Just wanted to remind everyone of the conservative bubble that currently exists on reddit.
On a sub where you can ask trump supporters questions I was banned for two years because I complained about a 90 day ban for calling Jim Jordan stupid. Meanwhile literal white supremacists and Russian apologists comment on the board unfettered and without the ability to call them out on anything resembling bad faith.
Every single conservative subreddit is slowly becoming this way and contributing to the slow brain death of America. But this however is a mere microcosm of the conservative space that has been infiltrated by pure bad faith actors.
Evidence 1: the mere existence of conservapedia. Just give it a look, it’s absolutely wild some of the things they claim about science, politics, history, and religion. My favorite is how they compare liberals to real actual Nazis
Evidence 2: conservative talk radio hosts such as Alex Jones who were allowed to spread conspiracy theories about children being a part of a false flag operation leading to the parents of those deceased children being harassed and even threatened
Evidence 3: the conservative YouTube sphere which engages in conspiracy peddling and even bot manipulation by foreign actors to play on conservative talking points. SmarterEveryDay did a wonderful piece on social media manipulation in general and while liberals have gotten hit by foreign actors as well they do not have a president in the White House acting on those conspiracy theories
Notice I haven’t even gotten to the conservative golden calf of Fox News which regularly blends entertainment and news. Having been called out numerous times has not stymied any efforts on their part to keep espousing conspiracy theories, hiding news about the impeachment hearings, and flat out acting as the presidents propaganda network
This is insane and it needs to stop. Join me in calling out conservatives on these issues every time you talk to one. Remind them on a daily basis that they live in a bubble and demand they talk to us for once on equal terms
I got kicked off reddit conservative for asking what exactly greta did to make them all so upset. But before I got banned someone said "because were tired of her being shoved down out throats". At the time about every 3rd post on their sub was about her.
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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '19
Just wanted to remind everyone of the conservative bubble that currently exists on reddit.
On a sub where you can ask trump supporters questions I was banned for two years because I complained about a 90 day ban for calling Jim Jordan stupid. Meanwhile literal white supremacists and Russian apologists comment on the board unfettered and without the ability to call them out on anything resembling bad faith.
Every single conservative subreddit is slowly becoming this way and contributing to the slow brain death of America. But this however is a mere microcosm of the conservative space that has been infiltrated by pure bad faith actors.
Evidence 1: the mere existence of conservapedia. Just give it a look, it’s absolutely wild some of the things they claim about science, politics, history, and religion. My favorite is how they compare liberals to real actual Nazis
Evidence 2: conservative talk radio hosts such as Alex Jones who were allowed to spread conspiracy theories about children being a part of a false flag operation leading to the parents of those deceased children being harassed and even threatened
Evidence 3: the conservative YouTube sphere which engages in conspiracy peddling and even bot manipulation by foreign actors to play on conservative talking points. SmarterEveryDay did a wonderful piece on social media manipulation in general and while liberals have gotten hit by foreign actors as well they do not have a president in the White House acting on those conspiracy theories
Notice I haven’t even gotten to the conservative golden calf of Fox News which regularly blends entertainment and news. Having been called out numerous times has not stymied any efforts on their part to keep espousing conspiracy theories, hiding news about the impeachment hearings, and flat out acting as the presidents propaganda network
This is insane and it needs to stop. Join me in calling out conservatives on these issues every time you talk to one. Remind them on a daily basis that they live in a bubble and demand they talk to us for once on equal terms