Thank you! I've grown used to claims like yours that I was responding to, specifically "If your opinions are anywhere right of woke, you get banned straight up" to be a smoke-screen and usually casual inspection would reveal that the person making the claim wasn't guilt-free to put it lightly. I couldn't see anything ban-worthy in there, so I am glad to be wrong, in the sense that the pattern I was seeing was almost too glib to be true.
Can you tell me why you think you were banned in there though? Like, what attitude or opinion crossed the line? I don't really understand the politics under discussion, but your comments seemed substantive enough that some one could come and meaningfully disagree with you, which I would have anticipated to be a good thing (even if many people disagreed with you).
Once burned twice shy eh. I agree, it can be hard to distinguish genuine issues and dog whistles from each other.
> If your opinions are anywhere right of woke, you get banned straight up
This was my bad. I did exaggerate a bit. The issue does bring out the worst in me. I still stand by the spirit of my point though.
> what attitude or opinion crossed the line?
My understanding is that reddit mods are not genius propagandists. So, their concerns revolve around banning anyone who steps on a set of predefined land mines.
Past the shallow left good - right bad, there is an impression of India, Philippines, Brazil being run by 'strong-men ethno nationalists' who are all right-wing and bad. Any time that status quo is genuinely questioned, you step on a land mine. They particularly don't like the semantic lines between right & left being blurred.
A couple of other land mines are : ( I single out left triggers, because that's what this community cares about. The right is often guilty of similar or worse things, but they do it with a kind of brazen selfishness that it doesn't seem as hypocritical)
* how various far-left faces are pursuing the same 'american dream' they so heavily criticize.
* If you point out that research on medical transition during puberty is lacking and a lot of gender-affirming models of treatment based in shaky science.
* That a statistical majority of black people support increase in policing. A lot counter-intuitive statistical results among 'captive demographics' are triggers in general.
* Criticisms of Islam in general. I won't extend this to Hindus = evil, but I feel like there is a general dislike towards Hinduism as a result as well. However, it is possible I am just more tuned into it.
> substantive enough that someone could come and meaningfully disagree with you
That is exactly why I got banned. The polite and well-spoken ingroup contrarian (IGW) is a rather dangerous breed. (see another one of my comments in the same thread about IGWs)
> Anyway, thanks again.
Hey, I'm glad this went in such a productive direction. I'm glad HN exists and the coercive civility of the platform is truly wonderful.
Can you tell me why you think you were banned in there though? Like, what attitude or opinion crossed the line? I don't really understand the politics under discussion, but your comments seemed substantive enough that some one could come and meaningfully disagree with you, which I would have anticipated to be a good thing (even if many people disagreed with you).
Anyway, thanks again.