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Is it just me, or are lots of mods just banning anyone with a dissenting opinion?

I like to be a bit contrarian, play devil's advocate, stuff like that, so sometimes I know what I post isn't going to jive with the community I'm posting in, but I think there's value in that. It starts a discussion and it offers a different pov.

Maybe I'm wrong and stupid, and someone can reply and explain why. I think that would be a net benefit. But what happens instead is my post gets deleted and I get banned. :/

I genuinely think this is a real issue and it leads to echo chambers, but am curious to see what other ppl think? Am I just salty? :)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

I know you can see it, it's no secret, but

  1. it's missing to whom and to what I replied to
  2. lots of comments have been deleted, you can't even see those afaik

In most cases I'd say I am not trolling nor being disingenuous. Maybe I did troll when I replied just "Orange man bad" to someone, but even then I was trying to create a bigger argument that Trump doesn't work alone and the issue is much bigger than 1 bad guy - there's the people around him, the party around him, etc. - and this is my genuine opinion, again, stupid or not. :/