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It all started on Tuesday, when a moderator for r/JoeRogan wrote that “all political posts are now banned on r/JoeRogan.”

“Today we are making the decision to ban all political posts indefinitely,” the explanation read. “After careful consideration, internal discussion and tons of external feedback we have collectively decided that r/joerogan is not the place for politics anymore.”

That post was not received well. One contributor wrote, “Every reddit mod is a hall monitor dork, change my mind. Youre banning the topic he talks about the most. You guys are hypocrites and anti free speech. If you cant mod effectively then go paint your warhammer figurines and let someone else do it.”

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[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 10 points 2 weeks ago

I'm surprised that particular group of people could possibly get more confused.

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

How the hell are they deciding what counts as "political"?

[-] bizzle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

If it makes Trump look bad that's political. If it makes Trump look good, or any democrat look bad, that's fine.

[-] the_q@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Joe Rogan and his fans are nature's D students.

[-] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

You give them too much credit.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago

Joe Rogan's head looks like a D.

[-] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Since I'm not involved at all, this is very funny to read through the meltdowns. Fascists would be more fun if they were in some sort of Matrix pod system the fuck away from us.

[-] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine how fucking stupid you must be to be browsing a Joe Rogan subreddit, let alone be a mod.

[-] mintiefresh@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

fuck reddit

rogan can choke on his steroids

[-] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

This is a guy who's spent the majority of his "comedian" career shitting on others for censoring hate speech he likes and priming his audience to view all criticism of him as petty cancel culture.

As per usual, the "freedom of speech absolutist" crowd is the most authoritarian on crucial critical speech.

[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

From what I can get, it seems to be a fan/"fan"-run subreddit? If so, at least on the political side, doesn't seem like a big deal. However, on the health of such communities, it's a warning tale as Reddit's design makes it hard to make alternative communities to keep discussion going.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Rogan has become a political commentator. They just want a rule to point to when they ban people they don't like

[-] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

"commentator" is a strong word

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's accurate, unlike his opinions. You don't have to be insightful or intelligent to comment on events, I prove that myself every day.

[-] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Fair enough lol

[-] rustyfish@piefed.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Was that warhammer part supposed to be a burn? I think if you want to attack a person moderating a rogan fan club you need bigger guns. These kids lack dakka.

[-] CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol 1 points 2 weeks ago

these kids lack dakka

That will be coming with me, thank you

[-] M1ch431@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is just to make the subreddit conform to the brand/Joe Rogan's perspective and interpretation of events and excuse their moderation actions when they censor or silence users with opinions or perspectives they don't approve of.

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