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What about r/The_Donald violates the rules other than going against your political preferences? There are left-wing sub-reddits that openly call for armed revolution, violence against the "bourgeoisie" and the police, destruction of property, etc; but I'm sure they're OK to exist, right?

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Probably referencing a bestof post that popped up a week or two ago. Someone found like 30 ban worthy comments.

Only think is, the vast majority were 1 point comments, some were negative, and the only one that had considerable upvotes was an anti-muslim comment on the thread about a terrorist attack (if someone's going to overreact, that's when).

> What about r/The_Donald violates the rules

Literally googling that will yield plenty of results with posts that are far, far outside the rules and aren't being taken down.

Furthermore, nothing about "left-wing subreddits" is relevant regarding whether r/T_D violates sitewide rules or not.

Ah yes, "whataboutism" - it's almost like we're on The_Donald right now!

"calls for consistency are just whataboutism when applied to content that I agree with"

The question is perfectly valid. It is implied that Reddit will assign some level of consistency to these policies. If they don't, that shows they may be hiding their true intentions.

You shouldn't berate someone for essentially asking to back up claims.

Asking "what about left-wing subreddits" is whataboutism. Nobody is claiming bannable content shouldn't be banned because it's left-wing (except GP's implication).

crying 'whataboutism' is effectively ceding the argument I'm not sure why this term has been plaguing HN lately.

They learned a 'big word' and they use it to feel smart. It's like the time Peter Griffin learned the phrase 'shallow and pedantic'.

https://youtu.be/yetwdpsiM8Q

This whole thread is a dumpster fire of whataboutism and centrist "..but both sides are bad".

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