Often, the opposite is the case. Having the "wrong" opinion is seen as bad. But having the "wrong" opinion, while also having a very strong argument for it being the correct opinion, is certainly much more outrageous.
Slightly tangental comment: There are certain statistics (namely relating to the fact that people who are black [~13.4% of the US population] are responsible for ~55% of homicide in the US) that are widely auto-censored on reddit. Sure, it may simply be a fact that that is what the statistic is, but reddit (or, at least, several of the largest subreddits) doesn't care that it is pure fact. Even mentioning the statistic is grounds for auto-removal of your comment.
I'll run an experiment to see find the exact extent of the above claimed censorship on reddit, using the account /u/Ender_killed_You. ====================================
Attempt one:
- Result: instant auto-removal
- Subreddit: /r/askreddit
- Comment:
>This is something I just can't wrap my head around: Did you know that according to FBI statistics, black Americans, despite making up only 13% of the population, are responsible for 56% of homicides in the US?[1]
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Attempt two:
- Result: Instant auto-removal
- Subreddit: /r/news
- Comment:
>This is something I just can't wrap my head around: Did you know that according to FBI statistics, black Americans, despite making up only 13% of the population, are responsible for 56% of homicides in the US?[2]
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//I'm now going to post a normal comment, without any illegal statistics included, to see if the removals are to do with something other than the content of the comments.
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Attempt three:
- Result: No removal
- Subreddit: /r/pics
- Comment:
>This is really clever! It's cool that at least some people are so into democracy in the USA :) Nothing better than well-informed voters democratically deciding who should be their next leader! [3]
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//Next I will post a nice(i.e., statistic-free) comment on /r/askreddit to see if it is removed there
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Attempt four:
- Result: No removal
- Subreddit: /r/askreddit
- Comment:
>I shall help both, granting each army supernatural powers. Two armies with super-strength and super-speed abilities fighting each other would be an exciting watch.[4]
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//So, it has been shown that /r/askreddit and /r/news have been set up to auto censor this statistic. What remains to be shown is the extent to which this censorship is implemented. Is it on all the largest subreddits? On all subreddits by default? etc. etc. My next comment will be on a minor subreddit.
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Attempt five:
- Result: no removal
- Subreddit: /r/Galaxy_S20
- Comment:
>Hello, please don't mind this comment, I'm simply running an experiment about censorship on reddit.
Did you know that black Americans (who make up just 13.4% of the population) are, nonetheless, responsible for 56% of homicides?[5]
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//Interesting. On the minor subreddit the comment is not removed. I'm going to wrap up the experiment here, for now. Make of it what you will!
[1]https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j1nl5r/what_abso...
[2]https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/j20au2/us_intelligenc...
[3]https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/j237gx/and_when_you_a...
[4]https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j20dun/two_armie...
[5]https://www.reddit.com/r/Galaxy_S20/comments/j1x7vd/samsung_...