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View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.
It seems like reclassifying the sub would have been the better way to handle FPH too, rather than banning it.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant. In places in Europe where being pro-Nazism is banned, Nazism is on the rise. In the U.S. where being a Nazi is not banned, it is widely considered evil and stupid and most people will laugh at anyone claiming to be a Nazi. There's videos on YouTube of neo-Nazi rallies where the bigger crowd is the counter-protestors who are openly mocking and laughing at the neo-Nazi skinheads.
Banning FPH didn't stop people from hating on fat people. It just made them more entrenched in their asinine views and make them more virulent in spreading their message. I would think the same is true of coontown. Let them have their forum so we can all see what fools they really are.
And if subs are harassing then target the individuals doing it, not the entire sub. If it's the moderators who are harassing, target those individual mods but let the sub exist.
Tl;dr - There's more good people than shitty people.
Comment by CodnmeDuchess at 17/07/2015 at 00:16 UTC
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Nazism is on the rise here too, it's just not as mainstream as it is in Europe, partially because 1) the United States is really, really, big compared to a lot of European Countries; 2) European countries tend to be more ethnically homogenous as compared to the US (not all, but some, incl. Greece and Italy which have recurring problems with fascism); 3) European countries have stronger historical ties to that kind of right-wing extremism--they're vastly different places culturally historically. Basically, I think your comparison is flawed.
Comment by ChrisTaliaferro at 16/07/2015 at 22:17 UTC
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Bingo