Yup. Which makes this just an excuse to ban CTH, the only really popular sub still in use in that list.
Reddit sits firmly in the silicon valley coastal elite democratic party camp, so while you might not see neo-nazi stuff on the front page as much since TD self-migrated, we’ll still see rampant xenophobia and racism, particularly against the US’s current enemies, China and Russia.
The state of the ramp-up of anti-China propaganda for the new cold war is truly nauseating on the rest of Reddit. It’s enabling and drumming up more and more open (and state dept sanctioned) racism from your Democratic party affiliated liberals. That’s another tragedy because CTH and the mod team (well at least one active mod) were active in pushing back against the anti-China circle-jerk and pointing out the manipulation and invention of this evolving reality. And they never really tolerated people spouting the Russia-gate hysteria.
I think the founder of reddit and current CEO is a reactionary in the libertarian vein and the site reflects that. He obviously and publicly doesn’t like Trump but well the biggest sub on reddit for years was the jailbait sub and if you look at all the hate that is permitted and how they only really take actions against violent fascists when their activities get them on the news (or are very likely to) it is clear he either has some sort of warped semi-absolutist* view of free speech (which excludes violence or strenuous and “uncivil” speech of course in favor of a false peace that favors fascists and capital, the current established structure of power) or is genuinely just playing politics and trying to encourage a site with mildly reactionary, pro-capitalist tendencies and only acts to prune his garden when the vines start getting too close to choking his ad money off or killing the site or its ability to grow.
That’s what’s so bad about reddit, the insidiousness of it, just beneath the outcroppings of violent white supremacy that are intermittently pruned and beneath the liberals who hold sway over the biggest subs lies this wild forest of racism, misogyny, white privilege, and reactionary tendencies that comes out on command for China or around BLM when they make demands for more than token action.
Yup. Which makes this just an excuse to ban CTH, the only really popular sub still in use in that list.
Reddit sits firmly in the silicon valley coastal elite democratic party camp, so while you might not see neo-nazi stuff on the front page as much since TD self-migrated, we’ll still see rampant xenophobia and racism, particularly against the US’s current enemies, China and Russia.
The state of the ramp-up of anti-China propaganda for the new cold war is truly nauseating on the rest of Reddit. It’s enabling and drumming up more and more open (and state dept sanctioned) racism from your Democratic party affiliated liberals. That’s another tragedy because CTH and the mod team (well at least one active mod) were active in pushing back against the anti-China circle-jerk and pointing out the manipulation and invention of this evolving reality. And they never really tolerated people spouting the Russia-gate hysteria.
I think the founder of reddit and current CEO is a reactionary in the libertarian vein and the site reflects that. He obviously and publicly doesn’t like Trump but well the biggest sub on reddit for years was the jailbait sub and if you look at all the hate that is permitted and how they only really take actions against violent fascists when their activities get them on the news (or are very likely to) it is clear he either has some sort of warped semi-absolutist* view of free speech (which excludes violence or strenuous and “uncivil” speech of course in favor of a false peace that favors fascists and capital, the current established structure of power) or is genuinely just playing politics and trying to encourage a site with mildly reactionary, pro-capitalist tendencies and only acts to prune his garden when the vines start getting too close to choking his ad money off or killing the site or its ability to grow.
That’s what’s so bad about reddit, the insidiousness of it, just beneath the outcroppings of violent white supremacy that are intermittently pruned and beneath the liberals who hold sway over the biggest subs lies this wild forest of racism, misogyny, white privilege, and reactionary tendencies that comes out on command for China or around BLM when they make demands for more than token action.