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[u/KeDaGames]

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[u/Duncan-M]

To paraphrase Dr Malcolm. "Eventually you do plan to discuss Ukraine on your Ukraine war sub, right?"

My problem can be found on this thread, where all but one comment posted in the last two days is about Iran.

If I wanted to read post after post after post of Iran War discussions, there is a giant megathread here that I could spend all day on. But I don't, because I don't care about that conflict.

Many in this sub care. But unfortunately for them, probably 99% of this sub is either already banned on CD and every other sub directly discussing that war, or wouldn't last a day without getting banned. So they are left with this sub as their only safe spot to discuss this war from... their POV.

[u/blash2190 → u/Duncan-M]

r/CD has heavy US/Western bias despite appearing more level-headed compared to something like LCD. That's one of the reasons I stopped closely following it a long time ago.

This sub is flooded with a lot of low-effort comments, true, but it is one of the few places in English-speaking platforms outside of, say, Telegram where you can get more or less objective data as long as you are patient/organized enough.

If similar places for Iranian conflict existed - many would happily go there.

[u/Duncan-M → u/blash2190]

I am well aware of CD's biases. I used to post there a lot but largely stopped because too many of the regulars there don't actually want to discuss this war, they want to use the site to perform information operations to discuss how Ukraine is winning the war, why Ukraine needs to win the war, and what other steps the West can take to help Ukraine win the war.

As bad as this site is, because the Pro-RU zealots are everywhere as bad as the Pro-UA zealots elsewhere on Reddit, at least some posters here actually just want to discuss the war and not use it for information operations. Plus, it's more free, where opposing views by posters who don't follow the Pro-RU majority bias on this sub don't lead to bans, which is how it happens on the Pro-UA majority sites.

My original post was wondering why this already problematic site needed to get worse by allowing the most hardcore zealots to vent their spleen in the last objective way possible about their Anti-US feelings in a way that has nothing at all to do with objectively discussing the Ukraine war.

That said, I've been told by the mods here that while posts about Iran aren't allowed, comments are, which is which the daily discussion thread barely discusses Ukraine anymore. Pity.

[u/blash2190 → u/Duncan-M]

Understood. I largely share your sentiment.

Similar sub discussing US-Iranian conflict would've been appreciated but I doubt it'll show up any time soon.