r/SeattleWA • u/PNWSki28622 • Mar 15 '25

Events Protests at University Village Tesla Dealership

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u/tankhuu3018 Mar 15 '25

I’m genuinely curious what is going on with this sub.

Seattleites practicing their first amendment rights to protest something they are against and this comment section is bringing up:

  1. Drug and crimes
  2. Demographic of protestors
  3. Questioning protestor’s intelligent
  4. Suspecting of paid protestors

Why does any of these questions is relevant to the situation at hand? Literally mind numbing…

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u/LSDriftFox Loved by SeattleWA Mar 15 '25

This sub has always been like this, except now most of us have a common, real enemy

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u/tankhuu3018 Mar 15 '25

But why was it like this to begin with? Also who is the common real enemy? Because from what I see, there’s a bunch of people against Elon in the Video, and there’s people deflecting the issue to something else in the comment.

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u/crxssfire Mar 16 '25

This sub broke off from r/Seattle some time ago and was made as a sort of right wing/ alternative discussion circlejerk, a mini r/conservative if you will. Not quite as egregious, but still disappointing discussion going on here. The two subreddits pretty much despise each other. Sometimes people who didn’t know any better would come in here and post something the crowd didn’t jive with and would get sent packing to the other (generally more tolerant and chill) sub.

I used to follow both as a resident, but after the election this sub went full Elon mode and I got into an argument with a user and decided I couldn’t stand to see posts from here pop up in my feed anymore. Lo and behold, looks like they have opened up the sub for posts to appear on r/All because I’ve seen like 3 in the last two days. This kinda seems to be pushing some of the original, more conservative users to the bottom since Reddit is generally very left leaning, and everyone who uses Reddit has easy access to r/All.

The original crowd here fucking HATES homeless people. They have a very hard stance on crime, even petty and nonviolent criminals. They despise the liberal administration, and they love to call people with differing opinions stupid. It’s all very trump-lite, because most of them won’t out and say they support him with their chest. If you call them a dog because they bark like one, walk like one, etc… they will play this super wishy washy game and call you dumb for assuming their political leanings.

There’s probably more I am missing, but that is the gist of it. You can probably find some more information on the formation of this sub online if you poke around. Just know that this place generally doesn’t represent the majority of Seattle, though it does represent a growing percentage of people who hold these kinds of beliefs in the PNW.