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by TheAdamAndChe 2094 days ago
The voting records in USA disagree with you.

To be clear, I have no trouble discussing the fiscally liberal portion of my viewpoints.

I don't want this to get derailed into liberal-vs-conservative views. My main point is that commonly held beliefs are suppressed on Reddit, I suspect for advertising.

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There are subreddits for nearly every demographic though - are you referring to being down voted in a popular / high subscriber subreddit?
No, I'm talking about the rules of the site and the way those rules are applied affecting the culture and overton window of the site overall. Discrimination against white people isn't disallowed, but discrimination against other races is disallowed. Subreddits who don't accept changes in social norms involving trans, gay, or sex get blocked or quarantined. Raiding from liberal to conservative subreddits is overlooked, while the opposite leads to quaranting. It's a double standard that permutates though the entire site.

The double standard isn't total, but it is severe enough to suppress certain non-monetizable viewpoints.