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Re:Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Fac... by philjohn on Sunday November 15, 2020 @12:12PM (#25102722)
They also label most discussions now as "Flaired users only!" and to get flair you have to prove you're a conservative.

It's not about free speech and being oppressed, it's a literal safe space - which is fine, but selling themselves as the opposite of that just makes them look foolish.

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Re:Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Fac... by sonotathrowaway on Sunday November 15, 2020 @12:27PM (#25102877)
To be clear, /r/conservative forces potential commenters to hold interviews with current members to vet their ideological purity. If at any point they flip-flop on an issue they will ban you for ideological impurity if you do not flip-flop your position accordingly. It may well be the most heavily censored board on Reddit.
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Re:Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Fac... by easton on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:47PM (#25105222)
Other subreddits have started to do this too, r/BlackPeopleTwitter has "Country Club Threads" where you can only comment if you've proven to the mod team that you are a person of color, which is.. interesting.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/gumxuy/...

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