Is this a good alternative to reddit?

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[–][deleted]  (17 children)

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    [–][deleted] 19 insightful - 3 fun19 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

    openly actual racial supremacist opinions

    Reddit is incredibly racist but you're only allowed to hate white people.

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      [–]send_nasty_stuff 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

      The biggest problem with Reddit is they allow moderators to ban people for expressing themselves.

      I never had a problem with moderators banning people on reddit. My problem was admin quietly cherry picking moderators and admin outright banning subs they disagreed with politically. Not allowing moderators to ban people seriously messes up the flow of conversation. If I have a sub on bowhunting but it's constantly full of activist trolls I'm not going to be able to have a healthy discussion about the topic.

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

      I don't think anyone wants a sub where nobody can be banned but certain moderators ban users who disagree with them, or have an opinion they don't like, or just for the hell of it. The rules aren't applied consistently or fairly across reddit.

      When you have millions of users, individual users can seem disposable.

      If you stick to the conservative subs that might be why you don't have a problem, they don't tend to be ban happy.

      Totally agree about the admins. Rip r/waterniggas

      [–]Escape626 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

      Good point. Lots of people have been infantilized to the point where seeing objectionable material is literally traumatizing. Those sorts of people are probably better served at a site that is strictly censored.

      [–]send_nasty_stuff 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      True but the majorities of redditors are not very aware of how censored their experience really is.

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        [–]Flicksener 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

        I've had people try to convince me that I should join other white people and rally against non-whites on here. I didn't scream or yell or cry or complain about it, I simply debated them for a few posts and poked and prodded their thinking, and when I found the conversation had reached its logical end, I simply stopped responding and moved on with my life. For the people that took it to a personal level with petty insults, I responded in kind and blocked them. Simple as pie.

        I don't agree with what they had to say and found many of their points abhorrent, illogical, and dumb, but it's not my place to demand they be banned or silenced or banished from the internet for all time. That's up to every individual to decide, which is how it should be and why I like this website and stick around.

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

        and rally against non-whites on here.

        I'd like to see the exchange were someone tried to get you to 'rally' against non whites on saidit. I'll take shit that didn't happen for 500 Alex.

        I found the conversation had reached its logical end, I simply stopped responding and moved on with my life.

        You have the right and I respect it. The problem is that most people actively try to destroy dissident ideas and conversation. They go to incredibly lengths to troll, slide, distract, dilute, deplatform, defund, and disparage.

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

        Check out my reply history, prick.

        [–]send_nasty_stuff 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        Everybody has something to contribute to the discussion, even racists

        This use to be the standard liberal position in the United States. I remember my family and my high school teachers pounding in my brain about the merits of free expression and how it's the foundation of the republic. Not so much any more. That's a huge reason why I ventured away from liberal media and explored other political philosophies and parties.

        [–]Node 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

        Yes, they're weakling children who were mentally destroyed by that "neighborhood" kids tv show. I forget the name, but the goober running it preached racial obliviousness, and wore awful sweaters.

        They should stay on reddit to avoid encountering actual reality, and the mental breakdown that inevitably follows.

        [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        You mean Mr. Roger's Neighborhood?

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

        That's the one.

        [–]goobandit 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

        It’s funny because so many minority (or formerly labeled “minority”) groups think and want the same thing for their own.

        [–]proc0 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        actual racial supremacist opinions

        "Oh no! so scary. This place has real meanies, unlike reddit which is too safe lelelel."

        [–]send_nasty_stuff 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        local hard alt-right population

        Local hard alt right person here. We're really nice people. You should come chat with us!

        whom literally thinks the nation's problems can be solved by segregation on a national and social level.

        Some believe that but we have true diversity of opinion. Jared Taylor is a 'right of association' guy and I'd say around a third of the dissident/alt right fall into his positions. Some people opt for full segregation because they believe that non whites will not allow whites to disassociate peacefully. If you think about it the egalitarians have the more aggressive and potentially violent position. You MUST live with us. You MUST allow us to be your neighbors or else.