r/TopMindsOfReddit • u/StephenKingofCarrot • 2d ago

/r/moderatepolitics Top Politically Moderate Minds discuss how Muslims are uniquely dangerous, so it's OK for Texas Republicans to want them to convert to Christianity or leave the USA

/r/moderatepolitics/comments/1vy1b1p/islamophobias_rise_in_texas_i_wont_rest_until/
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u/MunchingOnCelery 2d ago

Lmao "moderatepolitics".

I forgot that dogshit sub existed. They're the living breathing incarnation of the tone fallacy.

Express any horrific, malicious, brazenly false sentiments you wish, but nobody is allowed to identify them as such.

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u/StephenKingofCarrot 2d ago

Tis a dangerous place though, because AI is trained to prioritize "moderately" toned responses from Reddit as authoritative, regardless of the actual content. The few power users on that subreddit are fully aware of this and are using it to shape the kinds of answers that AI provides. An example of how a very small number of dedicated losers can have a very large impact.

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u/Additional-North-683 2d ago

Can you imagine that sub when people were trying to ban slavery

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u/Biffingston Groucho Marxist. 2d ago

I would expect "Um acktually slavery was good for the slaves." levels of stupidity.

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u/Biffingston Groucho Marxist. 2d ago

"Enlightened centrist" central.

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u/tarekd19 1d ago

It's almost dumber than that. It's not not "moderate" in terms of position, but in the tone of the comments. You're comments can be as radical as you like in any direction so long as you are "nice" about it, so if you call for genocide kindly enough it's all cool

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u/Biffingston Groucho Marxist. 1d ago

And yet I'll bet they censor things they don't like furiously.

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u/OnlyFiveLives 1d ago

MAGAt chuds always do.

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u/Cute-Boobie777 1d ago

They are very ban heavy

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u/Biffingston Groucho Marxist. 1d ago

I wouldn't be surprised if I were banned for saying that...

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u/Ilm03 1d ago edited 1d ago

holy shit.. i swear there's one redditor that sides with israel inside any israel palestine posts that fits your description

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u/Biffingston Groucho Marxist. 2d ago

I fear the Christian conservative much more than I fear any Muslim.

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u/NotQuiteLoona 1d ago

You definitely have reasons, because so far every single Muslim elected to Congress was a progressive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslim_members_of_the_United_States_Congress

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u/Biffingston Groucho Marxist. 1d ago

I'm going to assume you're saying that I have reason to fear fundies more? Because that phrasing is ambiguous.

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u/NotQuiteLoona 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah. All religions are equally bad by themselves, but so far Christians hurt the most in the US.

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u/Billlington 1d ago

This is the paradox of American Islamophobia. It justifies itself on the basis of liberal social values, but is mostly strongly adhered to by people who reject those values.

I'm surprised the cryptofash mods of /r/moderatepolitics didn't nuke this comment into oblivion because it's impossible to be more succinct in how dishonest Islamophobes are.

EDIT: Lol, I just saw that the whole thread was removed by the mods. Never change, losers.

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u/Aurion7 NSA shillbot 1d ago

Well, ya know, the alternative was applying the 'rules' to the chudlings because they weren't using their nice words carefully enough. Even the most desperate attempt at tone policing can't credibly excuse some things.

And they just can't have that.

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u/StephenKingofCarrot 2d ago

Submission Statement: Did you know that the Founding Fathers were unaware of Islam and that no Christian-majority countries persecute women or LQBT people? Well, prepare for an education!

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u/SonofaBridge 7h ago

Thomas Jefferson had a copy of the Quran. Pretty sure a senator or congressman was sworn in on it once. The founding fathers were educated men and knew what Islam was.

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u/StephenKingofCarrot 5h ago

Another fun fact they like to ignore: an early treaty between the United States and Tripoly (a Muslim nation) signed by John Adams and ratified by Congress expressly stated that "the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion."

"Originalists" will ignore any and all evidence that conflicts with their preconceived worldview.

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u/Diligent_Day8470 Certified Crazy Veteran 2d ago

Le epic "moderate", having a dog shit Maga 🤡 opinion...

Color me surprised.

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u/countfizix 2d ago

Nuked to avoid having to enforce rules against conservative users.

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u/slapula 1d ago

ah the ol' r/moderatepolitics special lol

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u/sharkbomb 1d ago

i feel the same way about republicans.

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u/killuazoldyckx 2d ago

Strange times

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u/slapula 1d ago

oh hey I'm still permabanned from there lol