The bigots of Reddit have come for my main account now.
So I started using my main account on Reddit the way I was using u/Lord_Shadowfire, even though u/DarkMagickan makes me a little sad every time I read it. It doesn't feel quite the same, and I really can't explain why, except that 2008 me came up with the name, and I really don't like him for various reasons.
Anyway, I started posting more pro LGBT stuff in r/rosesarered, because apparently I'm a glutton for punishment. (Actually, it's because I'm stubborn and a little rebel, but I never seem to learn.) I posted three silly memes in a row:
I thought I was playing it cool in my responses to their responses, ignoring the blatant homophobic bait and reporting it instead. Then I wake up today to find I'm banned for 2 days on my main account.
First thing the second I'm not banned, I'm taking it up with the CEO himself.
I have been banned, apparently permanently from several sites.
In no case did I ever use profanity. In 2 sports related sites, I am banned by simply predicting the outcome of a playoff series. In an immigration site, I am banned for stating some facts about due process and the Constitution. In the conservative site, I am banned for speaking my mind on freedom, liberty, and equality. In the western site, I am banned for making comments about John Wayne and his Playboy interview in which he proclaimed to be a white supremacist.
It's been over a year, so I recently contacted them and politely requested that my bans be lifted. It took less than a few minutes, and their reply was to ban me from contacting the mods for the next 28 days!
I now limit my comments to several sites about movies, and home theater, for the most part.
Reddit seems like a toxic website, and one you run into issues with often. Maybe you would benefit from finding a healthier online community elsewhere?
@Ananke Everybody keeps saying how Reddit is this lefty paradise where anyone criticizing the LGBTQ+ or praising Donald Trump gets instantly canceled. I guess I just bought into the hype.
Maybe stop going from one social media site to posting an agenda (regardless of what is for it against) and just talk about your life and joke around. You might get a different reaction from people.
