First Thought was the news channel from the guy behind Second Thought, a socialist educational channel. They even had a Nebula Exclusive series that was airing at the time they got kicked out.* They got kicked off in mid-October last year for taking a very strong anti-Israel stance and refusing to “both sides” the issue. I haven’t actually tracked down exactly what they said—it’s been difficult because discussion of it is being shut down on the Nebula subreddit (since it’s run by the company). From memory, I do think what he said was a little over the line—something along the lines of “all Israelis are colonialists” with the implication (but not explicit statement) that they deserve what happens—not the political leaders or the army, but the regular people.
But it’s disappointing that he was kicked off over this considering the overall context surrounding the comments, and considering that Nebula is supposed to be a platform where creators can get away from the censorship of YouTube, and where the creators, we are told, own the platform.
* I say kicked out, because that’s basically what happened. But officially it was a mutual decision after they asked him to put out a statement distancing himself from his earlier statements, and he refused.
Who is/was First Thought and why were they removed?
First Thought was the news channel from the guy behind Second Thought, a socialist educational channel. They even had a Nebula Exclusive series that was airing at the time they got kicked out.* They got kicked off in mid-October last year for taking a very strong anti-Israel stance and refusing to “both sides” the issue. I haven’t actually tracked down exactly what they said—it’s been difficult because discussion of it is being shut down on the Nebula subreddit (since it’s run by the company). From memory, I do think what he said was a little over the line—something along the lines of “all Israelis are colonialists” with the implication (but not explicit statement) that they deserve what happens—not the political leaders or the army, but the regular people.
But it’s disappointing that he was kicked off over this considering the overall context surrounding the comments, and considering that Nebula is supposed to be a platform where creators can get away from the censorship of YouTube, and where the creators, we are told, own the platform.
* I say kicked out, because that’s basically what happened. But officially it was a mutual decision after they asked him to put out a statement distancing himself from his earlier statements, and he refused.