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by nonethewiser 1203 days ago
You will get banned on Reddit if you say trans women aren’t real women. They call it promoting hate towards a marginalized group. You may be sympathetic towards that so think twice before moving the goalpost.
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The goalpost is always moving—it's called the Overton window. And whether you like it or not, the window is not moving in your direction on this issue.
But the point is it’s a valid example of a widely held belief that gets banned, even if you agree with Reddits policy.

The goalpost move I’m referring to is from “Reddit doesn’t ban widely held beliefs “ to “Well Reddit should ban this widely held belief “