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"We will not ban questionable subreddits," Reddit's then-CEO, Yishan Wong, wrote mere months ago. "You choose what to post. You choose what to read. You choose what kind of subreddit to create."
But in an apparent reversal of that policy, and in an unprecedented effort to clean up its long-suffering image, Reddit has just banned five "questionable subreddits."
The site permanently removed the forums Wednesday afternoon for harassing specific, named individuals, a spokesperson said. Of the five, two were dedicated to fat-shaming, one to transphobia, one to racism and one to harassing members of a progressive video game site.
Unsurprisingly, a vocal contingent of Redditors aren't taking the changes well: "Reddit increases censorship," read one post on r/freespeech, while forums like r/mensrights and r/opieandanthony theorized they would be next.
(Score: 1) by KGIII on Saturday June 13 2015, @05:25AM
I will take them seriously when I see NOW outside the courthouse protesting that women often get lighter sentences than men. No, I am not a misogynist. I believe all people should be treated equally and judged on their own merits.
https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=sentencing+disparity+men+and+women&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 [google.com]
There are a number of good articles and citations for my assertion that men get harsher sentences than women for the same crime. Wanting equality is a far cry from wanting special treatment.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
(Score: 1) by spezek on Saturday June 13 2015, @04:06PM
Men are considered by present society to be more rational actors than women. Women are driven by emotion, men by logic, or so it goes. It makes sense in such a climate for men to be treated more harshly when they misbehave, since they are making more conscious decisions and guilt is determined by mens rea.
So, in essence, this problem might be said to be caused by the belief that men are "better" than women. In this case, and many others, patriarchy hurts men.
Feminists, as a rule, dislike patriarchy.
(Score: 2) by kurenai.tsubasa on Saturday June 13 2015, @05:11PM
I remember reading on A Voice for Men that one of the reasons there was a push for female eligibility for jury duty was that men are reticent to convict women. I believe the concept of the gender inequality in prison populations is the “glass cellar” if I'm remembering correctly.
Personally, I think if these gender lunatics were serious about creating an equal society, they'd take the Amazon nation more seriously. It's obvious that they want special treatment, and they have the privilege of being unaware of their cisfemale privilege. They're also playing on the “protect girls” instinct that one guy who's a close friend believes is inherent to masculinity. Basically, it's the perfect social engineering hack.
As a side note, he often likes to quote King [goodreads.com]: “The soil of a man's heart is stonier….”
I wonder what we have to do to encourage more men to take the “red pill,” as it were—that there is nothing wrong about questioning the veil of weakness so many women erect? I think I'd consider myself a “redpiller,” and I'm often confused when considering other folks who have lived as both genders who have somehow avoided taking the “red pill.” When one transitions, from the first moment one finds that one has cisfemale privilege (even if on loan as Serano wrote), I don't understand how one cannot contemplate the true nature of the gender dichotomy. Was I physically stronger when I had a male form? Perhaps, maybe an inch or two taller. Yet, I balk at the notion that having a female body makes me weak.
There's an old saying in Amazon philosophy that asks for some contemplation: “It's a man's world, not because it should be, but because we let them have it.”
(Philosophy war! Bring it, Aristarchus—I assume you're familiar with Amazon philosophy and its fork from Greek philosophy way back when! This will likely need to wait for a future thread.)
(Score: 1) by KGIII on Sunday June 14 2015, @08:17AM
You raise some very good points. I am familiar with the Amazonian philosophy. To boil it all down to the size of a grain of rice, I am a firm believer in equality. I think that we need to be judged on our merits, to be known by our skills, and to be able to try for anything. Trying, however, does not mean success. One needs to also accept that they are incapable of performing all tasks they may wish to achieve.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."