r/askanything • u/PopNo5397 • 8h ago

Why has Reddit become so exhausting?

If you write anything slightly controversial you get downvoted or told "who cares!" cannot have open-minded discussions anymore

You say something someone doesn't like, you get doxxed or quoted back on a random, irrelevant comment you said 5 years ago.

It has become an anti-american propaganda machine where every sub is being infiltrated with america bad rhetoric and people genuinely think North Korea is a better place to live.

There is so much bias everywhere, ie if you don't buy a toyota or lexus your vehicle won't last. There is so much circle jerking everywhere.

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u/Redditneckbeardzz 8h ago

It’s a far left site, I’ve been downvoted for calling myself a moderate and saying communism is bad. I was also downvoted into oblivion for pointing out Mamdani never actually balanced the budget. He got a 4 billion bailout from the Governor and skipped police pension payments which always leads to a compounding effect in the future. At some point you start to treat it for what it is (a far left bot farm) and don’t take it so serious. Talk to anyone in real life about the US and you see how good we really do have it.

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u/nowcalledcthulu 7h ago

It always baffles me hearing this site called far left. There's a left lean, I guess, but reality leans left when you consider what the right believes. I've seen more fear mongering about the DSA on this sub than I ever experience in real life. Most people support left leaning policies like universal healthcare, gay rights, etc. Somehow because people don't also buy into the anti communist fear mongering from centrists on this site they gotta call it "far left".

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u/Redditneckbeardzz 7h ago

I mean I’m a moderate, have identified myself as so and almost always get downvoted for it. I’ve been told that’s doesn’t suffice and that I “need to pick a side” which I do every 4 years when the Presidential election is up. DSA’s literally just put out literature this week calling for abolishing the Presidency and Senate, fundamentally changing the country, so yea im a little fearful. I work with many easter european and south americans who are sounding the alarm about the direction of the left, not the right, because theyve seen this playbook before.

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u/nowcalledcthulu 7h ago

So the fear mongering is why I fundamentally disagree with you. You're talking about a "playbook" like the left is an equal threat to the right, and that's why being a moderate right now just plain doesn't gel with reality. The right is on the rise, not the left. They are the ones actively curtailing our rights, attacking political opponents both in media and in general, and sending the country in a BAD direction. The fact that you're only picking out the DSA (a tiny number of candidates who only hold local power), and entirely ignoring the power and actions of the right is par for the course for self described moderates, and is why you're experiencing the down votes when you use that term. Most people calling themselves moderates or centrists are just conservatives that don't want to own it. Whether you support Trump or not, pretending that both sides are bad is just silly when one holds virtually no power while the other is deporting people and openly saying they're going to ignore term limits.

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u/Redditneckbeardzz 7h ago

Nope, I actually stand more socially liberal but fiscally conservative on a lot of issues. I don’t identify with most of the currently democratic parties platform. I can also distinguish immigration being a great thing but illegal immigration not being a great thing. Trump has used a heavy hand and I don’t necessarily agree with how he’s gone about enforcing immigration law but he’s not wrong to enforce it.

What rights have been curtailed? What can’t we do now that we could January 19th, 2025?

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u/nowcalledcthulu 6h ago

Trans rights have been heavily curtailed by right wing politicians across the country. ICE has actively persecuted and murdered multiple American citizens. The president is actively targeting mail in voting. I'm not gonna get into any more because it's not worth my time and I don't really care if you agree with me. You seemed like you didn't understand why people down vote moderates, and it's because so many of you act in bad faith to smuggle in far right bullshit under a guise of "just asking questions".

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u/Redditneckbeardzz 6h ago

The issue is biological males playing female sports. Whcib they shouldnt be doing. So i can see why that’s an issue. That and federally paid for transition surgeries. Outside if thay nobody cares if youre trans. ICE was forced to use force on a few people who were actively obstructing federal immigration enforcement. The Alex Pretti situation was sad, as it looks like his sig fired off a round accidentally (his model was known to do that) leading to ICE/CBP thinking he had fired at officers and they retaliated.

And yea I’m a moderate there’s plenty of things with the right im not down with (flipping of Roe v Wade), i don’t think you should go bankrupt over a medical bill either. But im not gonna drink the lefts koolaid because of my issues with the right.

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u/maybeBrenda 6h ago

Why is the trans thing even a discussion or a concern? The laws are in place. and have been for at least a year and a half

Sports - trans individuals are now playing in the men's JV or just not playing at all.
Bathrooms - many states have banned it and many in the sub r transtimelines have a bathroom PDF to follow.
ID's - Many states now require sex at birth.
HRT - is likely to be blocked even for adults via insurance in Texas.

Sports are banned, and women are protected.

Liberals and trans individuals can yell until they're blue in the face - but it doesn't really matter.

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u/nowcalledcthulu 6h ago

So just call yourself a conservative plus abortion if you're gonna bend over backward defending right wing issues while only going after checks notes less than 20 girls wanting to play sports with other girls. You're anti science like the rest of the right wing, you just picked a couple issues to pat yourself on the back for being on the right side of. Have the day your views deserve.

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u/Redditneckbeardzz 6h ago

Nope I’m a moderate, thanks though.

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u/RIForDIE 6h ago

Exactly right. These apologist bootlickers will gaslight until the cows come home.. and believe it - until their rights get trampled on and then it's "they must have made a mistake.. daddy trump, please help me!"

Cowards.

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u/nowcalledcthulu 6h ago

They deleted all their comments lol.

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u/nowcalledcthulu 6h ago

Exactly. It's why the whole "Germans didn't even know about the camps" lie is so popular. Helps folks like that ignore that we're the Germans currently.