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“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”

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[–] [email protected] 109 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Using the word "genocide" bans you in r/politics now

r/washingtondc locked the post

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago

Wait really? Just using genocide gets you banned in politics? What a bunch of shmeggs. I got banned there years ago because the mods simply went through my post history. I'm still shook with how the narrative and mind of users are tilted towards a very skewed viewpoint.

Some people believe the user base of reddit is diverse, and they're getting a healthy view of the world. Unbewknowest to them they find themselves dumbfounded when the world isn't conforming to what they believe is the majority opinion

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

I can only use one sentence to comment this: when the imposters are sus

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

r/politics mods are horrific. In the mod log (at the bottom of the screen) you can see they delete posts just because of different opinions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

So that is what "politically correct" means when we let the far right define it. If it can't be mentioned, it doesn't exist.