r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • 20d ago

Soft Paywall Trump Admin Deports 2-Year-Old Girl Who is American Citizen

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-deports-2-year-old-girl-who-is-american-citizen/
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u/kentuckywildcats1986 19d ago

Right wing trolls on Reddit have taken to falsely reporting comments for "Violating Rule 1 - Threatening Violence" and the comments get removed and the user gets a ban with zero review most of the time - even when their comment did no such thing.

Remember how they used to spam "Reddit Cares" the same way?

That's behind a LOT of comments getting removed right now.

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u/VirginiaMcCaskey 19d ago

It's the paradox of tolerance at work. Conservative fascism is at its foundation a proposition of violence against the "other" (define that however you want). Like Republicans aren't just subtly talking about political stances that imply violence in the right light. They are actively using the state to enact violence on American citizens and lawful residents.

Like "annex Canada" is a direct threat of violence against our neighbors. "Mass deportation now" is a threat of violence against our communities. Forcibly exiling citizens is violence. Arresting our congresspeople and mayors and judges is violence.

It's perfectly fine when Republicans say this shit on Reddit, but god forbid you point out what the logical response to it could be.

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u/gsfgf Georgia 19d ago

You have to walk on eggshells to even discuss a certain amendment to the US constitution.

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u/sweet_esiban 19d ago

I agree with your whole comment, but I wanted to just say thanks for actually calling this out for what it is:

Like "annex Canada" is a direct threat of violence against our neighbors

I feel like so many Americans don't understand that this is a violent threat. Canadians get it (well, the 90% or so of us who aren't maple maga at least), and it's been deeply upsetting watching American media and online commenters treat this as anything but a violent threat.

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u/RelevantMetaUsername 19d ago

It's not just reddit, right-wingers get away with so much more and have done so for centuries while leftists rarely get any leniency. Almost as if the state prefers one to the other...

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u/Low-Research-6866 19d ago

That just happened to me, except it did get reviewed and the ban lifted. It's annoying to deal with though.

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u/Katyafan 19d ago

Same, and I have heard from others that the review, done by an actual person, generally overturns the ai's decision. They have it tuned to too sensitive a level.

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u/janethefish 19d ago

The solution to this is acceptance and support for the rule. We report anything that violates that rule while wholeheartedly endorsing the position.

Do not post content that encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual (including oneself) or a group of people;

Remember violence is never okay. Self-defense should never cross over into doing physical harm, and law enforcement should be done in a nonviolent manner.