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Reddit as it stands now is a hive of scum and villainy. If they want to be considered sane and serious and not an upscale 4chan, they need to kickban all the ha
by JulianMorrison 11y ago
Reddit as it stands now is a hive of scum and villainy. If they want to be considered sane and serious and not an upscale 4chan, they need to kickban all the hate frothing racists and misogynists and clamp down hard on "free speech". Unfortunately, since their site has stunk for so long, that's basically all who's left, except the few voices crying in the wilderness.
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- girvo 11y ago> Reddit as it stands now is a hive of scum and villainy 200 million users, and you think they're all that are left on there?
- JulianMorrison 11y agoA rhetorical exaggeration, but the scum and villainy contingent are loud, and enablers are many. If it isn't you being targeted for hate, it's all too easy to say "oh I just talk about games" and never even notice how very white and male the discussion is. Not bothering to notice oppression is oppression (and an exercise of privilege).
- mark_integerdsv 11y agoWhat is wrong with being white and male?
- JulianMorrison 11y agoThere are complications about the origin of both concepts, but in context, absolutely nothing. What's wrong is not noticing that your conversation is nothing but white and male. It implies that there are people who have been driven out, one way or another, and you aren't surprised by their absence.
- mark_integerdsv 11y ago>There are complications about the origin of both concepts Are you suggesting that my race and gender are ...'problematic?'
- JulianMorrison 11y agoNah, at this point I'm suggesting that you're looking to argue. Read this: https://medium.com/message/how-white-people-got-made-6eeb076ade42 https://medium.com/message/how-white-people-got-made-6eeb076...
- mark_integerdsv 11y ago>they need to kickban all the hate frothing racists and misogynists and clamp down hard on "free speech" This sounds dangerously like fascism IMHO.
- JulianMorrison 11y agoAbsent the kind of hyper-exaggeration that makes people invoke Godwin's law, no, it doesn't. Your freedom of thought and expression is not imperiled if you get bounced out of a private club for being hateful.
- mark_integerdsv 11y agoThis has nothing to do with Nazis, please get a grip. Fascism is a clearly defined concept, and there are many examples other than Nazism. In point of fact: it is not necessary to invoke Nazism in order to define fascism. The kind of autocratic and intolerant behaviour that you suggest is clearly reminiscent of fascism. Anyway, I have seen the arguments you raise before and I don't really see that we'll arrive at any kind of agreement here.
- MrZongle2 11y ago"This sounds dangerously like fascism IMHO." No, no, no... you've got it all wrong. See, smart and good people would be deciding what is acceptable and what isn't. Totally different.