/r/The_Donald has been quarantined.

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[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

in oregon the republican state senators fled to idaho to not have to vote on a climate change bill, the democratic politicians talked about having cops go to idaho and kidnap the repubs and bring em back to make them vote. like 1 or two trolls on the donald said they would fight cops if it happened, none of it really mattered in the end because the oregon dems mysteriously backed down and capitulated and agreed not to hold the vote on the climate change bill. I do think something shady happened behind the scenes that bled into reddit, that situation there had the potential, however small, to turn into an armed uprising, authorities treated it seriously anyway.

[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thanks man. Yeah I guess this got published and ruffled some feathers: https://thenextweb.com/opinion/2019/06/25/you-cant-offer-to-murder-cops-on-reddit-unless-youre-on-r-thedonald/

Seems like a tiny slip though and not a solid justification for quarantine.

[–]magnora7 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I agree. Seems like some agent provocateurs went to the_donald, stirred up as much violence as possible, and then the admins responded by banning the entire sub.

Would not be surprised at all if the violence-provokers were in bed with the reddit admins in some form or another. Rather than just banning the few bad eggs, they decide to throw out the entire platform. Something they've been probably wanting to do for some time now, since they seem more driven by ideology (possibly because they're getting paid) than traffic

[–]sodasplash 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The violence advocated against the state senators in r/news and r/politics was out of hand. I can’t remember how many reports I made. Useless I know, but at least someone has to deal with the report.