How come Reddit allows /r/niggers ?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1eazji/how_come_reddit_allows_rniggers/

created by jminuscula on 14/05/2013 at 09:11 UTC

0 upvotes, 7 top-level comments (showing 7)

I have just stumbled upon /r/niggers

Did you know it existed? Do you think it should be tolerated? I know there is —and there will always be— racist people, but I guess I'm a bit shocked and wanted to start a debate.

Some text from their wiki:

• /r/niggers exists as a place for people who believe that nigger culture is dangerous and harmful to America (and kind of hilarious)
• some attributes of the nigger culture: theft, rape, lack of family values, lack of manners, laziness, loudness.
• In a world where we are supposed to value people on the basis of their merit, black people fall short. They don't deserve respect or to be treated as equals. Treating a bad person with little respect simply because their skin color correlates with a lack of merit does not make it wrong. A bad person is a bad person.

Some images posted

• http://i.imgur.com/umVyh.png[1]
• http://i.imgur.com/hGsSW.jpg[2]
• http://i.imgur.com/DzJ2r.jpg[3]

Comments

Comment by [deleted] at 14/05/2013 at 09:13 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I don't know, I'd rather have them express their dark shock humor in a place I can easily ignore than out in public. Take away their little corner of the Internet and they'll just go elsewhere.

Comment by [deleted] at 14/05/2013 at 11:17 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Wow that subreddit is awesome, subscribed!

Comment by HomoErectusAmongUs at 14/05/2013 at 12:32 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Whoa, this subreddit is exactly I was looking for! Instant subscribe

Comment by Zakblank at 14/05/2013 at 09:16 UTC

0 upvotes, 1 direct replies

It's the same reason every subreddit exists. People have interests and enjoy associating with people with the same interests in an online community.

Comment by [deleted] at 14/05/2013 at 09:41 UTC

-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by FutureMediaMgmt at 14/05/2013 at 09:15 UTC

0 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I say that freedom of speech is fine and it would be perfectly unremarkable if this were a *page* on the internet *somewhere*. It being a subreddit, which I consider to be private property owned by the good people at Reddit, I'm surprised they want this happening "on their lawn." Either way, I'm not outraged but I won't be subscribing to that sub.

Comment by NinjaDiscoJesus at 14/05/2013 at 09:15 UTC

-2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

satire