Beloved conservative comedian and commentator Steven Crowder is currently under investigation by YouTube over allegations of homophobic harassment lodged by a Vox commentator, Carlos Maza, known for spewing pure left-wing propaganda.
Maza, a far-left zealot who routinely disseminates lies and conspiracy theories about Fox News and other conservative outlets and personalities, took to Twitter last Thursday to complain without evidence that Crowder has been leading a campaign of harassment against him.
The so-called “evidence” that Maza did supply were clips from the YouTube show, LouderWithCrowder, that Crowder hosts:
So, I have pretty thick skin when it comes to online harassment, but something has been really bothering me.
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 31, 2019
Since I started working at Vox, Steven Crowder has been making video after video “debunking” Strikethrough. Every single video has included repeated, overt attacks on my sexual orientation and ethnicity. Here’s a sample: pic.twitter.com/UReCcQ2Elj
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 31, 2019
I’ve been called an anchor baby, a lispy queer, a Mexican, etc. These videos get millions of views on YouTube. Every time one gets posted, I wake up to a wall of homophobic/racist abuse on Instagram and Twitter.
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 31, 2019
In his Twitter rant, Maza neglected to mention that he himself has often enthusiastically defined his own identity with the same alleged slurs that Crowder has used to refer to him.
Note for instance how he referred to himself in the following video posted last October:
In the video, which centered on his longtime thesis that are Republicans are bad people, Maza said, “I’m a queer, tree-hugging atheist with immigrant parents.”
Continuing his rant on Twitter, Maza cited some actual evidence of the abuse he’s faced:
Last year, I got doxxed, and it scared the fuck out of me. My phone was bombarded with hundreds of texts at the exact same time. The messages? pic.twitter.com/ls4qBM9k08
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 31, 2019
While it’s unfortunate that he was doxxed, he has no evidence to prove that Carlson orchestrated the doxxing. Nor does Maza have any room to talk about disturbing behavior.
After a radical left-wing protester hit Brexit leader Nigel Farage with a milkshake last month, Maza took to Twitter to urge other British citizens to follow suit:
Carlos Maza of Vox has called for the physical assault of people in order to humiliate them. He then is outraged that someone makes fun of him online resulting in his humiliation.
Maza insinuates then that an authority or ‘principal’ like figure needs to enforce rules pic.twitter.com/2cgAnSdw0V
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) June 1, 2019
Milkshake them all. Humiliate them at every turn. Make them dread public organizing. https://t.co/myrCSv07Dx pic.twitter.com/7dozYzJoAl
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 21, 2019
That’s known as a call to violence … and unlike Crowder’s “mean words,” it’s actually illegal.
Concluding his rant on Twitter, Maza then called for YouTube to take action and ban Crowder. And lo and behold, many in the left-wing media jumped at the opportunity to broadcast his demand to the entire country.
Observe (*LANGUAGE WARNING):
This has been going on for years, and I’ve tried to flag this shit on several occasions. But YouTube is never going to actually enforce its policies. Because Crowder has 3 million YouTube subscribers, and enforcing their rules would get them accused on anti-conservative bias.
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 31, 2019
Which is all to say: I work my fucking ass off to create smart, thorough, engaging content for @YouTube, a company that claims to give a shit about LGBT creators. And its miserable to have that same company helping facilitate a truly mind melting amount of direct harassment.
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 31, 2019
My family sees this shit. I’ve had to explain to my much younger sister what the fuck a Steven Crowder is, and ask my siblings not to respond. Its exhausting. I wish @YouTube gave enough of a shit to stop its platform from becoming a fucking playground for assholes.
— Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) May 31, 2019
Newsweek: Steven Crowder Incites Homophobic Harassment of Vox Reporter, YouTube Slow to React.https://t.co/NDs5ZvxCKl
via @GoogleNews
— yvonne barry (@deenay1o) June 2, 2019
Via @HuffPostQueer: Vox Journalist Opens Up About Homophobic Mob Harassment He Endures On YouTube https://t.co/WrrmlbPT47 pic.twitter.com/b7SFERPjyN
— joshua epstein?️????????? (@thejoshuablog) June 2, 2019
YouTube investigating right-wing pundit Steven Crowder for harassing https://t.co/B3okgLU5DM host https://t.co/DlQiPsFxFH pic.twitter.com/RLJVlLHaxu
— The Verge (@verge) May 31, 2019
In a response video published Friday, Crowder made it clear that he won’t back down.
“I’m really hoping that YouTube doesn’t capitulate to a multihundred-million-dollar corporation [Vox] who’ve had a long history of advocating corporate censorship,” he said. “I’m hoping YouTube doesn’t cave simply because of political and huge financial pressure.”
“This is not really an example of hate speech or even just offensive speech versus a self-proclaimed queer creator. This is an example of a giant, multinational media conglomeration … attempting to squash a competitor.”
Watch his full response below:
https://youtu.be/oQbpbsY7qVQ
A large number of notable figures on social media have come to his defense, including but not limited to liberal commentator Tim Pool, liberal commentator David Rubin and Blaze Media CEO Tyler Cardon.
Look:
Maza is a hypocrite and authoritarian trying to use his identity to get someone banned because they criticized him.
I’m sorry but you can’t simultaneously encourage nearly 100k people to assault others then get mad someone called you names
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) June 1, 2019
The fact that he, a grown adult with access to one of the biggest platforms in the world, is calling for a “teacher or principal” like figure to enforce the rules he demands while also calling for assault shows him to be an authoritarian.
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) June 1, 2019
He demands the right to harm others and humiliate them and then calls for the authority to allow him to do even worse.
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) June 1, 2019
How strange, this is the same Vox “journalist” who lobbied @PeteButtigieg not to do my show.
(See previous tweet. This getting weird yet?) https://t.co/a2Us0oMX8W
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) May 31, 2019
If you’ve ever watched one of @scrowder‘s “Vox Rebuttal” videos, you know that Crowder’s objective is to refute the arguments @gaywonk makes in his videos and to do it in an entertaining/engaging way.
— Tyler Cardon (@TyCardon) June 1, 2019
According to Maza, classical liberals such as Pool and Rubin are “Nazis.”
On Saturday Pool posted his own official video response to Maza:
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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.
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