Calling out bad actors and hate is met with an instant lock and shadowban

After an ICE Agent blatantly murdered a woman in Minneapolis yesterday, a flood of vague justifications for the murder such as this post started flowing into sub

Such posts are celebrated, any dissent is locked/muted/banned

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    He’s the streamer that went on a rant acknowledging that Palestine is facing a genocide but how Palestinians are all terrorists so it’s actually a good thing?

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    Why the fuck anybody listens to what a guy who plays videogames for a living says is beyond me.

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      He has many repugnant parts of his whole…being that should disqualify his ability to be a thought leader. That he plays video games to earn a living is not one.

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        I think the ripping out his own fractured tooth with pliers then wiping his blood on the wall, all in favor of continuing to raid in World of fucking Warcraft, was the thing that made me recognize the unhinged goblin creature that he is.

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      people like what other people like. and in order to get people to like you, you have to like what they like.

      it’s the lemming effect. things are popular because they are popular, regardless of how shitty or awful they are, many many people will simple be interested because other people are interested.

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        Idk. I guess. I’ve always hated most popular culture growing up, idk why I thought that would change as I entered middle age.