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View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.
This is exactly my attitude. If we're not banning anyone then subs like that get a free pass because, hey, everyone gets a free pass. But as soon as reddit decides to draw a line, as a community, we have to decide where the line is.
And I do *not* like how crooked it is. FWIW when I saw this AMA I went on coontown and found two posts in about 5mins of searching that advocate violence against black people.
This one here[1] has calls for a race war ("The race war is coming kids") in response to a confederate flag saying "It's time to put a foot down". One of the posters replies "Lift, Run, Shoot," which is a reference to a bowhunter who refers to himself as the "ultimate predator".
None of the posters, who are regulars and frequent contributors, reported this thread or the comments in in the **15 days** between when it was posted and I found it. Or if they did the moderators chose to do nothing.
Shortly after it was announced that Coontown would not be banned, they added a moderator in homage to Dylan Roof[2]. Take a look at that last one. FFS there's a mod named Eugenics and another named in homage to the KKK. Not advocating violence I'm sure.
Speaking of homages to Dylan Roof, what about this[3] linked article which says[4], and I quote:
I think that the White race’s problem is that there aren’t more White men who see the world around them in the truly sane and morally clear terms Breivik and Roof (apparently) think in, and act accordingly.
Kind of amazed at the mental gymnastics reddit Admins are doing to *keep* CoonTown. FFS I'm against banning subreddits, but if we're getting rid of places, that should be the *first fucking one*. They're not just being mean to people on the internet like FPH was, they're advocating real violence against people. This shit is rooted in a *real war*.
Comment by motsanciens at 17/07/2015 at 03:32 UTC
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What I'm getting is that the goal is to keep individuals from being harassed. Groups are fair game, but not individuals.
If I say, "Mexicans are literally the spawn of Satan, and the world would be better off without them. They all need to die," then that's kind of a worldview. If I target a reddit user because they are Mexican and follow them around harassing them, now I'm in violation. If I'm a mod and put up harassing photos on the sidebar of an individual, that's a problem. If I put up an offensive cartoon, I'm in the clear because a cartoon is not a person.
I think endorsing real world actions such as those by Dylan Roof do, in effect, encourage hate crimes, so that should be considered. If someone truly believes the world would be better if black people moved back to Africa, they're talking in theoreticals, but if they applaud current events of murder, it's very real.
Comment by ChrisTaliaferro at 17/07/2015 at 02:38 UTC
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I've never agreed with any post more than this one.
Comment by [deleted] at 17/07/2015 at 10:24 UTC
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Wow I had no idea the racism here was that bad - I'd never go to a sub like coontown, so I'd never have known. I'd known there was racism, but didn't realise it was to that extent. I'm glad you and a few other posters have brought it to light so I do know now, I don't want to be part of a website that hosts that shit. :(
Comment by Soul_Purpose at 17/07/2015 at 05:58 UTC
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Exactly.