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Every sub reddit has its golden calf. If you're somewhat left leaning, you're going to end up in places that have leftist golden calfs. If you're not brain-wa
by seph-reed 5y ago
Every sub reddit has its golden calf. If you're somewhat left leaning, you're going to end up in places that have leftist golden calfs.
If you're not brain-washed, you'll likely have some amount of critique of every single thing in the world including their golden calf.
So when people say: this is perfect and we're the good guys and they're the bad guys and look how stupid they are, you might say something nuanced or somewhat understanding and now you're a trump supporting, racist, misogynist, nazi incel.
Or, more likely, you'll get downvoted to oblivion and the only people who will comment will have some shit like that to say.
Personally, I've had plenty of reddit users actively tell me I'm a piece of shit for trying to understand what sort of psychological trauma it is that leads to people shooting up schools, or raping, or joining hate groups. Which "humanizes" them too much for most peoples tastes.
Basically: trying to understand "the enemy" or raise awareness about issues in "the plan" are totally off limit topics in most places.
- burnished 5y agoI see a lot of examples of "I got banned over nothing!" that after examination it becomes clear they got banned over.. everything. If something fits that mold I get suspicious. Which is why I ask for counter-examples. Cause its never really nothing, right? But I think I'm picking up what you're putting down. It just hasn't been my experience that moderation teams are that polarized, it has been my experience that people blame a polarized environment for their own poor behavior though.
- 1123581321 5y agoDoesn’t this just mean you have the same ideological inflexibility these moderation teams do? I’m trying to understand what actual counterpoint you have made here.
- burnished 5y agoI think we're just sharing perspectives, if you're looking for a hard line to draw between us you're gonna be confused.
- 1123581321 5y agoPoor gaslighting. But I agree that sides are inappropriate to draw here.
- burnished 5y agoThats kind of a rude and abrupt accusation.
- seph-reed 5y ago> it has been my experience that people blame a polarized environment for their own poor behavior though I've seen a lot of both, and I think you should be very, very worried about your perspective on this. There is an overwhelming amount of uncomfortable truths which people are hostile towards. Especially when those people have a narrative; narratives almost always being ideologically over-simplified and therefor in conflict with reality. If you want a really easy one, I recommend looking into the statistical "math" behind the 75/100 wage-gap. It still blows my mind that one is not allowed to point out super faulty math, and that many people still hold that number to be truth.
- burnished 5y agoSo, in this topic I have requested (and received) examples that were contrary to my expectations. I don't think theres anything wrong with my perspective.