PringlesCaliphate

PringlesCaliphate wrote

Reply to comment by Wendigalea in Why was chapo banned? by Wendigalea

stupidpol is extremely hit or miss, i't's good to critique liberal identity politics, but they almost always end up in class reductionism. And they all wanna be so edgy that they just sound like chuds. It's the easiest place for fascists to infiltrate and steer the conversation to the right.

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PringlesCaliphate wrote

In such a reactionary platform like reddit, it's amazing r/cth lasted as long as it did being as big as it was. They hated the fact that they were hosting a leftist community of over 100k users and they had been looking for an opportunity to ban it for years. With the protests and everything they needed to make a gesture, so they banned T_D and took the opportunity to take out chapo too.

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PringlesCaliphate wrote

That's what bothers me the most, it was a proper catch all sub for leftists on reddit. It was nice and presentable enough to bring in people who just like bernie and aoc, while also being a good place for MLs and anarchists to post more radical stuff. It seemed like a decent radicalizing force, despite being on reddit.

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