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1. KerrAv+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-02-17 17:25:19
Pretty sure right-leaning content per se is still available on reddit and what's actually banned is outright Nazism, racism, violence, etc. Lefty content featuring coordinated politcal violence would also get banned, if it existed.
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2. mschus+tg[view] [source] 2022-02-17 18:44:22
>>KerrAv+(OP)
> Lefty content featuring coordinated politcal violence would also get banned, if it existed.

And that last part is the entire point: There simply is no mainstream-relevant occurency of left-wing terrorism and murders any more in the Western world. The most relevant militant group was the German RAF, which has all but dissolved in the early 90s (there are three still on the run and occasionally robbing a bank but that's it). In contrast, murders and other organized violence and terrorism based on right-wing ideology is shockingly commonplace.

With online-based hate speech, it is just the same matter, only a different medium - and there is so much more content that draws in right-wing hate speech (such as anti-immigration stuff, antisemitism, Islamophobia and LGBT hate) than anything that inspires left-wing hate speech. The only thing that comes close to hate speech from the left wing are the "eat the rich" slogan and Stalin/Gulag memes, and that's it.

As a result, it is obvious from the numbers that the right wing will always complain about "we are getting censored and the lefties are not!!!"... well, duh, how about if the complainers would stop doing the things they get moderated for?!

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3. fallin+rV[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-02-17 22:21:02
>>mschus+tg
If you don't count the CHAZ, or the BLM riots, or the guy who shot the Republican congressman at the baseball game, or the guy who shot 12 cops in Dallas...
4. DoItTo+JQ1[view] [source] 2022-02-18 07:26:37
>>KerrAv+(OP)
Many lefty subs were banned or permanently quarantined for support of the USSR, and one was even banned for saying slaves killing their owners was justified in the context of pre-abolition America. I don't think it's about "coordinated political violence", it's about clearing out the site so that it's a safer place for advertisers and investors.
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