Isn't "wumao" used a lot more than the rather old-fashioned anti-PRC/anti-CCP slur that's been discussed previously? I've even seen it crop up at HN a few times. I wonder what's up with this stuff - YT seems to be taking a rather weird route towards harmonizing their comment section.
Sure, but there’s a big difference in that “communist bandit” is considered a slur and wumao is a widely accepted term. Maybe Google could say the former is considered offensive but there’s no defense for the latter.
NB: confirmed that any comment I make with 五毛 is immediately deleted. Crazy.