amanda1983
Senior Member
Hate to burst your bubble, but not everyone sees that as "normal" love. Welcome to the real world.
In this real world of ours, there are indeed people who can't/won't accept that gay etc love is normal. There also many, many people who see that love as completely normal - and the numbers for the latter group are growing, as acceptance and understanding of the LGBTQIA+ community continues to grow.
In the real world, you get to live your own live as you please within the bounds of your circumstances and societal norms and laws. Generally speaking, your freedom *stops* when it impacts another person, just as their freedom ends when it impacts you.
A private company choosing to implement a censorship system which disproportionately targets LGBTQIA+ content on the world's biggest video sharing platform is a big deal in the real world.
The biggest problem I have with this "restricted" mode is that such modes are the default used in educational and public settings. Schools and libraries routinely activate any "safe mode" settings in order to restrict inappropriate or questionable content (for liability as well as duty-of-care reasons). I have worked in these settings nd the impact for this youtube restriction mode is going to be significant.
I think it's a terrible shame that there are people in 2017 that don't believe this love is "normal". That is their choice to remain ignorant (which is not an insult, just an assessment). I disagree adamantly with the idea that society in general should tolerate those beliefs, regardless of the religion involved.