Reddit is easily one of the worst - if not the worst - sites for free speech.
Over the past few years, we've witnessed the rise of censorship and partisan bias on social media. One of the most authoritarian of these platforms, that makes it their mission to censor any opposing views, is Reddit. Reddit is easily one of the worst - if not the worst - sites for free speech. I typically only use Reddit for advice from others on vehicle and mechanical information, or I'll look into things such as film and classic movies. Nevertheless, Reddit, which is driven by rage bait and partisan hostility, never ceases to recommend me hot-button political content, even if I never searched for it myself.
Anyone who uses Reddit or social media in general knows that all of these platforms are generally Left-leaning. They label most content by "Right-wingers" as misinformation, propaganda, or just completely fake. Reddit, more than any other site I've encountered, has taken this to a completely new level. If you're unfamiliar with Reddit, every category is a "subreddit." For example, Chevrolet is a subreddit (r/Chevrolet), Ford is a subreddit (r/Ford), personal finance is a subreddit (r/personalfinance), and many, many more categories of essentially anything you can think of. To further explain, each of these subreddits has a group of "moderators" who ensure that all the "rules" of the page are being followed. These are people who either created the page, were invited by existing members to moderate, or have applied through "mod recruitment" posts.
These groups of mods are essentially the police on these subreddits. Some are more laid back than others, but others can take it to a whole new level, especially when it comes to the political subreddits. Buzzwords like Nazi, racist, and bigot fly so freely on Reddit that they have essentially lost their meaning now. Anyone leaning more to the Right is immediately labeled any one of the terms mentioned. This is a blatant effort to censor, silence, and discredit conservative voices on the platform. The problem for Reddit's thought police is that they've overused those words so much they've been trivialized completely. I recently posted about having nationalistic views about America and how we should close our borders, help our own, and lift ourselves up rather than worry about the rest of the world's problems. Want to know what happened? Tons of people called me a Nazi-sympathizer, Hitler-sympathizer, and a racist. You're no longer allowed to apply common sense without being called names. You MUST bend your will to these people, or they will do their best to destroy you as we have seen with the attempted assassination on the President and the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
The same people who claim to be "anti-fascist" hate it when anyone with differing views dare speak.
With one simple search on Reddit's site, you can plainly see how any comments with Right-leaning bias are uniformly downvoted and the users themselves are attacked. In addition to this, the other users with opposing views will report you, which then notifies the mods and they then "silence" you. This can result in a temporary ban that lasts just a few days, or what's known as a "perma-ban," preventing you from engaging with the entire social media platform. The same people who claim to be "anti-fascist" hate it when anyone with differing views dare speak.
There was recently a video posted on Reddit of the Black Panthers of Philadelphia essentially threatening to kill ICE officers and any federal officers doing their best to enforce the rule of law. The video has since been removed. They were carrying rifles and shotguns in the streets of Philadelphia which, at the end of the day, is their 2A right that I feel very strongly about. But you can't threaten to kill federal officers or an officer enforcing the law. This video was posted in the subreddit "R/videosthatgohard" page. I posted a comment on this video stating that these are real threats and should be treated as such. The same group that hates the 2A and Republicans exercising it is now on the side of the Black Panthers openly talking about killing federal agents. My comment was removed from the page and cited for "harassment," and I was banned from interacting with the page for 4 days. Harassment for pointing out these threats should be taken seriously. But guess what, I'm on the wrong side of the political spectrum on Reddit, so what do they do? Silence me. We all remember when the Biden administration was sending FBI to the homes of people who were posting opposing views to the administration themselves. The videos were all over social media. It's okay to weaponize the government and enforcement agencies so long as it benefits the Left. If it happens on the Right, we see massive protests, riots, civil unrest, and so forth.
If that was enough to trigger a visit from police to these individuals' homes, shouldn't threatening federal officers' lives be cause for something, too? Nonetheless carrying guns with intent to harm officers enforcing the law? Sounds like major hypocrisy to me because, if I remember correctly, just a few years ago the Left was so against Republicans having guns due to the "insurrection" on January 6th, yet they continue to protest, burn down cities, and threaten to literally start a civil war. If it were up to me, free speech would be free speech and therefore should be protected, and law enforcement should have zero involvement until a crime is committed. Although, this all started with the Biden administration targeting Republicans and calling them "domestic terrorists." So, we must apply the same logic and rules to the other side.
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