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>The reason you're passive aggressive isn't clear to me. The alt-right is a white nationalist/Nazi movement. You flippantly labeled half the country as Nazis,

>The reason you're passive aggressive isn't clear to me. The alt-right is a white nationalist/Nazi movement. You flippantly labeled half the country as Nazis, and you're surprised someone would call this out? >I used the "alt" prefix to reinforce the irony of the name "alternative" right being the mainstream right movement. Doubling down eh?

catawbasam 8y ago
After Charlottesville, I checked reddit conservative, which has a variety of conservative viewpoints, and found mostly what-aboutism. When I presented my own moderate Dem perspective, I was shouted down and then banned. 100% agree most conservatives are not racists or fascists -- but in their tribalism, they have allowed themselves to become complicit fellow travellers.
- macspoofing 8y ago
  It's not a conservative thing. "Fan" subreddits are places where like-minded people congregate to talk about the thing they are fans of. Those kinds of subreddits are usually purposely setup to discourage debate against the central idea because otherwise it would just be noise and detract for talking about the thing. So a Conservative subreddit is there for Conservative discussions, not to field anti-Conservative arguments from a Dem perspective. Try going to a left-wing or a progressive subreddit and putting forth an argument against what the subreddit advocates (e.g. post anti-feminist arguments in a feminist subreddit, or anti-Democrat arguments in a Democratic subreddit) and you'll get similar treatment. It's not even a political thing. If you find a subreddit for trumpet aficionados and try to start a debate on why trumpets are terrible, you may get banned as well. >100% agree most conservatives are not racists or fascists -- but in their tribalism, they have allowed themselves to become complicit fellow travellers. "They" say the EXACT same thing about left-wing and progressive circles. And "they" aren't wrong either with the additional bonus of lefties being very liberal about placing a Nazi label on anybody they disagree with - case in point: OP.

catawbasam 8y ago

After Charlottesville, I checked reddit conservative, which has a variety of conservative viewpoints, and found mostly what-aboutism. When I presented my own moderate Dem perspective, I was shouted down and then banned. 100% agree most conservatives are not racists or fascists -- but in their tribalism, they have allowed themselves to become complicit fellow travellers.

macspoofing 8y ago
It's not a conservative thing. "Fan" subreddits are places where like-minded people congregate to talk about the thing they are fans of. Those kinds of subreddits are usually purposely setup to discourage debate against the central idea because otherwise it would just be noise and detract for talking about the thing. So a Conservative subreddit is there for Conservative discussions, not to field anti-Conservative arguments from a Dem perspective. Try going to a left-wing or a progressive subreddit and putting forth an argument against what the subreddit advocates (e.g. post anti-feminist arguments in a feminist subreddit, or anti-Democrat arguments in a Democratic subreddit) and you'll get similar treatment. It's not even a political thing. If you find a subreddit for trumpet aficionados and try to start a debate on why trumpets are terrible, you may get banned as well. >100% agree most conservatives are not racists or fascists -- but in their tribalism, they have allowed themselves to become complicit fellow travellers. "They" say the EXACT same thing about left-wing and progressive circles. And "they" aren't wrong either with the additional bonus of lefties being very liberal about placing a Nazi label on anybody they disagree with - case in point: OP.