The banning of r/gendercritical, why you should care and why the average person doesn't.

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[–]threefingersam 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

You mean the TRAs, libfems and trans-identified people celebrating right? So what? Users with dissenting opinions about the GC ban are being banned and silenced anyway. You don't know how much support we truly have.

[–]homeless-g_c-mod 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

GC wasn't a debate sub. You came into a subreddit for a specific ideology and you're complaining that they didn't welcome your unrelated viewpoint. This forum will also remove opposing opinions under rule 4.

[–]Barfie[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You can lead a horse to water, etc. etc. Echo chambers wont get you anywhere.

[–]homeless-g_c-mod 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

By that logic, any forum focused on a specific ideology of any kind is an echo chamber. A vegan subreddit, specifically to discuss veganism and the vegan lifestyle is an echo chamber that fails to reach outsiders. Should all forums then be open to any viewpoint? How can we have any nuanced discussion of a particular subject without limiting the broader viewpoints from the conversation? An open forum is a forum dominated by the median view.

The idea of a political forum is to create a place for internal discussion and debate within an ideology. Not every conversation needs to include every person.

[–]aldoushuxleyghost 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

One the irony is not lost on me. Two you are looking at this as a man. You want give us advice on how to push outward, conquer our foes and recruit. You do not understand.

I suspect I speak for a few here when I say... I don’t give a shit about what the rest of reddit thinks if us. Those that are gloating can go fuck themselves. We were at heart a community of women for likeminded women. A place to vent, maintain sanity, educate and support eachother. GC, the core sub, was/is, not a recruiting station.

[–]DogeWalker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

TLDR - we're too mean. Is that an accurate summary of your post?

[–]Barfie[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No. It's not. Read again.

[–]Barfie[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Anyway, that's all I had to say. Your responses are pretty much in line with what I expected and exactly what I was talking about.

Good luck in your endeavors. You'll need it.