5:52 pm - 02/10/2013
Some celebrities leave Reddit shortly after they collect easy publicity , but Star Trek's William Shatner isn't afraid to stick around and ruffle some feathers. An active user on the site since his first "Ask Me Anything" session in January, Shatner has issued some stern comments about the site's tolerance of hateful or racist users, writing that he is "appalled by some of the immature, horrifically racist, sexist, homophobic, ethnic, etc... posts that are just ignored here." Shatner questions Reddit's hands-off approach, writing that "the fact that someone could come here, debase and degrade people based on race, religion, ethnicity or sexual preference because 'they have a right' to do so without worry of any kind of moderation is sending the wrong message."
That attitude may seem to fly in the face of free speech — a value Reddit (mostly) supports — but Shatner's unimpressed when it comes to hate speech. In response to a comment goading him to become president of the United States ("because apparently you know best," the commenter wrote), Shatner replied: "first of all, I'm Canadian. Second of all Reddit is worldwide. So 'First Amendment' means nothing online."
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William Shatner vs. Reddit
Some celebrities leave Reddit shortly after they collect easy publicity , but Star Trek's William Shatner isn't afraid to stick around and ruffle some feathers. An active user on the site since his first "Ask Me Anything" session in January, Shatner has issued some stern comments about the site's tolerance of hateful or racist users, writing that he is "appalled by some of the immature, horrifically racist, sexist, homophobic, ethnic, etc... posts that are just ignored here." Shatner questions Reddit's hands-off approach, writing that "the fact that someone could come here, debase and degrade people based on race, religion, ethnicity or sexual preference because 'they have a right' to do so without worry of any kind of moderation is sending the wrong message."
That attitude may seem to fly in the face of free speech — a value Reddit (mostly) supports — but Shatner's unimpressed when it comes to hate speech. In response to a comment goading him to become president of the United States ("because apparently you know best," the commenter wrote), Shatner replied: "first of all, I'm Canadian. Second of all Reddit is worldwide. So 'First Amendment' means nothing online."
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Shantner is the man.
I only ever went to reddit once because I read Colin Mochrie's ask me everything or what's it called, but I really didn't get how the site worked, so I left right after. I wonder if it's a sign that I am getting too old for the internet /csb
Yes, because Canada and France and the UK have become such police states that even saying a curse word gets you throw in jail. It's all because of that SLIPPERY SLOPE
FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY RACIAL SLURS, NOW I CAN'T EVEN TALK ANYMORE. OH THE HUMANITY OF IT ALL!
and then in other posts people complain about hateful stuff being said and nothing being done about it...
"Is it racist to love vanilla and avoid chocolate? No, because that's a personal preference. I don't see how this is any different."
fuck reddit
while on reddit they bash all minorities & throw around the word faggot & the n word & make racist jokes like its their job- also god forbid a women rejects them, she must be friendzone-ing them, its not that she just doesn't wanna get with the gross most likely WOW addicted dweeb
w/e though because both sites have interesting stuff on them & you just can't buy into the mob mentality
Otherwise though, there are many reddit users who think they are amazing people purely for knowing the website exists.
reddit is where mras go to circlewank about how they're being oppressed cause no girls want to fuck them.
I'm only here to say that I would still fuck the hell out of William Shatner.
like the vast majority of fic comms/journals on lj are friends locked. you need to join to see most of it, especially the explicit stuff. were you not around when the snarry shit went down?
It seems that everyone complaining about how horrible Reddit is either reading comments from /r/MensRights, or similar subreddit, and acting like that's how the majority of Reddit acts or just joining the hate bandwagon - something ONTD likes to do. From my experience, there are a lot of insightful and interesting posts/comments that far outweigh the hate speech. Again, it's what subs you subscribe to.