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Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by postphoned »

zalkota wrote: post #779
dmoy wrote: post #571

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> The_Donald involved a lot of spreading their message / fake news sites / spamming across other subs and etc. Yea, I gotta say, having to previously deal with r/The_Donald brigades on another large subreddit was incredibly annoying and depressing. Can't speak to spreading fake news, but massive influxes of r/The_Donald users spamming truly vile stuff in an ostensibly non-political sub really sucked (as a moderator,…

Isn’t /r/politics completely one sided fake news to prop up the democrats???

>Isn’t /r/politics completely one sided fake news to prop up the democrats???

/r/politics is how I imagine the "Two Minutes Hate" from 1984. A complete circle-jerk that has infested many of the main subreddits. /r/pics, /r/nextfuckinglevel, /r/publicfreakout are rather outposts of /r/politics these days. No wonder, when a small clique of politically aligned mods controls the major subreddits.

Even /r/askhistorians joined the blackout in support of 'Black Lives Matter'. What's neutral about that?

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by raxxorrax »

bobthechef wrote: post #516
ant6n wrote: post #345

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I find it wierd what some Americans consider to be communist. A communist is not somebody who advocates for * equal rights for all people independent of ethnic origin, skin color, gender or religion * public transit * universal access to health care * affordable higher education * affordable housing * or even wealth redistribution via taxes, for example via welfare or a guaranteed minimum income A Communist is somebo…

That's the end state that Marxists believe will obtain (though Marx would have thought advocating for things like that odd). However, in practice, communists often support social changes that facilitate a state of affairs that is favorable to communism. They often employ the aid of unwitting supporters which is why most people who support these causes will flatly deny that they are communists because they aren't, at…

> For example, many groups that advocate the dissolution of the nuclear family or sexual revolution have a communist origin

There is some history to that and I think this criticism was directed at family structures in Germany and other countries around the start of the last century. People today probably could not imagine anymore, but children at the time would have never even thought about disagreeing with their parents. They had complete authority. My grandmother didn't talk much about the time, but as she grow older, she often described the situation of her growing up.

So the critique was very warranted at the time and certainly for quite a while after the war until the sexual revolution. These structures don't exist anymore today aside from a irrelevant periphery, but the talking points remained the same. A revolution won't come anymore since the goals were already reached.

Doesn't mean there cannot be additional empty promises.

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by 1_player »

dmoy wrote: post #650
ngold wrote: post #613

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Gotta respect the iron fist of /r/askhistorians. Probably the best sub on reddit.

Yea wow, I don't moderate r/askhistorians but rather a different sub, and we sometimes pride ourselves on keeping this relatively clean. But then I stumble across r/askhistorians again and remember that no, no we don't have things under control by comparison. We can barely keep a lid on the vitriol and toxicity, and some of the more blatantly false/scammy advice. r/askhistorians is a whole 'nother level. Sometimes I…

> Sometimes I honestly wish hackernews was run more like r/askhistorians.

I don't. The moderation and voting/karma system on HN is much better than anything seen on Reddit. People have stupid opinions everywhere in life, but this is one of a few rare havens where it's incredibly easy to find deep and interesting conversation. Reddit ain't it.

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by kungato »

zalkota wrote: post #779
dmoy wrote: post #571

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> The_Donald involved a lot of spreading their message / fake news sites / spamming across other subs and etc. Yea, I gotta say, having to previously deal with r/The_Donald brigades on another large subreddit was incredibly annoying and depressing. Can't speak to spreading fake news, but massive influxes of r/The_Donald users spamming truly vile stuff in an ostensibly non-political sub really sucked (as a moderator,…

Isn’t /r/politics completely one sided fake news to prop up the democrats???

I'm not sure why this is downvoted. As an European I always found r/politics to be on the other side of funny US politics (dem and libtard and whatnot) and I also found it a bit disrespectful that it was just for US news. I get the whole "we were here first" thing but reddit is a bigger platform than that

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by postphoned »

freen wrote: post #572
iateanapple wrote: post #522

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I see someone isn’t a fan of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. What’s your evidence that left wing violence exceeds right wing? By the by, a lot of the “left wing” violence recently was caused by right wing militia “boogaloo” people. https://www.salon.com/2020/06/17/far-right-boogaloo-boy-kill...

A salon.com piece isn't exactly a credible source. Salon.com is an extremely biased leftist online medium.

There is also no organic 'Boogaloo movement'. The general consensus inside right wing circles (chans & discord) is that the MSM here attempts to create a bogeyman out of thin air to explain away the intrinsic violence of the racial BLM movement and these revolutionary 'Antifa' types. exercising the cognitive dissonance of "violence is the language of the unheard" and "all violence is a right-wing militia 'false-flag' attack".

The overwhelming opinion (inside those right wing circles) is that it isn't necessary to do anything at all, for the Marxist Left is shooting their own knee by showing their true face through wanton violence, riots and the excesses of 'cancel-culture' witch-hunts, for which deplatforming is the 'dog-whistle'

The credo is:

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." — Napoleon Bonaparte

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by postphoned »

tarsinge wrote: post #418
williamgrant wrote: post #314

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> It is a common sentiment there that the only good Democrat is a dead one. A similar sentiment is commonly expressed by far left individuals and groups on Twitter, Facebook and other mediums. "the only good Tory is a dead Tory" has been the popular refrain for decades. It's depressing these sentiments are carelessly amplified and approved by so many. Edit: Apparently this has caused a stir. I encourage others to not…

This isn’t even about picking a political side. Being racist, misogynist, or calling to violence is not an opinion, it’s even downright illegal in some countries. There are plenty of subreddits on the political spectrum for example on economic theories, socialistic or capitalistic, or the pro/limiting immigration. But the line is clear with hateful content.

>Being racist, misogynist, or calling to violence is not an opinion

I agree, the anti-white racism and misandry which has become so commonplace under the disguise of 'anti-racism' and feminism has to end.

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by postphoned »

deanCommie wrote: post #577
throwaway829 wrote: post #539

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Similar to how leftists promoted the "punch a nazi in the face" meme'. They will of course be the ones defining who is a "nazi".

Your slippery slope arguments won't go very far when there are Literal Actual Nazis out there making comments about Jews, flying swastikas, and heiling Donald.

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Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by postphoned »

dlp211 wrote: post #527
iamstupidsimple wrote: post #478

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So much of what the right says is perceived as hate by the left. So much of what the left says is perceived as hate by the right. Remember this every now and again when you're correcting others, because you might be wrong.

I didn't make the argument/correction that you think I made.

>I didn't make the argument/correction that you think I made.

I think he/she did. I think you just don't realize how transparent your attempt at emotional 'Framing'[1] was.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_effect_(psychology)

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by sam_goody »

AnthonyMouse wrote: post #484
TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #356

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They're not. Not only is "The only good Tory is a dead Tory" not a popular refrain at all [1], but a quick search for "The only good Republican is a dead Republican" returns a lot of hits for the "[...] dead Democrat" quote and almost none for the search phrase. These attempts at false equivalence reliably appear in these situations, and there's reliably nothing to back them up. The difference is the right is trying…

Republicans use "Democrat" as a swear word. Democrats more commonly resort to epithets to describe their opponents. Relevant Google autocomplete for "the only good ...": The only good cop is a dead one The only good pig is a dead pig The only good fascist is a very dead fascist Nothing there referring to liberals/progressives/Democrats. I also gave it "the only good c..." to see if it would give up "conservative" and…

Google autocomplete is not as reliable as you think it is. There have bbeen been many articles and complaints about the algorithm it uses to autocomplete, but one thing is clear - it is not mostly based on the popularity of what other users have typed.

Re: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

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Post by himinlomax »

skrowl wrote: post #362
drocer88 wrote: post #98

20th Century Dystopian novels are now operations manuals.

It's very sad how many leftist are cheering on the censorship. Forcible silencing of opposing views is a central tenant of actual fascism (not the kind of "fascism" that kids on social media accuse people of just for disagreeing with them). History repeats itself, it would seem. This is a modern day book burning.

You're misusing "fascism" as much as the people you oppose. There is a better word for this: totalitarianism.
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