Reddit is now openly admitting that it will allow promoting hate against "groups who are in the majority" (So, like women?)

knowedge · 2020-06-29T19:04:40+00:00

[...], the rule does not protect groups of people who are in the majority [...]

Comment arguing that rape of women should be acceptable and not a crime.

They even have an example contradicting their own rules. And they just had to slip "of women" there instead of just saying:

Comment arguing that rape should be acceptable and not a crime.

Interestingly, they do not include "sex" in their extensive listing of protected categories. Or are they saying sex equals gender?

RyansPutter · 2020-06-29T18:51:15+00:00

"For example, the rule does not protect groups of people who are in the majority or who promote such attacks of hate."

The Han Chinese are the single largest ethnic group on the planet. So I'm sure Reddit will follow their new policy on non-marginialized groups in respect to posts critical of the PRC and CCP.

VictiniTheGreat00 · 2020-06-29T19:42:07+00:00

Wait so does that mean white people can be racist to Asians as whites are 15% of the worlds population and Asians are 54%?????? This seems like a MAJOR oversight

TherapeuticMessage · 2020-06-29T19:59:41+00:00

Wouldn’t it have been 1000x easier to just require everyone to follow the rules of not being a dick instead of making all these special exceptions?

Regs2 · 2020-06-29T19:00:15+00:00

Remember when we used to laugh at the easily offended?

Wow, what a time to be fucking alive

Lion_amongst_gods · 2020-06-29T19:40:09+00:00

In the countries where women are the majority (by population), will they apply this rule the same way?

ConnorGracie · 2020-06-30T00:35:29+00:00

Majority = Women, but reddit doesn't seem to know that.

Lethn · 2020-06-29T20:34:15+00:00

I feel like a prophet, I predicted this months ago.

kona_worldwaker · 2020-06-29T21:30:30+00:00

Of course because Reddit is anti-white.

McFeely_Smackup · 2020-06-30T00:49:36+00:00

I live in Detroit, michigan. The population is 85% African American.

So because they're the majority, they're not protected from hate speech?

Why does reddit management hate back people so much?

AdamChap · 2020-06-30T02:12:16+00:00

This is their problem, "majority" in what? Positions of power? Then in which country?

Reality is that statistically Jews in the States are disproportionately in positions of power, in comparison to how many of them there are and how many of them are poor - clue: not many. A minority is some respects (total population within country) but not in others. Does this mean that I'm punching up or punching down?

Intersectionality just falls apart right there at the seams. I mean is Reddit really going to police people based on US demographics? Is it going to be protecting Japanese voices speaking on Japanese issues or the white women speaking out within that country? Will they protect the voice of a Chinese official over the voice of an muslim caught in China?

For the "enlightened west," we sure are fucking stupid. Giving voices to the minority is great, but doing so at the detriment of the majority is asking for trouble; no matter who or what majority and minority you pick. It's not just going to be reddit, it's going to be other sites, local governments, institutions.. you name it.

By the looks of the post, where these changes were being discussed ( https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/hi3oht/update_to_our_content_policy/ ) many Reddit user's are for lack of a better term based enough to voice their opinions on the topic and point out the hypocrisy.

Not only that but if you search Spez https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=spez you can find opinions aplenty. For some people, https://www.reddit.com/r/AgainstHateSubreddits/comments/gv7mtn/steve_spez_huffman_is_finally_claiming_that_black/ , the actions taken by Reddit are too little too late.

It's not a question of whether or not this was a stupid move. It's a question of how stupid. I'm betting on 'very fucking'.

Nergaal · 2020-06-30T03:37:22+00:00

Unacceptable. We should pressure Reddit to include everyone in their hate speech protections.

Kuato2012 · 2020-06-29T19:22:13+00:00

I'm pretty surprised to find that thefairersex actually got banned in this wave. It's kind of shocking, really. Pinkpillfeminism is currently set to private, likely in an attempt to stave off a ban. Femaledatingstrategy was unaffected, not even quarantined.

BaconCatBug · 2020-06-30T00:32:14+00:00

Well considering that there are more women then men in the USA...........

Edit: Sorry gents I dyslecticed the words. I meant to say the above.

thefudmaster · 2020-06-29T22:32:54+00:00

Be prepared for a bunch of trolls to come on here and say that rape is permissible.

LegendaryEmu1 · 2020-06-30T01:44:50+00:00

Nope, men are the perceived majority, actual populations be damned!

The fact that is if you are a "minority" and are allowed to be as hateful as you want to anyone as long as they're a "majority" is essentially passively encouraging discrimination.

Should be illegal in more than one country.

aragonphx · 2020-06-30T02:14:44+00:00

Basically non white hispanic men are 29.5% of the US population. So the 70% gets a free pass to say all the hateful things they want to them and the white men cannot respond.

BaconCatBug · 2020-06-30T07:58:54+00:00

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gunkot · 2020-06-30T08:14:07+00:00

So basically hate can only be directed to straight, white males.

Koguin · 2020-06-30T08:56:33+00:00

Wtf? So I can make a post about legalizing rape against men but not women?

aurum_32 · 2020-06-30T09:56:36+00:00

No, in every situation the majority will always be hetero white males.

ThePigmanAgain · 2020-06-30T10:10:20+00:00

No, THAT majority will be an exception -- i guarantee it.

accidental_me · 2020-06-30T10:16:36+00:00

It must have been a nightmare to come up with these rules. The worldview they are trying to follow is so illogical and even immoral that it's impossible to make a coherent set of rules. Think if the law code was rewritten according to this same lunacy! In the end also the people they are favoring and "protecting" would end up suffering,.

RedPillCafe · 2020-06-30T13:46:47+00:00

The trick here is “or vulnerability” which means cis straight white men

AbysmalDescent · 2020-06-30T15:54:30+00:00

That's pretty fucked up to be honest. Not just because it's morally wrong to try to say that's it okay to promote hate against "majorities"(prejudice is wrong no matter who it targets) or that it sets a really bad precedent(not to mention reinforcing divides and escalation from all sides); but because this idea of "majority" is also entirely situational and subject to perception and manipulation.

Perfect example being that women are commonly presented as a "minority group", even when they clearly are not a minority by any measure. If a sub is also frequented by a certain demographic, then that demographic would be the "majority" for that sub. Even reddit as a whole is frequented by a certain demographic of the general population that is, by no means, reflective of the general population(redditers are not the "majority").

dragonjock27 · 2020-06-29T21:47:02+00:00

Islam is right about women

KingKookus · 2020-06-29T23:11:59+00:00

Do these rules lead to equality or superiority?

Title	Reddit is now openly admitting that it will allow promoting hate against "groups who are in the majority" (So, like women?)
Author	BaconCatBug
Upvotes	345
Comments	54
Date	June 29, 2020 6:45 PM UTC (6 years ago)
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