▲ 285 ▼ The DOJ Wants to Know Who on Reddit and X Is Criticizing ICE's Tactics (www.bloomberg.com) submitted 2 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/politics@lemmy.world 57 comments fedilink hide all child comments In seeking identities of those behind anonymous social media posts, the Trump administration is intensifying its pursuit using grand jury subpoenas.
[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 months ago (3 children) At this point, its almost a negative sign of your true character if you haven't been banned by Reddit yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (4 children) I left with the API fiasco before I got banned. Should I log back in for a ban? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago (1 child) that was my first time leaving reddit. I left for just over a year, then I needed to find some local community for organizing so i came back, aaaand then i got banned for calling some racist a "white trash chud" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children) Holy crap. That's all it takes now? It used to require a believable threat, if memory serves. They're like this close to having FCC-style broadcast TV censorship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) Yep. I encountered some asshole saying Alex Pretti deserved to die because he was carrying a gun in the presence of law enforcement. I told him he wasn't just licking boots, he was deep throating them. That was "harassment," according to Reddit. And I was permabanned. I never got banned for anything my first 5 years or so on Reddit, but as soon as that fat orange fuck was elected, I started collecting temp bans every month. Makes you think... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) sounds all too familiar. any thread I was in that was about trump or maga would get brigaded and every non-conformist commenter was temp banned. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Reminds me of the movie, Demolition Man. Republicans tried so hard to paint liberals and leftists as censorial authoritarians. "Can I say that immigrants are poisoning the blood of America?" "You betcha!" "Can I say that people who worship unjust law enforcement are malicious sycophants?" "No. That's harassment." Sieg Heil, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) They banned me for expressing compassion permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Can't have that. Next thing you know full-on empathy will break out. permalink fedilink source parent [–] duckwingthegoose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) I got banned for posting the meaningless letters ACAB permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago To be fair, people who received almost all of their tests and grades face down from their teachers are very understandably afraid of the alphabet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I said, "You talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded," in the daily We-Are-Idiocracy thread. I guess we should be glad it wasn't the daily Can't-Make-Blazing-Saddles-Today thread. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 12 points 2 months ago (1 child) Just go on there a speak negatively about the pedophile and MAGA and you'll be silenced in no time, at the guise of something entirely different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) Or post on public freakout and just wish death on a person who's the asshole in the video permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 1 point 2 months ago public freakout mods are zionists and will ban you, and try to get administration to violate you, for other reasons, if you criticize Israel. Including using their automod to improperly flag comments. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) I don't recommend it. Only bots and morons left over there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Such a happy union. Bots love morons and morons love bots. permalink fedilink source parent [–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Yeah, nah. Screw around on Reddit now, and you might get yourself doxxed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I'm still sad I don't have the password for my original reddit account to delete it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago This is a good point permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (4 children) I left with the API fiasco before I got banned. Should I log back in for a ban? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago (1 child) that was my first time leaving reddit. I left for just over a year, then I needed to find some local community for organizing so i came back, aaaand then i got banned for calling some racist a "white trash chud" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children) Holy crap. That's all it takes now? It used to require a believable threat, if memory serves. They're like this close to having FCC-style broadcast TV censorship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) Yep. I encountered some asshole saying Alex Pretti deserved to die because he was carrying a gun in the presence of law enforcement. I told him he wasn't just licking boots, he was deep throating them. That was "harassment," according to Reddit. And I was permabanned. I never got banned for anything my first 5 years or so on Reddit, but as soon as that fat orange fuck was elected, I started collecting temp bans every month. Makes you think... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) sounds all too familiar. any thread I was in that was about trump or maga would get brigaded and every non-conformist commenter was temp banned. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Reminds me of the movie, Demolition Man. Republicans tried so hard to paint liberals and leftists as censorial authoritarians. "Can I say that immigrants are poisoning the blood of America?" "You betcha!" "Can I say that people who worship unjust law enforcement are malicious sycophants?" "No. That's harassment." Sieg Heil, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) They banned me for expressing compassion permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Can't have that. Next thing you know full-on empathy will break out. permalink fedilink source parent [–] duckwingthegoose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) I got banned for posting the meaningless letters ACAB permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago To be fair, people who received almost all of their tests and grades face down from their teachers are very understandably afraid of the alphabet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I said, "You talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded," in the daily We-Are-Idiocracy thread. I guess we should be glad it wasn't the daily Can't-Make-Blazing-Saddles-Today thread. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 12 points 2 months ago (1 child) Just go on there a speak negatively about the pedophile and MAGA and you'll be silenced in no time, at the guise of something entirely different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) Or post on public freakout and just wish death on a person who's the asshole in the video permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 1 point 2 months ago public freakout mods are zionists and will ban you, and try to get administration to violate you, for other reasons, if you criticize Israel. Including using their automod to improperly flag comments. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) I don't recommend it. Only bots and morons left over there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Such a happy union. Bots love morons and morons love bots. permalink fedilink source parent [–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Yeah, nah. Screw around on Reddit now, and you might get yourself doxxed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago (1 child) that was my first time leaving reddit. I left for just over a year, then I needed to find some local community for organizing so i came back, aaaand then i got banned for calling some racist a "white trash chud" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children) Holy crap. That's all it takes now? It used to require a believable threat, if memory serves. They're like this close to having FCC-style broadcast TV censorship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) Yep. I encountered some asshole saying Alex Pretti deserved to die because he was carrying a gun in the presence of law enforcement. I told him he wasn't just licking boots, he was deep throating them. That was "harassment," according to Reddit. And I was permabanned. I never got banned for anything my first 5 years or so on Reddit, but as soon as that fat orange fuck was elected, I started collecting temp bans every month. Makes you think... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) sounds all too familiar. any thread I was in that was about trump or maga would get brigaded and every non-conformist commenter was temp banned. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Reminds me of the movie, Demolition Man. Republicans tried so hard to paint liberals and leftists as censorial authoritarians. "Can I say that immigrants are poisoning the blood of America?" "You betcha!" "Can I say that people who worship unjust law enforcement are malicious sycophants?" "No. That's harassment." Sieg Heil, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) They banned me for expressing compassion permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Can't have that. Next thing you know full-on empathy will break out. permalink fedilink source parent [–] duckwingthegoose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) I got banned for posting the meaningless letters ACAB permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago To be fair, people who received almost all of their tests and grades face down from their teachers are very understandably afraid of the alphabet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I said, "You talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded," in the daily We-Are-Idiocracy thread. I guess we should be glad it wasn't the daily Can't-Make-Blazing-Saddles-Today thread. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children) Holy crap. That's all it takes now? It used to require a believable threat, if memory serves. They're like this close to having FCC-style broadcast TV censorship. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) Yep. I encountered some asshole saying Alex Pretti deserved to die because he was carrying a gun in the presence of law enforcement. I told him he wasn't just licking boots, he was deep throating them. That was "harassment," according to Reddit. And I was permabanned. I never got banned for anything my first 5 years or so on Reddit, but as soon as that fat orange fuck was elected, I started collecting temp bans every month. Makes you think... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) sounds all too familiar. any thread I was in that was about trump or maga would get brigaded and every non-conformist commenter was temp banned. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Reminds me of the movie, Demolition Man. Republicans tried so hard to paint liberals and leftists as censorial authoritarians. "Can I say that immigrants are poisoning the blood of America?" "You betcha!" "Can I say that people who worship unjust law enforcement are malicious sycophants?" "No. That's harassment." Sieg Heil, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) They banned me for expressing compassion permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Can't have that. Next thing you know full-on empathy will break out. permalink fedilink source parent [–] duckwingthegoose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) I got banned for posting the meaningless letters ACAB permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago To be fair, people who received almost all of their tests and grades face down from their teachers are very understandably afraid of the alphabet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I said, "You talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded," in the daily We-Are-Idiocracy thread. I guess we should be glad it wasn't the daily Can't-Make-Blazing-Saddles-Today thread. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) Yep. I encountered some asshole saying Alex Pretti deserved to die because he was carrying a gun in the presence of law enforcement. I told him he wasn't just licking boots, he was deep throating them. That was "harassment," according to Reddit. And I was permabanned. I never got banned for anything my first 5 years or so on Reddit, but as soon as that fat orange fuck was elected, I started collecting temp bans every month. Makes you think... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) sounds all too familiar. any thread I was in that was about trump or maga would get brigaded and every non-conformist commenter was temp banned. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Reminds me of the movie, Demolition Man. Republicans tried so hard to paint liberals and leftists as censorial authoritarians. "Can I say that immigrants are poisoning the blood of America?" "You betcha!" "Can I say that people who worship unjust law enforcement are malicious sycophants?" "No. That's harassment." Sieg Heil, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 child) sounds all too familiar. any thread I was in that was about trump or maga would get brigaded and every non-conformist commenter was temp banned. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Reminds me of the movie, Demolition Man. Republicans tried so hard to paint liberals and leftists as censorial authoritarians. "Can I say that immigrants are poisoning the blood of America?" "You betcha!" "Can I say that people who worship unjust law enforcement are malicious sycophants?" "No. That's harassment." Sieg Heil, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago Reminds me of the movie, Demolition Man. Republicans tried so hard to paint liberals and leftists as censorial authoritarians. "Can I say that immigrants are poisoning the blood of America?" "You betcha!" "Can I say that people who worship unjust law enforcement are malicious sycophants?" "No. That's harassment." Sieg Heil, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) They banned me for expressing compassion permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Can't have that. Next thing you know full-on empathy will break out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago Can't have that. Next thing you know full-on empathy will break out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] duckwingthegoose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) I got banned for posting the meaningless letters ACAB permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago To be fair, people who received almost all of their tests and grades face down from their teachers are very understandably afraid of the alphabet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I said, "You talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded," in the daily We-Are-Idiocracy thread. I guess we should be glad it wasn't the daily Can't-Make-Blazing-Saddles-Today thread. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago To be fair, people who received almost all of their tests and grades face down from their teachers are very understandably afraid of the alphabet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I said, "You talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded," in the daily We-Are-Idiocracy thread. I guess we should be glad it wasn't the daily Can't-Make-Blazing-Saddles-Today thread. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 12 points 2 months ago (1 child) Just go on there a speak negatively about the pedophile and MAGA and you'll be silenced in no time, at the guise of something entirely different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) Or post on public freakout and just wish death on a person who's the asshole in the video permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 1 point 2 months ago public freakout mods are zionists and will ban you, and try to get administration to violate you, for other reasons, if you criticize Israel. Including using their automod to improperly flag comments. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 child) Or post on public freakout and just wish death on a person who's the asshole in the video permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 1 point 2 months ago public freakout mods are zionists and will ban you, and try to get administration to violate you, for other reasons, if you criticize Israel. Including using their automod to improperly flag comments. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 1 point 2 months ago public freakout mods are zionists and will ban you, and try to get administration to violate you, for other reasons, if you criticize Israel. Including using their automod to improperly flag comments. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) I don't recommend it. Only bots and morons left over there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Such a happy union. Bots love morons and morons love bots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago Such a happy union. Bots love morons and morons love bots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Yeah, nah. Screw around on Reddit now, and you might get yourself doxxed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago I'm still sad I don't have the password for my original reddit account to delete it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 1 point 2 months ago This is a good point permalink fedilink source parent