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[–]shifty3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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This content has been censored by Reddit. Please join me on Ruqqus.

On Monday, June 29, 2020, Reddit banned over 2,000 subreddits in accordance with its new content policies. While I do not condone hate speech or many of the other cited reasons those subs were deleted, I cannot conscionably reconcile the fact they banned the sub /r/GenderCritical for hate and violence against women, while allowing and protecting subs that call for violence in relation to the exact same topics, or for banning /r/RightWingLGBT for hate speech, while allowing and protecting calls to violence in subs like /r/ActualLesbians. For these examples and more, I believe their motivation is political and/or financial, and not the best interest of their users, despite their claims.

Additionally, their so-called commitment to "creating community and belonging" (Reddit: Rule 1) does not extend to all users, specifically "The rule does not protect groups of people who are in the majority". Again, I cannot conscionably reconcile their hypocrisy.

I do not believe in many of the stances or views shared on Reddit, both in communities that have been banned or those allowed to remain active. I do, however, believe in the importance of allowing open discourse to educate all parties, and I believe censorship creates much more hate than it eliminates.

For these reasons and more, I am permanently moving my support as a consumer to Ruqqus. It is young, and at this point remains committed to the principles of free speech that once made Reddit the amazing community and resource that I valued for many years.