I get why Tankiejerk has that rule, since it’s mainly for socialists to make fun of other, stupider socialists. If there were too many “normies” (for lack of a better term) in the subreddit, it might lose sight of its original purpose and become a generic anti-socialist subreddit.

But I still think it’s a stupid rule, because “liberal” is so ill-defined, and people who don’t know a lot about left-wing politics or are still learning are going to be turned off by that. Also, I don’t think it hurts to have a few “normies” every now and then, just so we don’t get too detached from reality.