People celebrating the banning of GC.

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[–]fuckingsealions 30 insightful - 3 fun30 insightful - 2 fun31 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

Oh gad I never thought I'd see the day where I'd rather be lumped with "conservatives."

[–]cloudrabbit 21 insightful - 4 fun21 insightful - 3 fun22 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

As much as I dislike conservatism, in this day and age I feel like they are the sane ones on many issues.

[–]spinningIntellect 50 insightful - 2 fun50 insightful - 1 fun51 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Extraordinarily low standards for sanity. They are not our friends, and will turn on us the second it's convenient.

[–]cloudrabbit 14 insightful - 5 fun14 insightful - 4 fun15 insightful - 5 fun -  (3 children)

It seems that we have common enemies, though. Both of us suffer from the same censorship these days.

[–]Dashing-Dove 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I find it darkly amusing that the censorship machine has banished both communities to the same alternative site, and I feel like a rare bird, to be part of each. There is definitely an overlap of common interests and enemies, though it depends on the strain of conservatism. You'll find some who refuse whole hog idiot-tier wokeness and object to neo-liberal cultural domination, while fully accepting biological realities and women's rights.

[–]cloudrabbit 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah it's funny. Imagine a site that consists of all the communities banned from reddit. What a company that would have been! The_Donald, incels, conservatives, feminists, ultra-left wing (like that Chappo subreddit? although I heard that was a martyr for an excuse to ban TD). I never thought a day would come when I'd feel kinship with all those groups, but now I do. IMO unless a group promotes violence, they shouldn't be banned.

[–]Dashing-Dove 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Likewise, kinship through hardship. Unlikely allies are created when we're all subject to the same hostile forces. Who's the real enemy? The one that would silence our ideas. I'm happy to share a platform and actually discuss points of difference instead of wasting words in a dull, uncontroversial echo chamber, which is what Reddit's become. Chapo may have been a sacrificial lamb to deflect accusations of political bias, but even so, it shows how little regard Reddit actually had for that community, and their members should take note - no one's safe, it's a slippery slope once censorship begins.