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After Charlottesville, I checked reddit conservative, which has a variety of conservative viewpoints, and found mostly what-aboutism. When I presented my own m
by 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 agoIt'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.