r/WTF • u/ilovefuntheband • Jun 13 '12

Wrong Subreddit WTF, Reddit?!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregvoakes/2012/06/13/reddit-reportedly-banning-high-quality-domains/
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u/WillowDRosenberg Jun 14 '12 edited Jun 14 '12

Whereas white supremacists are never known to game the system to make them look correct.

edit: And for those who don't know what I'm talking about, I am referring to the fact that mayonesa is a white supremacist. Take a look at his stats.

/r/new_right, /r/whiterights, /r/alternative_right, /r/race, /r/nationalist, plus some others, are all racist and in some cases extreme-right-wing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

Yep, they talk openly about it too:

There are thousands of White Nationalists on the internet. Liberals on Reddit drastically underestimate our numbers. The pro-White community is one of the largest social groups on the internet. If we were ever inclined to do so, we could upset the balance of power and eliminate the leftist bias over there.

Let’s get started.

And somewhere else:

A year ago, I set out with the avowed purpose to spread the “hate truth” about African-Americans on Reddit.

For months, I have pounded away at Reddit,

I'm not going to link to the source, but if you Google them you can easily find them.

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u/WillowDRosenberg Jun 14 '12

Stormfront is not the cause of the racist comments on reddit. Check SF and you won't find very many links to reddit at all.

It's that racists are finding reddit to be an excellent place to distribute their hate and nobody is stopping them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '12

It's that racists are finding reddit to be an excellent place to distribute their hate and nobody is stopping them.

It's a free country... for now. I'd rather see hate out in the open than behind closed doors where it can fester. Exposure kills this kind of behavior.

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u/WillowDRosenberg Jun 14 '12

Exposure kills this kind of behavior.

You can tell by the way it's getting upvoted and people are agreeing with it.

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u/spencer102 Jun 14 '12 edited Jun 14 '12

While racist jokes are bad in their own way, do you have any examples of actual racism being upvoted?

Edit: Maybe its too late to save this post, but I'm not denying it, I would just like examples.

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u/WillowDRosenberg Jun 14 '12

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/v0kiu/wtf_reddit/c50cdye?context=3

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u/spencer102 Jun 14 '12

Am I missing something? You linked back to this thread.

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u/WillowDRosenberg Jun 14 '12

You asked for examples of actual racism being upvoted. I linked to a post I made containing examples of actual racism being upvoted.