Mods on /r/Philosophy removed 99% of comments under a post with article criticising genital mutilation

manbro7 · 2021-03-05T09:48:18+00:00

Reveddit says they were deleted before archived, probably a gold mine if someone can get those comments. Not sure if it makes any sense when places like r-science, r-psychology or r-philosophy have the most extremist elitist restriction of speech and input. If we followed the same rules as those censorship subreddits in real life we'd make no new discoveries whatsoever.

seraph341 · 2021-03-05T11:28:53+00:00

Something related to posts based on personal or anedoctical experiences. I included a paper on the link between sexual repression and genital mutilation and it was not deleted.

a-man-from-earth · 2021-03-05T11:39:56+00:00

They have rather strict posting and commenting rules, so I don't think this is a case of interest to us.

DistrictAccurate · 2021-03-05T12:02:34+00:00

Here is their explanation as to why:

"Rules reminder:

Reply to the posted content. Any comment that does not clearly reply to something in the posted paper will be removed. You may see about 570 removed comment. None of them replied to the posted content. It needs to be obvious that your comment replies to the OP. Argue your position. We require arguments, not mere assertions and opinions. This is r/philosophy, not /r/politics Be polite. That's an obvious one, but out of the 570 comments before this one, one or two dozens were reported for being impolite. Don't be a dick here. Again, this is not r/politics.

If you guys can follow those rules, I'll keep this post unlucked. If we have the same problem again when I go to sleep, I'll lock it again.

Examples of comments that will be removed:

only stating male circumcision is as bad or less bad than female genital circumcision
stating that you think circumcision is horrendous
Pointing out this is a US problem
your personal experience with circumcision.

Example of a comment that would be allowed:

The author argues that X, I /agree because of Y

Don't disappoint me, guys!

This is a shared account, messages will go unread. Complaints are best adressed to the mod team " https://www.reveddit.com/v/philosophy/comments/lxikcv/male_or_female_genital_cutting_why_health/gpp3c26/?add_user=PashaET..c.new..t1_gpn54ou.%2CBernardJOrtcutt..c.new..t1_gpn167h.%2CSolgiest..c.new..t1_gpkotnq.&#t1_gpp3c26

Apparently they also removed pro circ comments:

"But that seems like running roughshod over religious freedom too quickly. Outlawing Male circumcision is to de-facto outlaw orthodox Judaism. And while it seems a bad idea to just let parents do anything to their kids because "their religion said to do it," I think we ought to be more respectful the more established a religion is. Someone's new-fangled cult invented a year ago with 20 followers shouldn't as easily get the protection of a religion that's been around for thousands of years, is practiced by millions, and has been subject to severe persecution in the past."

https://www.reveddit.com/v/philosophy/comments/lxikcv/male_or_female_genital_cutting_why_health/gpp4rx9/?add_user=PashaET..c.new..t1_gpn54ou.%2CBernardJOrtcutt..c.new..t1_gpn167h.%2CSolgiest..c.new..t1_gpkotnq.&#t1_gpp4rx9

RedSandman · 2021-03-05T11:22:13+00:00

I honestly don’t understand how, “It’s bad to chop bits of a baby’s body,” is!?! But the fact that they’re censoring people who hold that opinion is just lunacy.

Title	Mods on /r/Philosophy removed 99% of comments under a post with article criticising genital mutilation
Author	Morgr3in
Upvotes	45
Comments	7
Date	March 5, 2021 8:40 AM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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