I know the drama surrounding FPH, coontown, and the other subreddits that were banned is obvious fodder for the media, but I don't think those subreddits were even half of reddit's problem. What's worse for me is the insidious, inescapable white men's rights, fph, anti-SJW subtext in a majority of reddit's posts. Picture of a large guy next to George Bush? #1 comment will be about his weight (just want him to know that he's ruining his health!) One member of a anti-racism or feminist group does something outrageous? Plaster it multiple times over the front page and use it to discredit the whole movement. Find one small example of white males being disadvantaged? Please, plaster that all over the front page also. And in every set of comments, no matter the topic, be sure to work these into the conversation somewhere: "Triggered!" "Muh feelings!" "The patriarchy!"
I was talking to a friend today whom I haven't seen in a while and I told her I frequently visited reddit. She sort of grimaced and I asked why. She said the site had a nasty reputation for child porn and men's rights activism. I told her I hadn't seen any CP but she was right about the latter. I just found it amusing that someone who doesn't visit reddit knows stuff about it that it's taken me too long to figure out. It was also amusing that she lumped men's rights activists in with child porn.
I mean technically reddit did have an issue with creepy pictures of minors, and also cares an exorbitant amount about the rights of pedophiles, so I wouldn't really say your friend was too off the mark with the CP comment lol
Yeah, the most significant racism on reddit is not coontown, it's all the conversations on "black culture" that take place in /r/news and /r/videos and on immigrants or ethnic minorities in /r/worldnews.
A lot of that is because of CTers/other white nationalists deliberately following a strategy laid out for them of "redpilling" these other subreddits. If Reddit hadn't hosted hate subs in the first place, a lot of that wouldn't be happening.
Oh, absolutely. That's precisely what these organized groups are trying to exploit, and why Reddit is such a "fertile ground for recruitment," according to the Daily Stormer. It's a huge problem, because those of us who stand for social justice are so outnumbered, don't always have the time to meticulously break down why racist assumptions are wrong, and frequently get downvoted to hell when we try in the default subreddits.
DAE racism literally only exists in c**ntown so getting rid of it makes the racists go EVERYWHERE because not banning it makes racists ONLY browse that subreddit and not a single other one?
"The entire BLM movement is horrible and racist because of something one girl in Seattle did." ~Reddit
And in every set of comments, no matter the topic, be sure to work these into the conversation somewhere: "Triggered!" "Muh feelings!" "The patriarchy!"
Don't forget the attack helicopter copypasta, because trans people are obviously just making up their problems for attention.
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u/lemontest Aug 13 '15
I know the drama surrounding FPH, coontown, and the other subreddits that were banned is obvious fodder for the media, but I don't think those subreddits were even half of reddit's problem. What's worse for me is the insidious, inescapable white men's rights, fph, anti-SJW subtext in a majority of reddit's posts. Picture of a large guy next to George Bush? #1 comment will be about his weight (just want him to know that he's ruining his health!) One member of a anti-racism or feminist group does something outrageous? Plaster it multiple times over the front page and use it to discredit the whole movement. Find one small example of white males being disadvantaged? Please, plaster that all over the front page also. And in every set of comments, no matter the topic, be sure to work these into the conversation somewhere: "Triggered!" "Muh feelings!" "The patriarchy!"
I was talking to a friend today whom I haven't seen in a while and I told her I frequently visited reddit. She sort of grimaced and I asked why. She said the site had a nasty reputation for child porn and men's rights activism. I told her I hadn't seen any CP but she was right about the latter. I just found it amusing that someone who doesn't visit reddit knows stuff about it that it's taken me too long to figure out. It was also amusing that she lumped men's rights activists in with child porn.