[somebodyother]

Aside from some veiled (but still unacceptable) misogyny, I don't see anything objectionable in the default subs. The ratio of homophobic, racist, and antisemitic remarks seems in the ballpark of any southern high school.

Is this something to still actively fight and change? Yes. But you yourself pointed out that reddit isn't making the content, nor are they encouraging it. What if the solution is MORE connected free speech, not less? The more representative a user base reddit gets, the less bigoted they'll be. I'm more worried about secretive and niche networks of extremists.

[pdeuchler]

Completely agreed, but "southern" is pretty unfair there... I know from personal experience Northern/Western counterparts are just as bad. Young people in general have a large capacity to be cruel regardless of geographic distribution.

[jessaustin]

Are we saying that a "southern high school" is an environment to which no civilized human being should be subjected? b^)