This is a thinly veiled attempt to censor conservatives and Christians, or anyone else who doesn't espouse the 'progressive' agenda. Youtube is shooting itself in the foot. Content creators will not tolerate having their channels demonetized and will abandon youtube for other venues like Patreon. Many have already done so and while they have less views they're making more money.

"The time for war has not yet come, but it will come and that soon, and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Gen. T.J. Jackson, March 1861