I want to start off by saying, I am not political. Believe me when I say it. I usually dodge political discussions in general, mainly because the heat from both sides and the lack of respect the arguments receive when having a discussion.
Anyway, I frequently am a lurker of the unpopular opinion sub because I found it entertaining. The #1 thread was a user who politely shared his opinion and stated he was a black man. Surely enough, his post raked in tens of thousands of upvotes and received an outstanding amount of rewards which I have not seen before out of all my years on Reddit.
Soon enough, the thread was killed off. Moderators axed it. They previously had told the user he was fine, and even told him he shouldn’t have to provide proof (which he did) that he was a black man to have his opinion be heard.
The reasoning of removal?: “Too many posts like this, too common.”
Flat out lie.
Now, I don’t even even know why I am writing this post, especially since I tend to avoid politics in general, but, I think I have changed my mind, and have support for the right side now, I probably won’t linger around, but my support stands.
Any time I had any sort of discussion with someone who leaned left in that thread, I was harassed. None of their discussions even brought logic, or even added to the users topic. It was just flat out hatred.
When you call them out for it, they even get more riled with their hatred.
Democrats preach about putting a stop to misogyny, but here you have users who are Democrats themselves being misogynistic, and hateful just because they don’t like that people agreed with the poster of the thread.
I feel like I lost a lot of brain cells. The censorship is actually unbelievably terrifying, especially over the Internet when everything and the point of the internet is freedom.
Anyways. I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Btw, if curious on how I know this sub, despite not being politically involved, I remember the sub on Reddit years before they axed you too with their propaganda and censorship. So it wasn’t hard to tail where you all went now.
Seriously, they’re nutty.
Update and Edit: The OP went to a free speech subreddit! And instantly did they removed his post! Sounds like admins meddling and more propaganda.
Government, big companies, even small businesses under pressure, they're all forcing every one to get political. The mobs have been clear "you're with us or against us". Big companies are censoring, and spamming with propaganda, statues ar egetting removed, films cancelled, people fired for "the wrong face expression", movies & games are shoving the politics in your face. Kids shows getting cancelled. Call Of Duty forced some political messages on all its users. Really insane... It never stops growing like a cancer, until it finally is cut off or kills its host.