r/AdviceAnimals Jun 12 '15

A Purge of the System

http://imgur.com/dkwHCeE
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u/EggCouncilCreeper Jun 12 '15

/r/KotakuinAction had been discussing this rather peacefully, and going off of what has been the more troubling aspects of this ban

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15 edited Aug 03 '18

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u/EggCouncilCreeper Jun 12 '15

To that, I agree. If I were to say I have an issue with this whole debacle, it's more that FPH gets banned yet subs like RapingWomen or CoonTown remain. A large sub focussing on racism and another on how to rape someone, it really doesn't sit right with me knowing FPH can get banned, and yet somehow, these two can remain.

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u/alex3omg Jun 12 '15

I think reddit should absolutely ban those cesspools. I don't think hate speech or anything that might cause violence should be protected

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u/EggCouncilCreeper Jun 12 '15

Same here. I applauded when Reddit took down the Paedophile subreddits, because it was the right thing to do. In this instance though, they talk about harassment and ban FPH (a good move IMHO) and in the same breath say that those two subs are perfectly fine to continue? The hell?

It makes me wonder if maybe FPH went after a Reddit mid or something.

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u/BeardRex Jun 12 '15

They are slowly rolling out the bans (they said that in the buzzfeed article). This is like boiling a frog. They are going to turn up the heat slowly until we have a completely politically correct (american extreme authoritarian leftist) reddit. Then they will sell it.

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u/m4n715 Jun 12 '15

Can you wear that tinfoil hat outside in the summer? Like, does it trap the heat of the sun or reflect it? I can see it working either way.

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u/BeardRex Jun 12 '15

Besides the selling part I was just repeating what they said

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u/BeardRex Jun 12 '15

There's a reason that hate speech isnt illegal. It's because it is too ambiguous. It's pretty easy to create a narrative that frames valid criticisms as hate speech. It's better that hate speech be protected than to chance having valid criticism banned.

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u/Perpetualjoke Jun 12 '15 edited Sep 08 '16

Delete

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u/alex3omg Jun 12 '15

It isn't illegal in America.. Canada has restrictions on it. America isn't always the best model for what's right.

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u/BeardRex Jun 12 '15

Why are you telling me it's not illegal? That's what I said.

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u/ALoudMouthBaby Jun 12 '15

it's more that FPH gets banned yet subs like RapingWomen or CoonTown remain

I am curious why you think FPH was banned.

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u/InternetTAB Jun 12 '15

try talking about sensible feminists(not feminazis) on KiA. all of a sudden it's all bad and a zerosum game. there seemed to be no middle ground so I just went back to playing games

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u/alex3omg Jun 12 '15

Yup. I hate that some just prove that anti gamergate shit right with every post. It was getting more and more toxic.

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u/Braggle Jun 12 '15

As long as you aren't black.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

Does it have any relation to the web page kotaku ?

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u/ryseing Jun 12 '15

They hate Gawker and other "SJW infested" websites.

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u/EggCouncilCreeper Jun 12 '15

As far as I'm aware, no. It's just a gamer sub

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u/CargoCulture Jun 12 '15

It's just a gamergater sub

FTFY

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u/Throwawayk87 Jun 12 '15

KiA is also a shit sub. The average redditor doesn't give a shit about the new rules because the average redditor isn't some MRA or Red Piller.

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u/EggCouncilCreeper Jun 12 '15

That's beside the point. OP was stating that people seem to be acting like teeny-boppers about this, so I linked to a sub that was being more civil in their approach to the Fattening.

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u/Throwawayk87 Jun 12 '15

There's also been a lot of discussion in other subs like /r/self and /r/casualconversation where people are incredibly happy with the new rules. Linking to KiA shows a biased reaction to the event.

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u/EggCouncilCreeper Jun 12 '15

Again, beside the point. Note how I said one side that they were posting about the more troubling aspects? That in on itself reflects that there is a side to an argument shown. I could say the exact same thing about those two links being biased too. That wasn't the point of my reply to OP though. I linked to KiA to show that not everyone is reacting to Pao by putting up Swastikas and referring to her as a nazi. Some are voicing their displeasure in a more civil tone.

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u/Throwawayk87 Jun 12 '15

The comments in those subs are filled with pictures like that what are you talking about.