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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm trying to figure out the latest toxic subreddit: r/The_Donald/
ACHTUNG! Put on your level 4 biohazard gear before visiting...https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/
I'm trying to figure this place and its denizens out.
One school of thought says this is satirical, sort of like r/MURICA/.
I'm not sure this is the case.
I'm thinking, based on some obvious brigading in other subreddits, like r/politics/, that these are mostly genuine Trump supporters, also with elements from redpill/gamergate/PUA subreddits, and denizens of the banned subreddit r/Coontown/. Misogynists, racists, and other assorted assholes out spewing poison for the lulz.
What do you think?
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I'm trying to figure out the latest toxic subreddit: r/The_Donald/ (Original Post)
backscatter712
Mar 2016
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I'm thinking it's probably half a dozen of shitheads, each with shitloads of sockpuppets.
backscatter712
Mar 2016
#3
Unfortunately Reddit is run by doctrinaire Libertarians who are perfectly OK with...
Odin2005
Mar 2016
#4
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)1. On the other hand, /r/Drumpf is very high-energy! n/t
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)2. The Reddit Neo-Reactionary crowd scares the crap out of me.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)3. I'm thinking it's probably half a dozen of shitheads, each with shitloads of sockpuppets.
Probably time for the Reddit staffers to start doing some IP address tracing to target their banhammers and send some of those fuckers back to Stormfront.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)4. Unfortunately Reddit is run by doctrinaire Libertarians who are perfectly OK with...
...Neo-Nazis turning the site into their recruiting ground in the name of "free speech".