I have been on reddit for just about 12 years now. Something I’ve noticed over time is just how hateful the place has become. A complete outrage machine. Every single sub became filled with it. I’ve filtered so many subreddits over the last few years, it’s insane. I don’t know enough about this place to be sure, but I do hope it doesn’t become the same type of echo chamber of anger.

  • @[email protected]
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    01 year ago

    r/politics and r/conservative should be the same sub to create some balance.

    Either that or force r/politics to merge with r/progressive or r/liberal or r/socialism or r/far left or something

    r/politics not having a conservative voice was my biggest “wtf” when I first joined reddit

    The sub name is so misleading

    • @[email protected]
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      01 year ago

      Ya /r/politics should be /r/centerlefttwitter

      I think the idea of mixing subs is cool. There’s a sub… /r/capitalismvssocialism which I liked. Basically people from different perspectives actually discuss things.

      I hate echo chambers

      I remember /r/debatefascism too before it got banned. I would go on there and talk to fascists. I don’t understand why they banned it. Better to have them out in the open instead of hiding in dark spaces of the internet

      • Black AOC
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        41 year ago

        In fairness, I don’t believe in debating fascists; I believe in stomping them out given they historically trend toward wanting my whole race either liquidated or enslaved. There’ll never be a day where I’m talking cordially to a known brownshirt.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Really the debate is for the fence sitters. You can’t convince a fascist but you can convince someone entertaining fascism.

          Forcibly suppressing ideas doesn’t have a great track record historically, unfortunately. No easy way to prevent fascist ideas from spreading in open societies. Look at the massive Nazi rallies in NYC right before WW2

          • Black AOC
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            31 year ago

            Look at the massive Nazi rallies in NYC right before WW2

            You’ve gotta remember how many Klansmen existed in Amerika during that point in history. Which I still think should’ve been fought and suppressed, en masse, as soon as it first started cropping up. Fascism is like a strangling weed; the best time to deal with it is before it’s sprouted and started growing. Otherwise, it’s gonna get messy with exponential speed.