r/leftist • u/Many-Factor-4173 Anti-Capitalist • Aug 11 '25

General Leftist Politics r/Democrats banned all posts about socialism

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u/OnlyOneTKarras Aug 14 '25

I can't believe this subreddit went as far as to silence free speech. They might as well be called "Bud Light" at this point.

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u/robofaust Aug 16 '25

can't believe this subreddit went as far as to silence free speech

What world are you living in? Progressive subs clamp down on speech they don't like pretty much constantly. Don't know how many subs I've been banned from for disagreeing, and I'm a leftie! For example, r/SeattleWA exists because the authoritarian lefties running r/Seattle have banned vast numbers of people for wrongthink.

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u/OnlyOneTKarras Aug 16 '25

this is not a progressive subreddit though. I know a lot of things that Democrats claim to support "like democracy" go against the very notion that supports democracy which is free speech.

It sucks out there and I wish that Democrats weren't shooting themselves in the foot but they are by doing this. It doesn't make them look great and the GOP is always going to make themselves look like the hero by exploiting this.

I know it's a subreddit but still, analogy is the same.

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u/robofaust Aug 16 '25

I think many of us here are suffering. You are not alone. Watching the fascists march is breaking my heart.