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They'll have to dig themselves out of a pretty deep hole, reputation-wise. While there are specific subject subreddit with fantastic content, most of the regio
by Pxtl 9y ago
They'll have to dig themselves out of a pretty deep hole, reputation-wise. While there are specific subject subreddit with fantastic content, most of the regional subs they carry lots of news and politics have a well-earned reputation for racism and xenophobia, and the more discussion-oriented subs add in misogyny into the mix.
Only the subs with obsessively strict moderation like the science subs (or /r/Canada politics) seem to succeed in discussing issues without hatred.
Meanwhile, Twitter maintains mainstream acceptance despite being the online home of David Duke and various other infamous white supremacists.
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- sintaxi 9y agoTwitter never should have started down the road of censorship. The only people who agree on what should and should not be censored are the people who don't believe in censorship.
- Mikeb85 9y ago/r/Canada isn't too bad because that's how Canadians are. Even when we disagree we generally try to be civil.
- Pxtl 9y agoNo, I meant /r/CanadaPolitics, but the name got autocorrected away. /r/Canada is a hive of racism and getting worse since the last election or so.
- 52-6F-62 9y agoIt seems to have a pretty heavy swing back and forth, depending on the time of day. I've seen this noted before, and seen the effect to some extent. It can definitely get hairy, sadly.
- Mikeb85 9y agoIt's not a hive of racism, Americans just have become such virtue signalling morons that they call everything racism. There happens to be a middle ground on many issues. Debating immigration policy isn't racist. Hell, even Emmanuel Macron and Merkel have started to control migration. No country can accept all the world's poor. It's simply not feasible. And the truth is, that is the concern that most Canadians are having. The economy's not great, working class wages and jobs are disappearing, the few places with good jobs have unaffordable housing, and Trudeau's talking about increasing immigration. You guys can talk about how everyone that wants to debate certain topics is racist, but that doesn't change the fact that politics all over the west are moving a certain direction. The only question is whether we'll simply adjust policy, or wait too long and elect someone extreme as a knee jerk reaction.
- sol_remmy 9y ago"They'll have to dig themselves out of a pretty deep hole, reputation-wise." Yet none of these subs are any worse than the New York Times comment section