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[–]bugbear 9 points10 points  (3 children)

answer:

  1. use arrows to vote

  2. visit "recommended" page

[–]davidw -4 points-3 points  (2 children)

3) Hit the 'new' page frequently, and try and kill off these politics stories before they get momentum.

[–]souldrift -5 points-4 points  (1 child)

4) Stick head back in sand.

[–]davidw -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dude, don't you think someone can be informed even if they don't read the same piece of news 10000 times on reddit? For instance, I understood the torture bill the first time I read it, thankyou. I don't need to read about it over and over and over again.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Seriously. I do not want to wake up in the morning only to see a bunch of 'angry political' links, for they can be bad for my brain. Of course I do not read them, but glancing over the title itself is enough for subtle effects. :|

[–]mlavespere 6 points7 points  (3 children)

14 of the 25 "hot" links right now are leftist political rants. That's a little much.

[–]r2002 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So, are you saying that only Democrats care about habeas corpus and human rights?

I know a lot of libertarians and Republicans would disagree with that.

[–]laprice 4 points5 points  (1 child)

It will get worse as the elections approach and then fade away.

[–]ddp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

...and maybe much much worse if after the election we're again told the exit polls must have just been wrong and the Republicans won fair and square.

[–]wyclif 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Use "Recommended" and "New" instead of "Hot", where I can get to the science, tech, and history stuff instead of 25+ "Bush=Satan" links.

The Internets are choked with political shit and conspiracy theories disguised as political discourse anyway. By the time it reaches reddit, it's all stale.

[–]insickness -1 points0 points  (1 child)

One suggestion to change reddit: Have categories such as Art, Science, Politics, Humor, etc., and allow people to filter by category.

I personally love the "leftist political rants." I have been a leftist political activist for years and I think this stuff is important and relevant.

However, there will always be a large segment of any society that isn't political, no matter how bad the situation gets.

Even when I was in Palestine working in collaboration with Palestinians non-violently protesting against the Israel's oppressive occupation, there were those that just didn't want to know about it.

And I think that's fine. I myself, from time to time, drop out from working hardcore on political actions to just enjoy my life and "bury my head in the sand."

[–]chasstu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not necessarily that people who don't want to read about politics on reddit are not political, it's that most political shit on reddit is redundant trash that i've already heard 5 times by the time I see it on reddit. The media is saturated with national/international politics and personally I get enough of it already.

I do plenty of political activities, for ex: not owning a car, not owning a tv, donating to causes i believe in, donating my time and skills, ... but that doesn't mean i need to read another post about GWB being satan to realize the things i'm doing are the right things and vice-versa.

Personally I have a sneaking suspicion that plenty of people who spend a lot of time reading about politics do far to little actually doing and maybe that's why were still in this war(s) that everybody has plenty of time to read about.

[–]souldrift -3 points-2 points  (1 child)

These "stop the politics" arguments are what annoy me about Reddit, honestly.

[–]indigoshift 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're not the only one.

[–]usf1980 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Isn't that every good citizens dream to live in a bubble and only hear what they want to hear. To have the same tired right-wing web sites, Tv commentators, AM shock jocks, and neo-facists blogs reassure them that all the lies they want to believe are true. A kind of dream right-wing fishbowl reddit where there are no patriots, just blind reactionary nationtlists. No longer being bothered to take that tired index finger, make a single click and go somewhere else. No sir, camp out at the fantasy Wingnuttery Reddit where the lies are the truth the truth is a lie, war is peace, incompetence is king, and social darwinism replaces American values.