Top mod of /r/minnesota uses a sticky post for call to arms against /r/bestof's ban of /r/conspiracy: "Let's show reddit once again that we will not put up with such blatant censorship." Minnesotans do not respond nicely.
(self.SubredditDrama)
SubredditDrama
470 ups - 125 downs = 345 votes
"Due to recent censorship on major subreddits, /r/Minnesota has joined /r/uncensorship which allows public viewing of moderator actions" (-1, sticky)
"Reddit is dying and needs your help" (-129)
General tone of the response:
> You still haven't explained what this has to do with Minnesota and why you are stickying threads to try and get us involved in your drama with other subreddits. This is seriously embarrassing and anybody that thinks using mod privileges for this is not suited to be a mod. Not to mention you're inviting brigades from your conspiracy subreddits to back you up and create drama. ... Seriously, you need to step down. This is unacceptable. (+13)
> The mods of /r/bestof decided to block posts from /r/conspicy because you people are fucking annoying. ... Your conspiracy drama has nothing to do with Minnesota, and it was up to me I would remove you as mod for trying to drag this sub into it. (+80)
> From one Minnesotan to another: What the fuck does this have to do with MN? I hope you read that in a passive agressive tone. (+41)
But!
> I think this is a fantastic idea. Thanks Crimson! (-14)
> Thank you for standing up and sharing this, /u/CrimsonSun99-- I hope more mods follow suit. Reddit may be on its deathbed. This site has been compromised & we are fighting to get this information out to anyone that will take a moment to listen. ... (-51; from top mod of /r/altnewz, where one user complained about being banned from /r/bestof, then deleted his/her account)
And then!
> Downvote brigade comes from here: [SubredditDrama link] (-43; from frequent commenter in /r/conspiracy and /r/altnewz)
> I can assure you, the downvotes are coming from the nearly 10,000 subscribers of this subreddit that have enough common sense to realize that this is an embarrassing misuse of mod privileges and that this has absolutely nothing to do with Minnesota. But since we're on the subject of brigades, let's talk about what you, an /r/conspiracy poster with an obvious connection to this mod and zero post history in /r/Minnesota is doing here. (+23)
EDIT: expanded dramatis personæ
EDIT 2: the other mods are awake, and ironically, since
> You can now view our moderator actions on /r/uncensorship
the removal of the formerly stickied post is now among them.
EDIT 3: the moderator who removed the top mod's post is now demodded
156 comments submitted at 14:33:51 on Nov 8, 2013 by Epistaxis
Yup, just like there are people who believe Noah built an ark to house 2 of every animal.
EDIT: Yet this gets downvoted? Brilliant.
The anti-atheism circlejerk outweighs the atheism circlejerk at this point, so any mention of atheism or denunciations of religion is met with downvotes and mentions of fedoras and euphoria.
Its douchey references to atheism that gets downvoted.
Would that that were true. At this point, it's virtually any mention. It's as obnoxious as the atheism circlejerk. The "lol fedoras" and "DAE EUPHORIA?" shit got old really fast.
To be fair, the comment in question ("Yup, just like there are people who believe Noah built an ark to house 2 of every animal.") was in fact quite douchey.
But lizard people, totally cool? Right...
It's a lot easier to believe a guy built a zooboat than lizard people.
So euphoric!
I think this would have gotten a lot of upvotes no more than a year ago. I was just wondering the other day how many people were going to see The Book of Mormon, laughing their ass off about that "silly" religion, and then going to church on Sunday to drink God's blood.
I feel like the number of church goers who attended book of Mormon were quite small
I can't keep up with how fast people change their tune, one minute something's acceptable, the next it's worse than taking a shit on someone's table on Christmas day
You're really bad with words. Quit trying to appeal to people and just be yourself.
DAE Atheism?
Can't believe people are downvoting your comment. Is it really that difficult to think about things logically?
EDIT: Downvotes!? seriously? You can't debate reasonably so you censor my comment? F off
Not sure what you're on about, so I'll just say 'ok'.
I'm agreeing with you, but because of the strong anti-atheist circlejerk on reddit I'm getting downvoted. Bunch of BS if you ask me.
I downvoted you for complaining about being downvoted and being an insufferable prick. Had nothing to do with atheism or anti-atheism.
No need to personally insult me for expressing an opinion that goes against the hivemind. Think for yourself every once in a while.
You do come off as whiny. And complaining about downvtes man?
Will it make you feel better if I up voted you're comment?
The reason your getting down voted is because you took a jab at Christianity very arrogantly. Not everyone can be as enlightened as you my friend.
The mere fact you use the word "enlightened" as a sarcastic insult shows you're part of the anti-atheist circlejerk. I'll gladly have a discussion with you when you have some semblance of independent thought.