Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump”

Post by proverbialbunny » Fri, Jan 08, 2021, 7:18 PM UTC

fl0wenol wrote: post #305

proverbialbunny wrote: post #159

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I'm an active reader of threads on YC, and maybe I'm just lucky but I have yet to see anyone spouting MAGA based conspiracy theories. I did get downvoted one time for saying Trump invented the term Antifa (Which is absolutely true. I did a google search by date to verify.) but that's as close as I've seen.

I think you got downvoted because the term/group Antifa has existed in several forms since the 30s, it was a movement started in Germany in response to the rise of the SPD between WWI and WWII.

Post by logicslave » Fri, Jan 08, 2021, 7:18 PM UTC

gremlinsinc wrote: post #384

logicslave wrote: post #309

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He got 70 million votes

Point? Biden got 7-8 million more. It's over. Him bringing EC faith into the open, actually hurts GOP for decades if the EC is removed, they'll never win again. It's been a very very long time since GOP has won popular vote. Their entire future rides or dies on the E.C. unless they can become a big tent party, and regain people who have left the party.

Post by noir_lord » Fri, Jan 08, 2021, 7:18 PM UTC

ianbutler wrote: post #351

michaelmrose wrote: post #174

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If you wonder why they are threatened consider parler and the things people post there. Please forgive the language it is verbatim and I think threats of violence are more offensive than bad words. > You had better be ready partriots! It is go time very soon. We must attack all central communications to big cities are democratic cities. Fiber optics telecom bridges supply routes we can starve those motherfuckers to d…

I am of the potentially unpopular mindset that we need to get our hands dirty to preserve our freedoms from these people. Worrying about being a gatekeeper when these people gladly, and openly, threaten our peace and lives is ridiculous. Let's shut them down, shut them out and generally rebuke them. History shows that higher order ideals generally need to be preserved with actions when words have failed, and make no…

Post by Miner49er » Fri, Jan 08, 2021, 7:19 PM UTC

matheusmoreira wrote: post #204

srveale wrote: post #21

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If the left-leaning subreddits were also promoting hate, misinformation and violence then they would be banned too. It's not favouritism, the "one side" that's being targeted is the side that's breaking the platform's rules.

> If the left-leaning subreddits were also promoting hate, misinformation and violence then they would be banned too. There's plenty of hate and misinformation in those subreddits. None of them have been banned yet.

Post by PaulDavisThe1st » Fri, Jan 08, 2021, 7:19 PM UTC

gfodor wrote: post #337

andrewem wrote: post #232

You know what scares the shit out of me, to use your phrasing? The people on that site murdering me or overthrowing the government, so that they seize power and elections end or become irrelevant. “The free Internet” has value, but it’s not the only thing that has value. When it conflicts with other values, then there has to be a nuanced resolution.

I agree. Why would you think that I thought the free Internet is the only thing that has value? That's a nonsensical position. My point was that if a company shuts this down with an SSL cert hack of some kind, it may be just or even backed by law enforcement, but it exposes a vector for suppression by corporations of the Internet that I had not considered before and we need to understand the high order effects from t…