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Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit

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Post by zichy »

nextlevelwizard wrote: post #185
zichy wrote: post #180

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>I've been called a Nazi scum for advocating civil behavior Assuming that this is your account, do you call this misogynic shit "civil behavior"? https://twitter.com/nextlevelwizard/status/71492088722555289... https://twitter.com/nextlevelwizard/status/71490655573344665... Spending time with games, anime and 4chan memes doesn't qualify for a political discourse.

You can assume that it's my twitter, but I only have this username here and on reddit. Then again I don't see why someone can't enjoy games, anime, or 4chan memes or how consuming them disqualifies you from having political opinions or dismissing them.

Okay, so it's not your Twitter account.

Reading some of your Reddit comments is almost worse. Living in Germany, it's hard to imagine that "communists" are still the bogeyman in the US.

Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit

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Post by zichy »

nextlevelwizard wrote: post #186
zimpenfish wrote: post #178

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> I've been called a Nazi scum for advocating civil behavior, refraining from violence and doxxing, and siding with free speech for everyone. You know that's going to require more than anecdotal evidence though, right?

Frequent Reddit. Try taking just a step to right from your current views. You'll see how fast you'll get banned from all Left subreddits and you'll get called names and labeled as everything bad under the Sun. This being said I'm also banned from the infamous The_Donald, since I do not belong to the right either.

So you're neither right nor left? Wow, there has to be some new political identity which only the most intelligent people choose.

(I should probably stop arguing with centrists over the internet.)

Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit

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Post by arkh »

nthcolumn wrote: post #141
wallace_f wrote: post #98

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It is worth noting that voat didnt start out as particularly alt right, it's just that's now probably the majority of what is left. The site is totally committed to free speech, and even the Dark Web will allow paedophiles, hit men, and every type of criminal, but collaborated to push off an alt right page. In other words, it doesn't appear to be any agenda of Voat, it's just a fact that any site which allows free sp…

My free speech/opinion: >and even the Dark Web will allow paedophiles, hit men, and every type of criminal alt-right? Why don't you call them what they are - Nazis and fascists. They are lowest of all these. There is probably strong overlap. Fascists think nobody should have any rights but themselves. The vigilantism/collaboration was made necessary by the alarming fact that the people who should have been doing some…

"alt-right? Why don't you call them what they are - Nazis and fascists. "

Maybe when the media stop putting a lot of people in the alt-right category who are not Nazis nor fascists.

I'd also like to take the time to link to an old classic which I guess a lot of young Internet users don't know about: Godwin's Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law which feel more relevant every day.

Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit

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Post by skrowl »

wallace_f wrote: post #98
tray5 wrote: post #14

Eh it's not really a general purpose reddit clone, it was written by users of /r/anarchism as an alternative platform for discussion because they lost faith in the reddit administration. You can see this in the design of the site, with a larger focus on democratic decision making and an intolerance for any bigoted or racist communities. If voat was the alt-right's reddit alternative then raddit is the lefts.

It is worth noting that voat didnt start out as particularly alt right, it's just that's now probably the majority of what is left. The site is totally committed to free speech, and even the Dark Web will allow paedophiles, hit men, and every type of criminal, but collaborated to push off an alt right page. In other words, it doesn't appear to be any agenda of Voat, it's just a fact that any site which allows free sp…

4Chan and 8Chan are similar. Most online communities that lack the kind of heavy-handed censorship you find on Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit will naturally end up being right-leaning.

Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit

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Post by arkh »

Melk wrote: post #136
kbenson wrote: post #39

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> https://raddit.me/wiki/history Wow, it's been a while since I read something that full of propaganda that wasn't at least somewhat tongue-in-cheek (unless this is and I'm missing it). Not that I doubt there's at least a grain of truth to most the statements, but when someone uses "redditcorp" to describe Reddit, and says stuff like "The_Donald completely took over the site and likely propelled Donald Trump into the…

That's not propaganda. I thought HN would know better.

Here is where it gets fun. You ask any libertarian on reddit and they'll tell you how it is against them. You ask any LGBT and they'll have the same answer. You ask any anarchist and they'll tell you that no, reddit does not love them. You ask t_d and they'll give you examples. You ask MRA, feminists, SJW, anyone and they'll have examples of the reddit hive being against them.

That's what you get when you have multiple echo chambers cohabiting under the same domain. The only things you can go by is which subreddits are removed or not by the admins. Which is an exercise left to the reader.

Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit

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Post by nextlevelwizard »

zichy wrote: post #191
nextlevelwizard wrote: post #185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can assume that it's my twitter, but I only have this username here and on reddit. Then again I don't see why someone can't enjoy games, anime, or 4chan memes or how consuming them disqualifies you from having political opinions or dismissing them.

Okay, so it's not your Twitter account. Reading some of your Reddit comments is almost worse. Living in Germany, it's hard to imagine that "communists" are still the bogeyman in the US.

I'm not from the US either. If you do not see how Communism is just as bad as National Socialism, then your educational system has failed you.

Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit

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Post by skrowl »

Can_Not wrote: post #190
kanwisher wrote: post #151

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How are they effecting free speech? It seems you are trying to take it away from people, by trying to call them nazis and getting rid of them. This group is probably way more free speech, their main enemy Antifa is specifically against free speech

> Antifa is specifically against free speech Antifa is specifically against fascism. Some sects may also be against free hate speech.

A central tenent of facism is forcible suppression of opposing views through censorship or violence. What would you say Antifa is doing when they attack people with bike locks, throw bottles of urine on them, etc?

'Antifa is specifically against free speech' is provably correct. They are intolerant of any views they disagree with to the point of inciting violence to suppress those views.

Look beyond their name standing for "anti-facism" and instead look at their actions.

Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit

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Post by wallace_f »

likeslogic wrote: post #169
wallace_f wrote: post #163

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This would only work assuming such a group could gain enough power to overthrow local PD and eventually the US military, etc., which is kind of unrealistic for an group that is not supported by a majority of the population. The wikipedia page on this notes people dispute this idea, sourcing John Rawls as a notable example.

Not really. A little further is this - "However, Rawls also insists, like Popper, that society has a reasonable right of self-preservation that supersedes the principle of tolerance: "While an intolerant sect does not itself have title to complain of intolerance, its freedom should be restricted only when the tolerant sincerely and with reason believe that their own security and that of the institutions of liberty ar…

I looked and Rawls explicitly says he disagrees with it.

What you have quoted here is saying physical safety is sincerely in danger. To me this is like him saying it's ok to eliminate terrorist groups, if that is what they truly are.

Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit

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Post by nextlevelwizard »

zichy wrote: post #192
nextlevelwizard wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Frequent Reddit. Try taking just a step to right from your current views. You'll see how fast you'll get banned from all Left subreddits and you'll get called names and labeled as everything bad under the Sun. This being said I'm also banned from the infamous The_Donald, since I do not belong to the right either.

So you're neither right nor left? Wow, there has to be some new political identity which only the most intelligent people choose. (I should probably stop arguing with centrists over the internet.)

I never said anything about anyone's intelligent, you brought it up.

I do not belong to current Left. I do not agree with their gender politics. I do not agree with their immigration politics. On same vein I do not belong to current Right (or Alt-Right if you must). I do not support their views on homosexuality or their marriage status. I do support gun control. I do think we should help refugees, but again not the same way Left is pushing. I do not believe in White supremacy, on same vein I do not believe in White guilt over what people did over a 100 years ago.

I've always thought myself as being on the Left or at least very left leaning, but currently with all the SJW and Antifa stuff I agree with them less and less. I just want to be me.

Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit

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Post by zimpenfish »

nextlevelwizard wrote: post #189
zimpenfish wrote: post #181

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> Yet no Nazi symbolism or chants were present in the Alt-Right's ranks You think the identification of someone as a Nazi requires them to be wearing symbolism or chanting? No. The alt-right has been espousing Nazi ideals and philosophy for a long time - well before Spencer coined the cute term for them. > Remember this whole cycle started by grown adults wanting special treatment Yes, I remember the GamerGate idiots…

>Yes, I remember the GamerGate idiots too. I hardly followed the topic. Refresh my memory, it was about some developer who had slept with some journalist at some point and the journalist gave the game a good review and people thought the game was bad? All I remember from it was that everyone who played video games was again labeled as misogynist and there were demands from SJW changes bunch of games to have female ch…

> Refresh my memory, it was [incorrect account of how GamerGate started]?

No.

> everyone

No.

> there were demands from SJW changes bunch of games to have female characters with less revealing clothing

No.

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