A Trump critic and a Trump supporter are currently having a back-and-forth on YouTube - but not really about politics, unless you consider YouTube's perpetually broken copyright system a form of politics.
Somehow, what looks like a fake copyright claim managed to creep into the exchange that started out with a doctor, Justin Shafa, uploading a video criticizing the US president for saying that coronavirus could be treated using UV (ultraviolet) light.
Popular YouTuber Mark Dice, who describes himself as a conservative, then uploaded a reaction video to prove that Shafa was the one ill-informed and ignorant about the subject, as under-development treatments like Healight prove.
Dice, who has more than 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube, also used clips from Shafa's video, provoking him to file copyright claims against the conservative creator both on YouTube and on Twitter.
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