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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

r/moderatepolitics was the worst for that.

Their moderation policy basically allowed any abhorrent view as long as it was expressed in a "civil" manner.

Trolls and racists could say things like "well, in my humble opinion, black people are just inherently violent and unintelligent" and anyone who got irate and called them out would get a warning and/or banned.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Unsurprisingly, that’s a fast track to becoming a racist sub. See also the Nazi bar parable.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In my experience, the more obsessed a sub's mods were about civil language, the more "be civil" meant "don't sass the nazis."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Won't anyone think of the nazis?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ah, centrism. God love it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The term Nazis has lost all its meaning with how watered down its become.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're responding to a three month old comment.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yours? You joined a 3 month old thread to whine about how much you get called a nazi.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh you think you know me? Go back to Reddit and stop crying about being called out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Called out for what exactly?