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Bad groups can hide behind good ideals. Just because they are a "nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigati

Bad groups can hide behind good ideals. Just because they are a "nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation" does not mean they aren't racist or politically extreme. I do agree that SPLC and Stormfront do not compare, but it could be argued that Reddit blocks or suppresses conservative, non-multiculturalist views much more than liberal ones. That asymmetry is part of what fuels the growing extremism IMO.

HippieJay 9y ago
I would say it's a delusional victimhood on the part of those people. /r/The_Donald has broken many rules of Reddit and the largest punishment they've been given is that /r/popular was created to steer people to less toxic content. You can also look to how long they let /r/physical_removal (advocates of political violence towards "commies" and "leftists") and /r/incels (advocates of sexual assault, rape, and violence against women) stay open. /r/MensRights is still around despite doxxing and harassing people in the past.
slg 9y ago
The fact that you equate conservative views with things like white supremacy is a huge problem. Rational and compassionate people can be conservative. No one is going to censor debate about things like state rights, a small federal government, tax cuts, trickle down economics, etc. But I don’t think it is controversial to say that white supremacy is simply morally wrong.
- TheAdamAndChe 9y ago
  Well there does tend to be a correlation between right-wing extremism and white supremacy, so it's not like that comes from nowhere. Conservatism goes beyond states rights and economics. It's also cultural. Conservatives tend not to like multiculturalism or cultural change, and tend to like things like gender roles, immigration tests, and just generally keeping things the way they were. Rational and compassionate people can have these opinions too, yet they are suppressed on pretty much all social media sites including Reddit. When people with moderate cultural views and opinions get suppressed, they cling to the nearest groups with the closest mindset to their own. Unfortunately, on sites like Reddit, these are often extremist subreddits.

HippieJay 9y ago

I would say it's a delusional victimhood on the part of those people. /r/The_Donald has broken many rules of Reddit and the largest punishment they've been given is that /r/popular was created to steer people to less toxic content. You can also look to how long they let /r/physical_removal (advocates of political violence towards "commies" and "leftists") and /r/incels (advocates of sexual assault, rape, and violence against women) stay open. /r/MensRights is still around despite doxxing and harassing people in the past.

slg 9y ago

The fact that you equate conservative views with things like white supremacy is a huge problem. Rational and compassionate people can be conservative. No one is going to censor debate about things like state rights, a small federal government, tax cuts, trickle down economics, etc. But I don’t think it is controversial to say that white supremacy is simply morally wrong.

TheAdamAndChe 9y ago
Well there does tend to be a correlation between right-wing extremism and white supremacy, so it's not like that comes from nowhere. Conservatism goes beyond states rights and economics. It's also cultural. Conservatives tend not to like multiculturalism or cultural change, and tend to like things like gender roles, immigration tests, and just generally keeping things the way they were. Rational and compassionate people can have these opinions too, yet they are suppressed on pretty much all social media sites including Reddit. When people with moderate cultural views and opinions get suppressed, they cling to the nearest groups with the closest mindset to their own. Unfortunately, on sites like Reddit, these are often extremist subreddits.