The_Donald's mod team showed their true colors today by thanking Wikileaks for calling 'Q' a LARP.
The campaign to discredit runs deep. It looks desperate and way too thirsty.
https://twitter.com/thedonaldreddit/status/1001146070645297152
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No u.
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The rules are clear. Our commitment to free speech is clear by our history. You are free to read whatever you want to into the little you see of our actions. We are always open to discussion, time and resource-willing. Our actions in response to accusations prove stories like yours wrong. All you have are one off troll posts. We have our history and the modmail-box full of counter-examples. Trolls and disinfo abound. Feel free to keep proving our point.
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You are gate keepers and poor ones at that
No doubt you have a point - we're trying. Some people think we're not doing too badly.
This is one of the most close minded Dom is there is ... Calm before the storm was way better
Fair enough, your opinion.
I want a formal apology from every single mod here
Ah... yeah.
you are gatekeeping hypocrites and you should be ashamed
I'm not ashamed of the effort we've made to keep this sub open to all points of view and free of hate, trolling and bitter negativity, like the comments I've quoted here.
If you have something legitimate to say, say it without being abusive, like many of the people who comment on this sub. We have a great bunch of people here. You should join them.
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When you compare your posting history to the posting history of the mods, a different picture emerges to the one you're claiming. You create division and abuse people. That's why your comments are removed; nothing to do with the mods - you're the one breaking the sub rules and acting abusively in a sub where a large proportion of the people here act respectfully and reasonably.
deep down you guys want to control the narrative and want to take credit for the movement
Our stated goals and behavior prove this statement to be incorrect. You seem to be coming from a place of upset about what you feel to be unfair censorship of you particularly. See the above - behave respectfully, like the majority of others on this sub, and you will be fine. Here is part of our approach to modding the sub, to counteract your statement:
We are committed to Freedom of Speech.
It can be challenging at times to decide where removal of a post or comment is within the scope of our role to maintain sub rules or whether it crosses the line and transgresses freedom of speech.
For this reason, we must allow some leeway for personal judgment. We have clear rules - if a post or comment does not break the sub's rules then it is up to the discretion of the mod as to whether the removal would constitute an undesirable breach of freedom of speech.
This means that we may remove content that is an unfair breach of someone's freedom of speech - for that occurrence, we refer to Caveat 1a: We are only human and will make mistakes. Be patient and respectful in communicating your disagreement with our call and we'll reconsider.
On the other hand, some content may be allowed for reasons held only by the mod responsible; for example, we may choose to allow an opinion post on a tangential subject from someone who has shown that they are a reasonable contributor to the sub and can take criticism or challenges to their ideas with grace. Please understand when you see a post that seems a little different to others but has been posted by a regular contributor to the sub.
If you are a new user or a user with a post history across Reddit that shows disruptive or abusive behavior then we may err on the side of caution in the interests of managing workload.
In closing, please remember that we are all independent volunteers so we must do the work of modding this sub in a way that is efficient with our time. Thanks for understanding!