Getting banned from r/ShitRedditSays and r/trans.

For r/ShitRedditSays I violated this rule (bold: subreddits own emphasis):

"1. RULE X: SRS is a circlequeef and interrupting the circlequeef is an easy way to get banned. Do not say a comment is "not that bad". Do not defend linked comments. Do not play Devil's Advocate. Do not attempt to start a debate. This list is not exhaustive. You will not get a warning.

This is our space to vent amongst like-minded people. We will not tolerate rude interruptions. Also, you are not entitled to "explanations" just because you come across our sub."

So like-minded people only stroking each other's back - literally. As for my actions - I supported people dressing up as another culture other than their own. The thread was about someone taking issue of another saying that dressing up as a Mexican wasn't racist.

For  r/trans I didn't affirm their existence.

But what about the disdained r/The_Donald? If any subreddit is filled with intolerance it has to be that subreddit? Let's start at their discussion rules.

"No type of trolling will be tolerated on The_Donald. What is concern trolling?"

Okay - it's reasonable. The only part I don't agree that's listed within the "concern trolling" link was:

• "I'm a Trump supporter, but ... "

 If anything this should be voiced in the r/AskThe_Donald.

Let's look at another rules.

"Racism and Anti-Semitism will not be tolerated. You have been warned."

 "Releasing, linking or requesting personal information is not allowed. (This includes surveys, polls & petitions)."

"This forum is for Trump supporters only. If you have questions about our president, our way of thinking or other discussion questions, post on r/AskThe_Donald, where we will gladly answer. This forum is NOT for that."

This is an excellent way to (A) control the flow of traffic and discussion and (B) redirect discussion that doesn't deal with adulation or support to another linked subreddit that does. I believe this is absolutely fine.

"To appeal a ban, make a general suggestion, or voice a concern, message the Moderators here. This includes asking for a particular thread to be stickied."

 "Outside of this Subreddit, and Reddit in general, we ask you not to behave in such a way that would reflect poorly on us."

Wow.  r/The_Donald not only directs diverting comments to the correct place, but also articulates that such comments are welcomed - in the right place. Not only that but it wants its members to act as upstanding citizens if they venture outside the subreddit.

Now let's return to  r/ShitRedditSays. The subreddit's further rules are laid out, but I'll point the ones that are full of shit.

"HOW TO POST

1. Only submit horrible comments that have been upvoted above a net score of +20. If a thread has multiple shitty comments, feel free to compile them in an effortpost.

Too bad we can't debate about this.

2. Focus on the large, mainstream subreddits. Low-hanging fruit from obvious hate groups, circlejerks, troll subreddits, and the like can be submitted to the weekly low-hanging fruit megathread located at the top of the sub.

"Hate groups" were defined by Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

5. Don't link to threads you're involved in, or to shit you just disagree with

Why not?

6. Don't submit questions or "discussions" about feminism, social justice, etc. Check the sidebar for appropriate discussion subs in the Fempire.

The "Fempire" is just a link to other subreddits that dealt with all things concerned by SJW's.

But what's even more startling (though not really) is the heading for SRS:

"Free speech is a disease and we are the cure."

Others have noticed what I've noticed. On a site whose article about SRS is now deleted it said -

"a subreddit on reddit inhabited by social justice warriors, white knights and trannies. On /r/ShitRedditSays one can see retards singling out reddit posts and being offended about absolutely everything on the internet."

But the Daily Dot thinks SRS is heretical hero that the internet needs.

"Among Reddit’s more than 100,000 communities, SRS is an anomaly. Officially, it’s a place to mock casual misogyny and other forms of hate speech on the site. Since launching in Sep. 2010, it’s ballooned to nearly 14,000 readers.

It’s also spun off a network of 30 subreddits members call the “Shevil Fempire”—a nod to its members’ feminist leanings. (Reddit’s “men’s rights” groups are a frequent target of their ire.)

Feminism isn’t the only cause SRS upholds. The group is a Newtonian response to the Internet’s nasty side, an opposite and equal reaction to the sexism, racism, homophobia, and transphobia that bubbles up from the Web’s pseudonymous sublayers.

Opponents accuse it of being a massive, sophisticated troll brigade that takes giddy pleasure in firebombing other communities and then watching them burn. (Trolling is a broad term used online to describe pretty much any behavior intended to provoke a reaction.)"

It goes on.

 "Crush the redditors

“CRUSH THE REDDITORS WITH YOUR DILDZ,” read a faux propaganda poster formerly posted on SRS’s eponymous main forum, r/ShitRedditSays.

“Dildz,” or dildos, are the kind of weapon that people who hate men who hate women imagine misogynists imagine feminists wielding. Yes, the satirical cultural critique runs to Inception levels on SRS.

That over-the-top rhetoric is typical for SRSers. That’s why some call the group Reddit’s thought police.

The tone is played up ad nauseam at r/ShitRedditSays. There members track and discuss the worst of Reddit: the racist, the homophobic, the transphobic, and the just generally nasty.

There’s an ideological bent to the mockery: These are progressives spitting verbal hellfire at their retrograde foes."

You see, the "progressives" are fighting battle with the haters and bigots of the world! Their tactics are justified. Can you spell echo chamber of bitterness (makes the MRA's look like reasonable guys.)