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This is a turning point for YouTube. YouTube was a medium of expression. In that sense your question is like "Why should the paper company allow ideas to be written on their paper that they disagree with?"

Of course YouTube does also take a editorial role. As both a platform and a publisher, we should allow them to stop giving recommendations for things that don't align politically.

By taking the more extreme step of taking down videos, they are balking on their self expressed purpose of being a platform for digital expression.

There are several people in my life who I completely disagree with politically. At the same time, I'm grateful that I can hear their perspective. YouTube is no longer supporting this dynamic.

I'm already seeing folks signing up for social networks that have less censorship, I think alternative video hosting platforms may increase too.