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[–]Geralt_of_rivia 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

Its bullshit that they have quarantined r/The_Donald, I get it that the people running Reddit are hard leftists, but its still a pretty bush league thing to do just because you dont LIKE the other party.

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

I don't think most are actually hard leftists. The Democrats are far from leftists.

Legit leftists are equally unwelcome at Reddit, probably moreso.

Regardless, it's a low-budget cowardly move.

[–]Chipit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

When you're on the hard left, anyone to the right of Mao Zedong looks like a nazi to you.

It's not that Reddit is leftist - of course it is. It's that it's not far enough left for the hard left.

I do appreciate the irony of people who ruthlessly use censorship as a weapon of first resort being censored, though. And then having the nerve to complain that they're being censored without a hint of self-awareness. That's pretty sweet.

[–]fizzyj 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Reddit is a corporate left. It does not support any antiwar sentiment - whether that's Bernie Sanders or Ron Paul types.

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

Reddit is a corporate left.

You make a great point. This is probably the most accurate description. Which is antithetical to classical liberalism.

Reddit is like a cyborg. Half-human users with frenetic input, and the other half is comprised of shills and bots who pander to (various govts, military, Wall st., large corporations, etc.).

At this point, it's mostly a robot.

[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's not that Reddit is leftist - of course it is. It's that it's not far enough left for the hard left.

Reddit is not a leftist group. Reddit it's a corporatist mouthpiece, which is shilling for the Democratic party, and any other corporation who is willing to pay it..

[–]Chipit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

See what I mean? They're not far enough left, which obviously means they're fascists. Exactly what I was talking about.

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

See what I mean?

I think I understand what you're implying, but I think It's a mistake to make left/right generalizations based on a narrow linear conception of liberal vs conservative values.

Corporations operate with a top-down totalitarian value structure.

The appearance of a left/right philosophical veneer is a mirage.

[–]GreenCappy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

When you're on the hard right, which you seems to be, anyone to the right of Adolf Hitler is a far left communist that wants totalitarianism.

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

Whoa, congratulations to replying to a discussion that ended 3 months ago.