Dissent is a part of Reddit and the foundation of democracy. Reddit is a place for open and authentic discussion and debate. This includes conversations that question or disagree with popular consensus. This includes conversations that criticize those that disagree with the majority opinion.

Oh wow. That sounds nice-

This includes protests that criticize or object to our decisions on which communities to ban from the platform.

Bull-fucking-shit it does.

However, manipulating or cheating Reddit to amplify any particular viewpoint is against our policies, and we will continue to action communities that do so or that violate any of our other rules,

That is the politest "Go fuck yourselves, peasants. Now go back to your room before we ground you." I have ever seen.

"Manipulating or cheating reddit to amplify"

Voting. You know, the "democracy" you were glorifying 3 paragraphs earlier? omfg the pure ego oozing from this fucking reddit post.

The sad part that hurts the most is that none of these mods are willing to stand up and continue the fight because they don't want their tiny fiefdom taken away. They're pro-censorship until they, themselves, are threatened with it and then suddenly their attention turns to something else to burn.