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/r/ConsumeProduct was antisemtic? I never saw that in the posts of theirs that made the front page. It was always memes about over-consumption, they might make

by jbob2000 6y ago

/r/ConsumeProduct was antisemtic? I never saw that in the posts of theirs that made the front page. It was always memes about over-consumption, they might make fun of disposable make-up wipes for example ("And when you're done, just throw it away!" cue gallery yelling in a robotic voice: CONSUME PRODUCT). Genuinely curious what the link to antisemitism is. Is the thought that consumerism = big business, and big business = "the jews"? Edit: I made this comment early in the thread, before others started to weigh in on why this subreddit was banned. I'm willing to engage in a discussion if you reply instead of downvote.

nepeckman 6y ago
It doesnt surprise me that the antisemitic stuff didnt make it to the front page, but for the record there was a LOT of it in the top posts of the subreddits. Caricatures in the posts, conspiracies in the comments. They also really focused on vasectomies, which strangely has become a strong signal for alt right presence in a community.
- jbob2000 6y ago
  That's unfortunate, because I really liked the cynicism around consumerism, it made me question a lot of the purchases I was making.
  - bingerman 6y ago
    You know, life is pretty good when you never 100% agree with everything random people are saying in any subreddit.
irvwash 6y ago
I don't know how common it was, but I found this in the first comment section I looked: > Could it be the Chosenbergs? Although a small group, they seem to control the majority of US record labels, as well as the news outlets, the pharmaceutical companies, the bank institutions, the pornography industry, the entertainment industry, ect. (9 points, replying to "I wonder who runs these record labels?" which was setting up that reply) https://web.archive.org/web/20200620202415/https://old.reddit.com/r/ConsumeProduct/comments/hcm310/buts_its_ok_were_only_destroying_the_nazis/#thing_t1_fvg9aca https://web.archive.org/web/20200620202415/https://old.reddi...
- jbob2000 6y ago
  I guess this is the risk of lurking the front page nowadays; Glancing at a subreddit's memes and never reading their comments apparently put me in the antisemtic camp. Fuck the modern internet, I'm out.
- mcovey 6y ago
  Comment sections always have some garbage in them. At least there's a report button that does something. I visit a number of conservative and libertarian discussion forums and the "blame the jews" conspiracy has completely lost its steam. Don't get me wrong I can see how it's offensive and unwelcoming to jewish people but I just don't see the same level of commitment to the idea that some secret cabal of jews run the world or run America as I used to, just random remarks. On the other hand it could be these are the same people who were previously writing theses on the matter and they've actually been effectively silenced and only drop hints at the idea anymore.
dpbriggs 6y ago
Things got dicey on that subreddit the further down a page you'd scroll
sosodev 6y ago
That’s the problem. The subreddit seemed innocent at first glance but was particularly awful upon closer inspection.

nepeckman 6y ago

It doesnt surprise me that the antisemitic stuff didnt make it to the front page, but for the record there was a LOT of it in the top posts of the subreddits. Caricatures in the posts, conspiracies in the comments. They also really focused on vasectomies, which strangely has become a strong signal for alt right presence in a community.

jbob2000 6y ago
That's unfortunate, because I really liked the cynicism around consumerism, it made me question a lot of the purchases I was making.
- bingerman 6y ago
  You know, life is pretty good when you never 100% agree with everything random people are saying in any subreddit.

irvwash 6y ago

I don't know how common it was, but I found this in the first comment section I looked: > Could it be the Chosenbergs? Although a small group, they seem to control the majority of US record labels, as well as the news outlets, the pharmaceutical companies, the bank institutions, the pornography industry, the entertainment industry, ect. (9 points, replying to "I wonder who runs these record labels?" which was setting up that reply) https://web.archive.org/web/20200620202415/https://old.reddit.com/r/ConsumeProduct/comments/hcm310/buts_its_ok_were_only_destroying_the_nazis/#thing_t1_fvg9aca https://web.archive.org/web/20200620202415/https://old.reddi...

jbob2000 6y ago
I guess this is the risk of lurking the front page nowadays; Glancing at a subreddit's memes and never reading their comments apparently put me in the antisemtic camp. Fuck the modern internet, I'm out.
mcovey 6y ago
Comment sections always have some garbage in them. At least there's a report button that does something. I visit a number of conservative and libertarian discussion forums and the "blame the jews" conspiracy has completely lost its steam. Don't get me wrong I can see how it's offensive and unwelcoming to jewish people but I just don't see the same level of commitment to the idea that some secret cabal of jews run the world or run America as I used to, just random remarks. On the other hand it could be these are the same people who were previously writing theses on the matter and they've actually been effectively silenced and only drop hints at the idea anymore.

dpbriggs 6y ago

Things got dicey on that subreddit the further down a page you'd scroll

sosodev 6y ago

That’s the problem. The subreddit seemed innocent at first glance but was particularly awful upon closer inspection.