspiracy theory if it's entirely within the realm of possibility and not unlikely given the parties involved

yes, if you are theorizing about some conspiracizing then it is indeed a conspiracization theorization

tho rly in this particular case we can just apply hanlon's razor and come to the conclusion that the video was taken down because of a mistaken content ID or copyright claim, and not because of direct malicious intent by someone puppeting this "merlin" company

[Drydess]

tho rly in this particular case we can just apply hanlon's razor and come to the conclusion that the video was taken down because of a mistaken content ID or copyright claim, and not because of direct malicious intent by someone puppeting this "merlin" company

merlin didn't accidentally mistake this, they've taken down many videos for no reason whatsoever, and they also took down videos of people complaining about merlin

although this company has little to nothing to do with clinton

[otto-san]

even then, to say that this copyright claim should be damning in any way is to say that this is the direct action of the accused party or someone associated with them, and that's a hasty conclusion which has very little apparent evidence. because youtube copyright abuse is already a well-known practice and the take down was issued by an entity apparently well known for being abusive in this manner, on a purely rational basis it is pretty silly to jump straight to ideas of conspiracy.

[Drydess]

even then, to say that this copyright claim should be damning in any way is to say that this is the direct action of the accused party or someone associated with them, and that's a hasty conclusion which has very little apparent evidence. because youtube copyright abuse is already a well-known practice and the take down was issued by an entity apparently well known for being abusive in this manner, on a purely rational basis it is pretty silly to jump straight to ideas of conspiracy.

oh well yeah, of course
i was just clarifying that merlin is a pretty notorious false copyright claimer

[Ipquarx]

is it really a conspiracy theory if it's entirely within the realm of possibility and not unlikely given the parties involved

You have absolutely no evidence whatsoever that it was taken down by anyone even remotely related to clinton. Given that it was taken down by merlin, who is again an extremely well known youtube copyright ID troll, you can look that up for yourself, making it completely unlikely that it was taken down by anyone related to clinton, yes, it is a complete flat-out conspiracy theory even worse on paper than bush did 9/11.

It's ridiculous what some people can convince themselves of with absolutely no evidence whatsoever and when someone points

[otto-san]

oh well yeah, of course
i was just clarifying that merlin is a pretty notorious false copyright claimer

ye i got u i was just elaborating on my previous statements for the sake of it

[McZealot]

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