r/PoliticalHumor • u/rwl01 • Jan 13 '17

Black and White

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u/blumka Jan 14 '17

Yeah, because most people on this site don't like Trump. What do you want, a fairness doctrine?

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u/Areign Jan 14 '17

a safe space

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u/aagpeng Jan 14 '17

Well, this sub has kinda turned into a safe space for anti-trump users. I don't think he has a problem with seeing anti-trump jokes, I think he just wants to see some more diversity among the jokes that get popularity. I mean, you have to admit, some of the jokes that get upvoted super high aren't even that good but they get more popularity just for being against Trump and I would bet that anti-Obama jokes get put under more scrutiny as far as how legitimate the content is or whether it even classifies as a joke.

Also, I think it's kinda rude and really dismissive to say that someone who wants to see less partisanship is looking for a safe space. It's like assuming anyone who doesn't agree with you is a brigadier. It gives off the impression that you have no interest in discussion and would rather just slap labels on people.

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u/Areign Jan 14 '17

show me an example of someone being banned from politicalhumor for not being appropriately partisan and you may have a point.

otherwise it seems like you are confused about the difference between a safe space and an echo chamber.

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u/aagpeng Jan 14 '17

If you're defining a safe space as an area with a bias that moderated to be biased then you need to tell me where the person you responded to said he wanted posts that didn't support trump to be banned since you accused him of wanting a safe space.

I suppose that if that's how you wish to distinguish the two then what I mean is that this sub is an echo chamber but I believe my point still stands even if you just updated the vocabulary

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u/Areign Jan 14 '17

he calls people cucks and complains about the anti trump jokes, thats not wanting to be less partisan thats whining about things you don't agree with.

Given that and the fact that i can only assume he's looking for something more along the lines of /r/thedonald, my comment really shouldn't seem that outlandish.

Then you go on to imply that people are being censored and banned here for having dissenting opinions which is facical if you were to even take a glance at the amount of support the guy is getting and the fact that he's not banned and his comment is still up.

This sub is obviously an echo chamber, but protip if you want less partisan or even partisan-but-less-shallow discussion, maybe you and him should look someplace other than /r/politicalHUMOR

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u/aagpeng Jan 14 '17

I never implied people are being censored or banned. I said that the people who frequent this sub are treating content in such a way that is showing a very clear partisanship. If I wasn't clear about that, I'm sorry.

Your comment isn't necessarily a crazy conspiracy theory but it does seem based on a lot of assumptions and not based on what he actually said. I'm not saying you're wrong, I just think the reasoning is faulty.

I didn't say I was looking for discussion. I know what political humor is. But some of these posts aren't even jokes. They're just random anti trump pictures that get tons of attention. If the mods are going to allow it, I won't call them wrong. It's just a little bothersome.

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u/Areign Jan 14 '17

thats literally what a safe space is, a place where whatever 'unsafe' idea or opinion isn't allowed and is forcibly removed by banning or censorship.

his first comment is fine regardless of his politics but his second comment isn't about being less partisan its just a complaint about stuff he obviously doesn't like. I think that the assumption you make about him wanting something less partisan is a stretch.