[trungaczne]

I hardly feel that sub to be any different than other political subs.

If anything, the insane censorship, hivemind of r/politics is more toxic.

But I guess the latter is "quiet" so it's alright. No discussion makes the best discussion.

[pavanky]

The_Donald has the exact same problems and worse.

[a_bonobo]

I've looked at the_donald a few times to escape my own filter bubble and it's very much censored - stuff like Trump's recent reneging on the persecution of Clinton didn't appear at all, and comments calling out Trump's lie about having saved that Ford factory from relocation to Mexico were promptly deleted. It's in their rules and that's part of the package, it's extremely controlled.

Use uneddit.com on the_donald if you want to laugh.

[tomp]

But the point is, the_donald is obviously biased - it's literally in their name. On the other hand, r/pol is supposed to be politics in general, ideally free of bias, so censorship there is much more deplorable. I wouldn't care if r/leftwing_pol had a bias, but r/pol should be bias-free.

[Mithaldu]

Holy shit, you were not kidding. uneddit makes it look like they just delete 90% of comments on principle.

[EdiX]

The_Donald is called "The_Donald" not "politics". "politics" shouldn't have the exact same problems as "The_Donald".

[geowwy]

That was the whole point of The_Donald – to protest the perceived abuses of other subs by doing the same thing more blatantly.

That's what they mean when say they're a "free speech" subreddit: they're protesting against restrictions on free speech, they aren't providing a place for free speech.

[pavanky]

That is just ridiculous. Creating false stories, calling out anyone who doesnt agree with them with insulting names, going on witch hunts etc is not protesting the restrictions on free speech. This only strengthens the resolve of people who want to restrict free speech even more.