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What about r/The_Donald violates the rules other than going against your political preferences? There are left-wing sub-reddits that openly call for armed revol
by Helmet 9y ago
What about r/The_Donald violates the rules other than going against your political preferences? There are left-wing sub-reddits that openly call for armed revolution, violence against the "bourgeoisie" and the police, destruction of property, etc; but I'm sure they're OK to exist, right?
- josefresco 9y agoAh yes, "whataboutism" - it's almost like we're on The_Donald right now!
- Helloworldboy 9y ago"calls for consistency are just whataboutism when applied to content that I agree with"
- nathanaldensr 9y agoThe question is perfectly valid. It is implied that Reddit will assign some level of consistency to these policies. If they don't, that shows they may be hiding their true intentions.
- Cuuugi 9y agoYou shouldn't berate someone for essentially asking to back up claims.
- scrollaway 9y agoAsking "what about left-wing subreddits" is whataboutism. Nobody is claiming bannable content shouldn't be banned because it's left-wing (except GP's implication).
- creaghpatr 9y agocrying 'whataboutism' is effectively ceding the argument I'm not sure why this term has been plaguing HN lately.
- mvf0 9y agoThey learned a 'big word' and they use it to feel smart. It's like the time Peter Griffin learned the phrase 'shallow and pedantic'. https://youtu.be/yetwdpsiM8Q https://youtu.be/yetwdpsiM8Q
- jgh 9y agoThis whole thread is a dumpster fire of whataboutism and centrist "..but both sides are bad".
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- ApolloFortyNine 9y agoProbably referencing a bestof post that popped up a week or two ago. Someone found like 30 ban worthy comments. Only think is, the vast majority were 1 point comments, some were negative, and the only one that had considerable upvotes was an anti-muslim comment on the thread about a terrorist attack (if someone's going to overreact, that's when).
- scrollaway 9y ago> What about r/The_Donald violates the rules Literally googling that will yield plenty of results with posts that are far, far outside the rules and aren't being taken down. Furthermore, nothing about "left-wing subreddits" is relevant regarding whether r/T_D violates sitewide rules or not.