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[โ€“] mizmoose@beehaw.org 54 points 2 years ago (5 children)

For a brief period of time I was on a place on Reddit where new users could get help finding their way around the site.

Someone shows up there and says, "I'm not sure why I'm even on this libt++d communist site, nobody here will respect the way any good conservative American thinks."

I'm thinking, OK, snowflake, don't melt so hard from being a victim, but I responded with, "You might try /r/Conservative, and I can ask their moderators if they have any other suggestions."

I did so: I sent the moderators of /r/Conservative a message explaining what I was looking for and asking for any advice they might have for this new user. The response I got back was, "LOL, F+++ off."

Lovely, lovely people there.

(100% that good conservative American was on the libt++d communist site for the free porn.)

[โ€“] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Yeah I tried a few good faith attempts there. People would post asking why there was "no evidence of x" or why "this has never happened" or why "liberals are too afraid to answer y". So I'd link a news article, or a summary of the argument they were asking about.

I think I ended up getting 6 different accounts banned before I gave up.

edit: Also kind of funny how often they'd brag about never banning anyone, while being one of the most ban-happy subs on the platform.

[โ€“] AbidanYre@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

I'm impressed that you managed to find 6 posts that weren't "flared users only."

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