Reddit has been complicit in the rise of facism for a while.
this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2026
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Far-right nuts have been screaming about that 2nd amendment you guys have for decades.
Now that left-wingers are talking about it... it's a problem.
Fuck Reddit fuck spez
“We need guns in case of tyranny!”
(Tyranny happens.)
“You are now banned for discussing guns!”
The tyrants needed the guns.
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Funny how it's been a thing for YEARS without autobanning. When it was "I need my guns to stand against tyranny if it shows up at my door", there were no autobans. Now that tyranny is actually at the door, they autoban.
This autoban has no fahrvergnugen.
It was just an excuse, they never meant it.
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Lmao, so decades of child’s shooting up schools, 2a is a-ok!
Resistance to ICE gestappo, 2a banned?
Well it’s on brand for this country at least.
It's Reddit. It's a cesspool run by trash humans.
So yes, you can talk about guns and the 2nd amendment all you want when children are being murdered in school, but if fascists control the government, you gotta stop that, because you're now an "agitator".
Edit: Actually, to be fair, most Reddit users are good enough people to grasp that fascism has come to America and fascism is bad. So calling the site in general a cesspool isn't necessarily accurate. The shitstains are mostly bots and a small percentage of trash humans. The real issue are the trash humans running the site and dictating the rules that have driven us all to Lemmy.
It's Reddit. It's a cesspool run by trash humans.
Yeah, corporate advertisers.
Can't speak of violence guns or anything else, lest it upset the VERY kinds of people looking for that "Disney" sensibility the Mayor of Minneapolis refered to last night, after he got asked about dropping the F-bomb in response to the shooting yesterday.
It's squeeky-clean and "sanitized" for your protection, now that it had it's IPO and went mainstream.
Come on, what do we all expect? Everyone here is old enough to know how this all rolls.
It's all got to be puppies and daffodils and fairy tales that keep the shoppers feeling safe and spending.
Capitalism 101: Keep the consumers warm and fuzzy.
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Just lurk on reddit. Don't contribute anything there. Leech like u/spez does & you'll be happier.
Just leave reddit already, it doesn't have anything of value.
It's the same thing as bitching about Facebook while still using it.
The smaller niche communities can still have something of value, but I only read, never contribute.
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When my accounts were permanently banned I spammed AI gibberish into all of my past comments. Salt the earth and deny them any benefit from your efforts.
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Pretty sure you need to make a fash account if you want to post about that kind of stuff.
Bastard and his bots will always banhammer anyone even remotely talking about committing violence. He doesn't like progressives contaminating his LLM farming data to sell for.
So fuck you spez.
If you’re still using reddit then you are complicit in the takeover too.
I only continue to use Reddit to combat misinformation, defend our Constitution, and promote Lemmy.
I've never given them a dime. I block all ads.
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People still use Reddit?
Late reply, but like it or not, Reddit is still invaluable for me, even if it's essentially a capitalist exploitation of its users.
In short, its got loads more thriving communities and user engagement, altho I hope the FV can steadily make gains, there.
If you're not rotating your IP every time then you're getting hit for ban evasion triggered by keyword detection or reports
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A quick lurk shows there are posts on liberalgunowners referencing current events. What exactly were you trying to post?
Why do you keep saying this without quoting what you posted?
Repeat what you said if it’s so normal
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Suddenly spez's masters fear it. After all its pretty clear he is just a well paid tool now with no acutal power beyond his bloated bot net driven opinoin engine.
I still get these /c/reddit post in my main feed. I'm going to go ahead and block this community. I'm really tired of reading about reddit. Its dead and really shouldn't be discussed here at all.
Reddit truly is dead to me.
I’m glad they permabanned me now. I wouldn’t have left if they didn’t and being permabanned for what they did for, plus seeing stuff like this, plus knowing Maxwell is moderating on the network again, it’s a good thing.
Thanks Reddit and fuck you Spez.
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