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They have only banned extreme political ideologies with vaguely violent leanings, and have done so for both sides of the spectrum
by Capricorn2481 4y ago
They have only banned extreme political ideologies with vaguely violent leanings, and have done so for both sides of the spectrum
- thefz 4y agoThe problem with Reddit is that they banned unilaterally the right wing.
- Crusoe123 4y agoThat is not true e.g.https://www.reddit.com/r/chapotraphouse https://www.reddit.com/r/chapotraphouse
- thefz 4y agoOne sub out of tens or hundreds on the other side won't change reality
- coffeeblack 4y agoTry searching for claims the election was fraudulent “in 2020” compared to “in 2016”. One is banned, the other promoted. Not just on Reddit but on many social media.
- _-david-_ 4y agoWhat is your point? The person you were responding to never said Reddit doesn't also ban left wing subreddits.
- multjoy 4y agoBecause the right wing were organising insurrections?
- coffeeblack 4y agoDo people really unironically believe that?
- dTal 4y agoThat's pretty disingenuous, considering that the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack is currently headline news.
- leereeves 4y agoHave people forgotten 2016 so quickly? The left had a nationwide movement named "Occupy" and the Democrats and most media approved. The right did it once and the same people all lost their minds.
- krapp 4y agoOccupy was a series of legal protests, as opposed to a violent insurrectionist plot to subvert the legal transfer of power with sympathizers within the government. These are not the same.
- leereeves 4y agoLegal? Most occupy occupations were dismantled by the police, even in progressive cities like Oakland and Portland. Perhaps the police were wrong and the protestors had a right to occupy, but if so, why didn't the protestors on Jan 6 also have a right to occupy the Capitol? Violent? The only violence on January 6th was between police and protestors. There was plenty of similar violence at Occupy protests, but the Occupy protests also had other kinds of violence, like Sexual Assaults Reported in 'Occupy' Camps[1] Insurrectionist? "The FBI at this point believes the violence [on January 6th] was not centrally coordinated...there was no grand scheme...to storm the Capitol and take hostages."[2] Sympathizers within the government? Like Obama?[3] An attempt to disrupt the normal functioning of government? Yes, both were. That's actually a common protest tactic - protesters generally argue that a protest has to be disruptive to be effective. 1: https://abcnews.go.com/us/sexual-assaults-occupy-wall-street-camps/story?id=14873014 https://abcnews.go.com/us/sexual-assaults-occupy-wall-street... 2: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-fbi-finds-scant-evidence-us-capitol-attack-was-coordinated-sources-2021-08-20/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-fbi-finds-scant-e... 3: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-risky-embrace-of-occupy-wall-street/2011/10/19/gIQA2pQf1L_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-risky-embrace...
- mardifoufs 4y agoAll of that happened before the 6th of January. If anything, reddit was pretty much scrubbed way before Jan 6th so that's a really disingenuous argument
- swat535 4y agoAnd yet the violent BLM mobs that literally set on fire and looted businesses and shops that had nothing to do with the actual cause were not only not condemned but also glorified and celebrated. You will not convince me that stealing TVs from target during riots that let to many unjustified injuries and deaths is about seeking justice. I’m not even American and this was completely obvious. Please let’s not pretend we don’t have extremism on both sides of the political compass. I have witness this behaviour on HN many times as well since this website leans overwhelmingly left; try saying anything remotely controversial and watch the downvotes ensue. I intentionally avoid speaking about my own views openly here out of fear of repercussion; especially because many users on this website run businesses and have the power to ruin my career and my livelihood. If it weren’t for dang, this place would descend to chaos just as well.
- MrMan 4y ago
- schrodinger 4y agoI live in NYC and was first-hand there for the BLM protests. Can attest that they were almost unilaterally peaceful from my anecdotal experience. The police were extreme in their responses. I was at Un Sq and ppl in the streets were just chanting "no justice, no peace" (but peacefully doing so, I suppose a bit of irony), and suddenly the police yelled out to disperse. I was off the to the side just to observe a moment of history, and watched ppl obey that order, yet personally got rammed by a police shield and hit with a baton because it just takes a crowd a certain amount of time to move. I was livid and saw police barbarity in action. There certainly were bad actors. I saw a police van lit on fire. But from what I read in the papers, these were prosecuted and out of staters coming to NY to basically get their rocks off. The overall movement was peaceful.
- aqouta 4y agoI watched from my roof as someone rammed a moving van into multiple store fronts. I'm going to stick with my lying eyes.
- Jordrok 4y agoTell that to /r/conservative where I am banned from for even attempting to present an alternate viewpoint. Dissent is literally forbidden by the subreddit's rules.
- _-david-_ 4y agoThere is a difference between a conservative subreddit only allowing conservatives and reddit banning conservative subreddits
- Jordrok 4y agoYou're missing the point. Reddit is not and never has banned subreddits purely for being conservative. That's a persecution fantasy that lives entirely in your head.
- Duwensatzaj 4y agoYeah, that’s a lie. Try having what used to be the standard opinion about a certain topic less than 10 years ago and expect to be banned. Not just by moderators but by admins.
- Angostura 4y agoGive an example - you can do that here.
- himinlomax 4y agoOne word: transgender. Any light criticism or joke results in a subreddit and site wide ban.
- pseudo0 4y ago100% accurate, they purged all the feminist subreddits that aligned with JK Rowling a couple years back. Ironically you are now hard-pressed to find a moderator on r/TwoXChromosomes who actually has two X chromosomes. https://www.reddit.com/r/GenderCynical/comments/hovdsi/just_about_every_remaining_terf_sub_has_been/ https://www.reddit.com/r/GenderCynical/comments/hovdsi/just_...
- richbell 4y ago> Ironically you are now hard-pressed to find a moderator on r/TwoXChromosomes who actually has two X chromosomes. Pointing this out would get you banned from Reddit extremely quickly. Not a criticism, just an observation.
- multjoy 4y agoDo you have any specific examples of the 'light criticism' or joke (including where it was posted) that directly caused the site-wide ban?
- himinlomax 4y ago
- woojoo666 4y agoDidn't they just ban tumblrinaction, which was just right-wingers making fun of tumblr users? It was a bit distasteful, sure, but violent and extremist? I don't think so
- ipiz0618 4y agoI tried searching for "Hunter Biden" on Reddit after reading about him in the news before the election. Nothing returned. Not a single post about this person, like he didn't exist at all. After the election, results started to appear. I'm not even American, just someone who wanted to look at comments about the news. I don't think "both sides" is an accurate statement of what's happening.
- richbell 4y ago> I tried searching for "Hunter Biden" on Reddit To be fair, Reddit's search is completely broken. The only way you can get decent results is using Google...
- SturgeonsLaw 4y agoIronically, on this specific topic, Google has its own problems. If I search for "hunter biden emails" on Google, I get page after page of media analysis telling me what to think, but no link to the emails themselves. If I used that same search term on Yandex, the page hosting the emails is the very first result.
- richbell 4y agoOh yeah, I forgot that Google has also gone downhill. At least Reddit's search is consistent. ;)
- davewashere 4y agoI've found adding "reddit" to my Google search yields results closer to what I'm looking for than a Reddit search or a regular Google search.