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Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” by ddingus on Friday January 08, 2021 @01:38PM (#25688096)
I do not even think it is morbid.

70 million people voted for Trump. Understanding them better is not a bad thing.

Does not mean agreeing with them.

And yes, same.

Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” by redisman on Friday January 08, 2021 @01:46PM (#25688278)
I don't know if those Donald sites are good for that. That is the small Q-anonish minority that was at the capitol. Most of the discussion is not exactly tethered to reality.
Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” by ddingus on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:03PM (#25688635)
None of it is inclusive.

I personally am very liberal when it comes to speech.

And yes, all communities are good for understanding people better. Does not mean agreeing with them.

It does mean being able to know who one is dealing with. That matters to me.

Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” by caturopath on Friday January 08, 2021 @01:47PM (#25688294)
I don't think it's entirely fair to suggest that thedonald.win represents the 70 million Trump voters. It represents the attitudes of a few million of the weirdos, distorted further by roleplayers/trolls and international infiltrators.

Your average Trump voter is just a normal Republican. They voted for Trump because there was an R next to his name and defended him because he was on their team. The Democratic voters would be no different if the dems ran an equally ghastly candidate. (They obviously have not done so, and I am not making the claim that's random. I'm not saying 'both sides are the same' in this post.)

It might be useful to understand the thedonald.win crowd, but it ain't 70MM of your countrymen, Americans.

Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” by polka_haunts_us on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:00PM (#25688577)
I thought the race for Washington State's Insurance Commissioner was pretty instructive on this point. No one serious from the Republican party ran because no one really objects to the existence of the current guy, so the guy who ran with the R next to his name was, not making a lot of sense in the voter's guide. (He was going to hire 168 people to do his job, 1 hour at a time, among other things that didn't make a lot of sense). He still got 35% of the vote.
Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” by sillycon-valley on Friday January 08, 2021 @01:53PM (#25688433)
You'd be surprised that Trump supporters are outside the Republican realm. If you spent 5 minutes on TDW you'd see they hate most establishment Republicans. This isn't new either, it started with Ron Paul and then the Tea Party movement.

I'd say overall the majority on TDW are leaning more towards libertarian than conservative. Certain things like freedom of speech, 2nd amendment rights, limited government and spending are shared ideals. Other things like pro-marijuana, pro-life, Christianity are depicted and respected but differ between supporters and less popular then the ideals everyone agrees on.

Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” by x86_64Ubuntu on Friday January 08, 2021 @01:56PM (#25688488)
We understand them well enough. No need to hear why people's civil rights need to be brushed aside to make room for a white supremacy.
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Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” by throwaway45349 on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:01PM (#25688592)
Why don't you post your LinkedIn if you feel so strongly that we shouldn't be anonymous for our own protection?

I hate both extremes and I don't want to risk the thugs from either side (nazis or communists) bashing my skull in or trying to get me fired.

Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” by sillycon-valley on Friday January 08, 2021 @01:56PM (#25688508)
Calling people Nazi's is a great way to dehumanize someone, but not really a great way to win anyone over because it's not an argument.

The only fascism I see is the censorship going around.

How are they Nazis or fascists? Most want limited government, and no censorship. Trump supporters don't own the media and aren't silencing people.

I don't see why you have to attack me or my account. You're the one calling people fascists and getting flagged. I just wanted to point out that name calling gets you nowhere.