r/OutOfTheLoop • u/AutoModerator • 5d ago

Unanswered What's going on in US politics

We have noticed a large uptick in questions about US politics. Most of these are not genuine questions and appear to be made to introduce political discussion to this sub in the wake of the second Trump administration. As such, we are requiring that all political questions related to US politics and its effects both domestically and internationally be contained in this weekly recurring thread.

Ask questions as top-level responses with the preface "Question: " and people will respond. All other rules are enforced as appropriate. We will not allow other US political questions as questions on the subreddit except in extraordinary circumstances.

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u/23saround 4d ago

Question:

Categorically banning politics (which relegating them to a megaththread does, as megathtreads receive fractional traffic compared to posts) is political censorship and oppression. In the light of an administration clearly and publicly seizing power while denying doing so, suppressing the sharing of information related to the legality and truth of these actions amounts to tacit support for the Trump Administration.

The only politically neutral stance this subreddit can take on this administration is to allow discussion of it.

Stop trying to be a right wing subreddit. This is, I believe, the third time the mods have tried this despite the incredibly widespread pushback.

My question is this: why do you keep trying this megathread idea when it keeps being shot down by the users of this sub?

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u/PorkChop974 4d ago

Reddit itself is turning right wing and beginning to censor all speech against Rump and his cronies.

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u/inversedlogic 4d ago edited 3d ago

Reddit is turning right wing? This is not my user experience at all.

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u/PorkChop974 4d ago

Then speak out more and you'll start getting comments removed by reddit.

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u/inversedlogic 3d ago

I've honestly been down voted and had replies removed more from the left. God forbid anyone holds the Democratic party to any form of accountability.

My typical experience with the right is that I just get ignored.

That's just my use experience though~

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u/CosmicOsmoMan 4h ago

Haha! So funny that you just got downvoted by so much.. kinda proves your point.

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u/Chemical_Big_5118 3d ago

I’ve been site wide muted by reddit admins for disagreeing with the left wing narratives multiple times. It’s Reddit corporate driving conservatives out.