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The current top mod of that sub is obviously a shitty person, but I don't have as much of a problem with people who have messed up beliefs as I do with those who impose those fucked up beliefs on others.
I don't know if /u/soccer censors any of the subs that he mods, but I do think that if /u/wyboth were to be top mod that it will go the way of other subs that are run by SRSers. SRS users want to censor any comments that aren't feminist or feminist-friendly. Going from a holocaust denying mod to a radfem mod isn't an improvement if you ask me, and given how aggressive reddit feminists tend to be with their beliefs I think it would be a downgrade actually. That mod can be a nazi, scientologist, or a radfem for all I care. It's the desire to impose their views that makes SRSers worse in my eyes. That's why I don't think that assigning the sub to /u/wyboth would be any better. It's also why I think that an SRSer, out of all people, is the one who wants to take that sub and why he has the support that he does from SRS.
I don't agree with what the mods of /r/xkcd believe, but I don't think they're wrong in thinking that it's a mostly SRS userbase that's behind this drama.
Are you an xkcd fan, by any chance?
I like the comics, though I'm not a frequent visitor to the site. Are you asking because the guy who does them supports /u/wyboth?
Comment by redping at 28/01/2014 at 07:48 UTC
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but I don't have as much of a problem with people who have messed up beliefs as I do with those who impose those fucked up beliefs on others.
you mean like people who take over subs to spread their own hateful messages without any chance of anybody stopping them? That kinda thing?
Comment by WatchEachOtherSleep at 28/01/2014 at 05:28 UTC*
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I don't have as much of a problem with people who have messed up beliefs as I do with those who impose those fucked up beliefs on others.
Are you aware that one of the /r/xkcd put links to /r/TheRedPill, /r/holocaust & several other (in my opinion) nasty subreddits in the sidebar masked as links to /r/AskHistorians and other actually relevant subs? I've seen SRS shout at people, others accuse them of vote brigading & they certainly control the content of their own subreddit with an iron fist, but if you think that tricking people into visiting nasty places that undermine the dignity of other human beings is not "imposing" your beliefs on others, you must be blind.
I don't know if /u/soccer censors any of the subs that he mods
Links to /r/xkcdcomic are not only censored, but *automatically* censored. Links referencing that there might be something amiss in the subreddit at the moment without triggering /u/Automoderator's response are being deleted. The current mods of /r/xkcd are intentionally trying to block fans of xkcd from being able to find information about xkcd.
I do think that if /u/wyboth were to be top mod that it will go the way of other subs that are run by SRSers.
Based on what? As far as I know, based on my reading about this drama, /u/Wyboth doesn't mod for SRS, so what do you propose? Anyone who comments in or likes SRS shouldn't mod an unrelated subreddit?
Going from a holocaust denying mod to a radfem mod isn't an improvement if you ask me
Really? Shouting at bigots on the internet is as bad as denying genocide?
Not only that, but it's pretty clear from Munroe's comics that he *leans* feminist. Why does it make more sense to have a bigot in control of a sub rather than someone who might be massively more feminist than the creator of the comic?
It's also why I think that an SRSer, out of all people, is the one who wants to take that sub
Hell, I'm not an SRSer & *I*'d happily take the sub & give it to a random person on Reddit, because I like xkcd & I think the creator deserves to have a say in xkcd's representation on Reddit.
I don't agree with what the mods of /r/xkcd believe, but I don't think they're wrong in thinking that it's a mostly SRS userbase that's behind this drama.
I get the distinct impression that this drama extends far beyond SRS[1].
1: http://www.dailydot.com/news/xkcd-reddit-moderator-drama/
I like the comics, though I'm not a frequent visitor to the site. Are you asking because the guy who does them supports /u/wyboth ?
No, I was asking because I wanted to know your opinions on whether you think, for example, that links to /r/TheRedPill, say, are reasonably related to xkcd & not just the peddling of ideology.