reddit bans /r/FemaleLivesMatter, a subreddit dedicated to women. I guess woman really don't matter to reddit?

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[–]VioletRemi 60 insightful - 5 fun60 insightful - 4 fun61 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

Reddit just hates women, that's it.

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman 32 insightful - 1 fun32 insightful - 0 fun33 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I resisted that interpretation for a while, giving Reddit the benefit of the doubt.

But yeah, Reddit hates women.

[–]redditbegay 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wish that a journalist would confront Spez on the next interview he gets, and just ask him point blank, "What is wrong with GC and feminists' lives?" It would be so quiet, what follows, that we could probably hear the sound of Trump tweeting over it.

[–]BEB 48 insightful - 1 fun48 insightful - 0 fun49 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's probably because Silicon Valley is full of TiMs, and there's been speculation that The Powers That Be in the tech industry can fill their diversity quota for "women" by hiring TiMs.

[–]yousaythosethings 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I’ve heard this and kind of inherently sensed it too, but are you aware of any statistics?

Like who else is moderating these Reddit subs

[–]BEB 27 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 0 fun28 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Apparently a sub Reddit ironically called something like r/againsthatesubs is behind the banning of the gendercritical and LGBdroptheT subs on Reddit. We've had a discussion about Reddit banning women's subs before on this sub. Let me see if I can find the original post and post it again.

[–]yousaythosethings 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Right. I'm particularly interested in aggregated statistics about trans-identified moderators of forums and subreddits, as well as the prevalence of trans-identification in tech jobs.

[–]Omina_Sentenziosa 30 insightful - 3 fun30 insightful - 2 fun31 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Did they even give an explanation? Did something happen?

Or were the uppity women there too TERFy to be allowed to speak?

[–]denverkris 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

well, looks like "malelivesmatter" was banned as well, https://www.reddit.com/r/malelivesmatter
I suppose that anything that acknowledges that sex (as in male/female) is real is now considered hate speech?

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Potentially, but I would also wager that '____ Lives Matter' with anything that isn't 'black' or 'trans' or even 'black trans' is wrongthink that attempts to CoOpt tHE MovEmenT BECKY so must be expunged.

[–]ShieldMaiden 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's funny, cause saying "all lives matter" as a response to "blm" does sound really awful and tone deaf and it fails to recognize why black people need a liberation movement separate from everyone else to fight white supremacy. Yet, these people co-opted feminism, which is supposed to be for the liberation of females, for themselves. "Feminism is for everyone" is the equivalent of "all lives matter", and people (males and handmaids) co-opting feminism are failing to recognize why females (women only) need a liberation movement separate from everyone else to fight male supremacy. And of course, if you point this out to them, they reee like there's no tomorrow.

[–]denverkris 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah, that didn't even occur to me for whatever reason. Ya you're probably right, we're only allowed to say certain kinds of lives matter.

[–]redditbegay 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Reddit is stuck in a rough spot, on one hand they want to please their biggest investor, a country that treats women like livestock, and on the other hand, they love their free unpaid jannitors who are, in large numbers, Trans men.

I noticed something going on about a year and a half ago, when the so-called "Science" sub was banning questions about transgenderism to a Doctor (might have been a scientist) who was having an AMA there (Ask Me Anything that Pretending Males approve of you wanting to know about, I guess that AMA tPMaOYwTkA doesnt fit as well).

And ever since Reddit had banned The_D, they have been increasing censorship on all sides. I was part of progressive communities that were cracked down upon by the mods, anyone who is not a neocon liberal becomes marginalized, ON PURPOSE. Many of these subs didnt break any rules, and like GC, were targeted because of their resistence to the forced "Opinions" on reddit.

[–]koreansmallpeepee 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

free unpaid jannitors who are, in large numbers, Trans men.

you mean, TIMs, who have prostates inside their smelly rectums.

[–]Overdrive 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Would this have anything to do with BLM?

[–]divingrightintowork 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seriously? I can think of several reasons why people would consider it offensive but all those reasons would probably get several other subs bannds to.

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

Reddit is seriously becoming a crapshoot since I left the site and deleted my account on there.

[–]grixit 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Oh, so you're the one responsible? Get back on and fix it!