726 Reminder: Less than 13 years ago, a majority of CALIFORNIANS voted to ban gay marriage, and Barack Obama was also against gay marriage, winning the presidential election that year. "Right-wing extremist views" were mainstream views until very, very recently. (media.patriots.win) posted 90 days ago by Seenev 90 days ago by Seenev +726 / -0 38 comments share 38 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (38) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 22 ▼ – hollow_fang 22 points 90 days ago +22 / -0 I remember when Reddit was fairly right-wing actually... or at the very least libertarian. Wasn't until 2015 or 2016 that Reddit went HARD left, and that was probably due to a combination of Spez and a bot army. permalink save report block reply ▲ 7 ▼ – LibDestroyer50000 7 points 90 days ago +7 / -0 Reddit went full tilt around Obama's second term. That was about the time they started to ban subs. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 10 ▼ – RahkeemTheMachine 10 points 90 days ago +10 / -0 Any forum absent censorship will inevitably become right wing. Change my mind. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 5 ▼ – EagleEye1101103 5 points 90 days ago +6 / -1 Two words: Aaron Swartz. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – deleted 3 points 90 days ago +3 / -0 ▲ 1 ▼ – RahkeemTheMachine 1 point 90 days ago +1 / -0 Also foreign countries using it more permalink parent save report block reply
I remember when Reddit was fairly right-wing actually... or at the very least libertarian.
Wasn't until 2015 or 2016 that Reddit went HARD left, and that was probably due to a combination of Spez and a bot army.
Reddit went full tilt around Obama's second term. That was about the time they started to ban subs.
Any forum absent censorship will inevitably become right wing. Change my mind.
Two words: Aaron Swartz.
Also foreign countries using it more