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There goes /r/The_Donald/
by hberg 9y ago
There goes /r/The_Donald/
- oh_sigh 9y agoNo, they're still there, and no, everyone who disagrees with you isn't a Nazi. > we will take action against any content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual or a group of people This also means that people who encourage you to "punch a Nazi" or that there's nothing wrong with punching a Nazi/racist should also be banned.
- pknopf 9y agoThat place promotes violence and hate on a daily basis.
- tripplethrendo 9y agoIf by hate you mean people with dissenting opinions.
- _euac 9y agoThis has some examples: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/53d5xb/what-is-rthedonald-donald-trump-subreddit https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/53d5xb/what-is-rt... Every time I've been to that subreddit, it only takes perusing the comments for 5 minutes to find way worse stuff. From people being openly racist, to people calling for Hillary Clinton to be raped, etc. Bunch of great people, really :\
- oh_sigh 9y agoI browse T_D frequently and I have not once seen someone calling for HRC to be raped. I'm not saying it never happened but I'm curious 1) how upvoted the commment was and 2) how you've glanced at the site for 5 minutes and saw something that I missed after having browsed the site since 2015
- _euac 9y agoThe post was on the front page of r/t_d, so I'm assuming it was fairly upvoted, and had plenty of comments from people supporting the spirit of the message. I remember linking it somewhere else on Reddit, to show just how vile the subreddit was (it was during one of the many discussions like this that try to portray r/t_d as a "high energy subreddit for fans only!")
- pknopf 9y agoNope. Not at all. /r/conservative is perfectly fine, as is /r/politics. /r/The_Donald is effectively 4chan.
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- arkona 9y agoCare to give some evidence for your claims?
- pknopf 9y agoGo to the sub and click the first post you see. Evidence provided. edit: Here is the first non-stickied post I found. https://g.redditmedia.com/lWzOghJ9C76p2rMmU3CDWhHTtojbXJ9vlulE__NUm6s.gif?fm=mp4&mp4-fragmented=false&s=e27a80f2e8636072fb9889757af2e8d6 https://g.redditmedia.com/lWzOghJ9C76p2rMmU3CDWhHTtojbXJ9vlu... > Here is Hillary Clinton shitting herself on 9/11 > Did PETA publicly complain about the handling of that cattle? > THE SIDE OF BEEF MARRIED A RAPIST!!! > Hope she had her shitting pants on
- oh_sigh 9y agoFirst post seen at the top of the front T_D page is this: http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/26/the-last-time-hillary-had-a-birthday-she-thought-she-would-be-president-slideshow/ http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/26/the-last-time-hillary-had-... Which is making fun of a HRC tweet from last october which said "Happy Birthday to this future president". Doesn't seem very hateful to me. edit: Basd on your edit, I'm curious what you find hateful about this? HRC passed out on 9/11/16 and was dragged into a waiting van. There is a longstanding meme (in meme-years) about HRC being thrown into the van "like a side of beef", which explains some comments. Yes, the comments are crass, but is being crass the same thing as "promoting violence and hate"?
- pknopf 9y agoThe mod stickies are calmer. Here is the first non-stickied. https://g.redditmedia.com/lWzOghJ9C76p2rMmU3CDWhHTtojbXJ9vlulE__NUm6s.gif?fm=mp4&mp4-fragmented=false&s=e27a80f2e8636072fb9889757af2e8d6 https://g.redditmedia.com/lWzOghJ9C76p2rMmU3CDWhHTtojbXJ9vlu...
- pknopf 9y agoThere was a T_D user who faked a knife attack. He said it was a black person who did it because "he was white". He immediately posted his bloody hand on T_D and said "apparently I look like a NAZI". It was later found out that he made it up. He cut himself. He did it intentionally to stir up hate for black people. The entire sub is effectively 4chan. Crass jokes, fake news, subliminal degenerate brainwashing. It is a breeding ground for people to hate blacks and brown people.
- emmelaich 9y agoDo you have an example? Last time this was suggested on HN I held my nose and had a look. Didn't find any. In fact I found some healthy self-policing in among the muck.
- _euac 9y agor/the_donald is not just about "disagreeing" it's literally the worst kind of ecochamber of conspiracy theories, veiled (and sometimes not-so-veiled) racism and constant calls to action against "the left". They are such an ecochamber that 90% of the time they speak on memes that nobody else understands (or cares to understand.)
- oh_sigh 9y agoCommunities developing their own language and shared understanding is nothing new. Yes, sometimes racist things are said, but are frequently downvoted or pushed back on. Unless, of course, if you considering being, say, anti-Islam as "racist". The most common thing I see is that T_D users accept all races and immigrants, but only if they conform to western ideals(say, by not killing gay people or stoning women) and american culture.
- _euac 9y agoWould you say being "anti-Jewish" is racist or bigoted?
- oh_sigh 9y agoI think either word could work
- _euac 9y agoBut somehow you don't consider being "anti-Islam" (read: anti-Muslim, because people with that set of prejudices is not going to be threading too thin) racist?
- hnbroseph 9y ago"jewish" has, at least historically, had both an ethnic and religious component; which is why anti-jewish could potentially be described as racist, depending on the time and circumstance. this is not really the case for islam or christianity; use of "racism" there is a typical "postmodernist race theorist" fallacy used to shut down discussion and avoid addressing arguments.
- Moral_ 9y agoThe Donald is probably part of the Russian probe. Reddit received an NSL earlier this year, I assume it was in regards to that subreddit. The NSL/Warrant probably had them keep it up and keep their mouths shut about it. That's probably why it's still around while still breaking tons of rules.