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I mean, the fact that you can get banned on TD immediately for commenting anything even remotely critical of the president suggests that it is very unlikely tha

I mean, the fact that you can get banned on TD immediately for commenting anything even remotely critical of the president suggests that it is very unlikely that TD "isn't any more toxic than other political subs on reddit." There were entire threads in TD calling for violent intervention in Oregon; similar posts are not found in any of the other political subs. Even in response to the quarantine, there are plenty of comments suggesting violent revolution. This claim that "other subs are just as toxic" seems to be a common refrain among TD supporters (as well as white nationalist hate subs). Do you have any evidence to support this?

leereeves 7y ago
Where are these "entire threads in TD calling for violent intervention in Oregon"? All I've seen cited here are isolated comments with a handful of points. So I spent a few minutes yesterday reading part way down the comments on a single post in r/politics and found similar comments advocating violent resistance to the government. > Just do a 180 turn on gun reforms. They’ll take an armed population more seriously. https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/c5og99/there_are_people_in_concentration_camps_why_arent/es387hw/ https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/c5og99/there_are_... > It's because protests don't achieve anything. ... Riots on the other hand... https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/c5og99/there_are_people_in_concentration_camps_why_arent/es397lg/ https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/c5og99/there_are_... If someone were as motivated as Media Matters I'm sure they could find much, much more. If you doubt that I encourage you to investigate a bit yourself.