KarlHungus42

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AI Could Be the Most Effective Tool for Dismantling Democracy Ever Invented in c/[email protected]
Donald Trump says America should “forget about” the separation of church and state in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 week ago (20 children)

All of this is spelled out in project 2025. If you want to know what's coming next, just look at their website.

2 Protesters at Marjorie Taylor Greene Town Hall Are Subdued With Stun Guns in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Cro-maganon

Got a three day suspension for agreeing with someone else who thought murdering one's own parents is worse (more sinister) than plotting to assassinate Trump. I said it was the lesser of two evils. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Expect a permanent ban with no explanation soon

Trump signs executive order on water pressure to ‘restore shower freedom’ in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is he aware that this will not apply to golden showers?

Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself | Donald Trump is pulling straight from the dictator’s playbook. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

So, 3 months in office and we’re already going to waste over $120m for this fucking cunt to play golf on the job and stroke his ego with a military parade? At least they could fire 2,400 people in an unimportant place like the CDC to offset the costs for things that truly make America great. /s

Got Permanently Banned from Reddit for Criticizing trump & edolf. Who Else Here for Similar Reasons? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

One of my favorite aspects of the new Indiana Jones game is just running around one-punching nazis. It really never gets old.

US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Seems very short-sighted on their part. They’ve made the penalty for taking out 1 the same as taking out 100. They’ve also highlighted the disparity between punishments for crimes against average people vs the rich and powerful.

Got Permanently Banned from Reddit for Criticizing trump & edolf. Who Else Here for Similar Reasons? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

What's missing, seems to be your understanding as to how much reddit has changed over the past year or so. Are you not seeing the other comments with similar experiences to mine? I highly encourage you to continue shit talking those two twats, but don't be surprised when this happens to you as well. All it really takes is drawing the attention one pro-trump mod. Among other things, I made this alternate time cover and posted that in various places. Perhaps it was my overall post history that did me in. There was no explanation beyond what I already posted regarding the permanent ban.

Got Permanently Banned from Reddit for Criticizing trump & edolf. Who Else Here for Similar Reasons? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Here's the original offending comment that was later restored:

Fuck Radcliffe and all the rest of the un-American fascist bootlickers.

“You can characterize it how you want” Go fuck Musk’s face. Fucking clown.

Got Permanently Banned from Reddit for Criticizing trump & edolf. Who Else Here for Similar Reasons? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You are wrong. I did none of that. I submitted the appeal, I deleted the app from my phone, and did nothing on reddit. It was followed hours later by the permanent ban.

Got Permanently Banned from Reddit for Criticizing trump & edolf. Who Else Here for Similar Reasons? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The cross-sub silencing is crazy too. I got banned from a bunch of tesla subs for participating in r/cyberstuck. On that one, I did message the mods and told them to go fuck themselves for stifling free speech. Someone actually replied back and said, "Freedom of speech, doesn't mean freedom from consequences.", which is an infuriating misuse of that expression in this context. Then I got a 3 day ban.

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Got Permanently Banned from Reddit for Criticizing trump & edolf. Who Else Here for Similar Reasons? (lemmy.world)
 

I lurked Reddit for a long time before creating an account which is now over 6 years old. I was a ‘Top Contributor’ and in the rewards program. 89k karma, never promoted violence or targeted any group, but I got a 7-day ban which was followed up hours later with a permanent ban. This is because of a comment criticizing Senator Radcliffe, trump, and Musk. The comment included profanity, (I called them hypocrites and cunts), but it wasn’t directed at any user or marginalized group. Just harsh political commentary.

Reddit initially issued a 7-day ban, which I appealed. That appeal was approved, the comment was restored, and they admitted it didn’t violate the rules. But the permanent ban still stands, and my follow-up appeals on that have been ignored. No explanation. No transparency. Just gone.

It’s made me realize how fragile “free speech” is on platforms like Reddit. You can insult regular users and get away with it, say horrendously racist, misogynistic, and homophobic things, but speak too plainly about powerful people and suddenly you’re promoting “hate.”

I combed through the Reddit rules, and nothing I have ever commented or posted violates them.

That’s the reason I’m here on Lemmy now. I’m trying to read more, scroll less, and engage with platforms that aren’t actively censoring political dissent. Who else is in the same boat? Is there anything that can be done to hold Reddit accountable or make people aware of they way they are censoring speech? This is my first Lemmy post. I marked it NSFW because of the profanity.

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