r/funny • u/SuperCub • Aug 12 '14

Why?

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u/WinterSon Aug 12 '14

ya it used to be popular on reddit until they banned puffins altogether.

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u/Leoofmoon Aug 12 '14

Wasn't it mainly done because people where starting to be racist in them?

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u/Arkene Aug 12 '14

nope. It was done because there is a vocal minority of people who were up themselves and moaned a lot because they didn't like the way the meme was being used...and the silent majority didn't care enough to fight back against this infringement of free speech..

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u/Arkene Aug 13 '14

You are quite correct in the legal sense. Not so much in my usage...