I find it difficult to defend the idea that Reddit is not a leftist echo chamber. I love Reddit, but it’s not a place you go for open and honest discussions between people from both sides of the aisle. Even non-political subreddits will meet right-leaning and conservative ideas with hostility. You can browse the front page of Reddit every day and never see a single thing even remotely pro-Trump or pro-Republican. That’s not a knock on Reddit. That’s just the truth.
I think seeing anything protrump hit the front page would be so triggering for anyone on there they would leave or have words. This is not a political environment where these two side can exist in the same space because one side is ok with authoritarian and xenophobic rhetoric.
The closest I’ve ever found was a heavily moderated sub on Reddit. I have no idea if its still any good or not because I haven’t been there in over a year.
None of what you said makes it “leftist” though. In fact, I’d say you’re likely to get banned from r/politics way faster attacking the DNC party-line neoliberal orthodoxy from the left than you would be from the right.
I find it difficult to defend the idea that Reddit is not a leftist echo chamber. I love Reddit, but it’s not a place you go for open and honest discussions between people from both sides of the aisle. Even non-political subreddits will meet right-leaning and conservative ideas with hostility. You can browse the front page of Reddit every day and never see a single thing even remotely pro-Trump or pro-Republican. That’s not a knock on Reddit. That’s just the truth.
I think seeing anything protrump hit the front page would be so triggering for anyone on there they would leave or have words. This is not a political environment where these two side can exist in the same space because one side is ok with authoritarian and xenophobic rhetoric.
Where do you go for such discussions anyway?
The closest I’ve ever found was a heavily moderated sub on Reddit. I have no idea if its still any good or not because I haven’t been there in over a year.
Right? What isn’t an echo chamber?
None of what you said makes it “leftist” though. In fact, I’d say you’re likely to get banned from r/politics way faster attacking the DNC party-line neoliberal orthodoxy from the left than you would be from the right.
Liberals don’t know the difference between the left and being a leftist.