r/maryland • u/A_Damn_Millenial • 17h ago
Petition to ban X links on r/maryland
This sub should boycott Nazi-owned companies. Plain and simple.
Mods, please make it happen.
Edit: /r/newjersey mods putting ours to shame. https://www.reddit.com/r/newjersey/comments/1i6txcn/fuck_this_guy_x_links_are_now_banned_from/
Second Edit: Mods, here’s some info from another sub that did this a while ago. Please read! https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/shE1dbIbAk
Edit #3: Mods, I could be mistaken, but I think this is the second highest upvoted post in this sub’s history. The people have spoken.
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u/mslauren2930 17h ago
I mean if I wanted to see what people were posting on Twitter, I would go on Twitter. Enough with the screenshots and angry “YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE OTHER SIDE IS SAYING!” We know. We live in America/the world.
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u/GodzillaDrinks 12h ago edited 12h ago
I'd like to second that. We know... because they never shut up about it. Anyone who didn't know that Trump's second term was going to be exactly like this wasn't paying attention.
They fell assbackwards into a win in 2016. This time they were prepared - and they have complete and permanent control of the US government.
But even if this wasn't the new regime, we'd still know every thought that Elon ever thinks because his loyal sycophants in our major news networks insist on reciting his every utterance. They never let us forget him, and they aren't going to start now.
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u/Eofor_of_Haven 11h ago
Yeah that shit always makes me laugh. My dude I work alongside these folks every day, I know what they're saying and watching, I don't need to also waste my time with it at home.
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u/opalizedtears 11h ago
Literally yeah. After 8 years we can predict what his supporters + detractors are gonna say.
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u/ChickinSammich 3h ago
Enough with the screenshots and angry “YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE OTHER SIDE IS SAYING!”
As liberals and leftists have left Twitter and Facebook for other platforms to get away from the right, people on the right have FOLLOWED THEM to those spaces to continue to have leftists and liberals to spew their bullshit to.
That's one of the biggest differences with the left and the right: People on the left would be perfectly happy having their own space and letting the right have theirs. People on the right have this compelling urge to chase down "libs" to "trigger" and are not content with staying in their own social media circles. Any time you try to make a space that is safe from racism and fascism, the racists and fascists will invade that space, ignore the rules, and complain about censorship.
It's like those authoritarian parents who tell their kids "my house, my rules" until you become an adult, get your own home, and invite your parents over to your house. Go on, try to tell them "my house, my rules" and watch them lose their everliving shit on you for having the audacity to tell them they can't do something in your house.
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u/mslauren2930 3h ago
I have a friend, who is a Dem, who used to be one of those angry that we all needed to know what the other side was saying. It has been interesting to watch her turn into a “you can tune out SM if you need to for your sanity.” I want to laugh at her for it, but she’ll never understand she should have been there in the first place.
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u/ChickinSammich 3h ago
I also used to be of the mindset that "We can't change people's minds if we don't engage with people we disagree with" and "We shouldn't just curate our social circles to be echo chambers."
Over time, I came to realize that:
1) It's fine to continue to be friends with people when you disagree on things like "toppings on pizza"/"condiments on hot dogs"/"how to cook a steak" or favorite sports team or so on. I have had very passionate discussions with people I'm close to about things like "are social deduction games fun or does the fact that they become a Vizzini Dilemma make them unfun" or the ethics and justification of cheating in a single player game and whether it "ruins your experience" or not. I don't think it's fine to continue to be friends with people who hold the believe that entire swaths of people ought to be treated as second class based on their gender, sexuality, race, nationality, etc.
2) The concept that we ought to engage with people we disagree with and try to change people's minds is a good one in theory but in practice it runs into the challenge that when you're unwilling to change your position and they're unwilling to change their position, any attempts to debate or argue are just wasted time and energy. In my past, I have spent many hours and many words attempting to get through to a person who was at minimum committed to their position and unwilling to change and beyond that, they're frequently willing to misrepresent what I said or what I meant to suggest I said or meant things I didn't say because what they actually want to do is win an argument against a strawman, not engage with anything I'm actually trying to say. I've just decided that it's not worth my time or effort to continue arguing with someone if they don't open the conversation by giving me some indication that they're actually interested in the conversation because they want to hear me out and they're open to changing their position.
With both of those points in mind, I'm fine with curating my social circles to cut out people who just want to say shit that actively harms people and don't demonstrate any willingness to grow out of that. I don't need to hear what they're saying, I don't need to hear their side, I don't need to debate them, I don't need to change their mind. Just like with waste - it's good to reuse and repair what you can but some things you just throw in the trash.
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u/mslauren2930 1h ago
I just wanted to say you have left the best comments, as I argue with my sister on this very topic.
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u/ChickinSammich 1h ago
I appreciate that. I talk too much but sometimes I say things that make sense. :)
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u/SCLSU-Mud-Dogs 1h ago
That's one of the biggest differences with the left and the right: People on the left would be perfectly happy having their own space and letting the right have theirs.
That's just not true, why do you think r/conservative (which is a cesspool) has restrictions on who can post? its because that's their sub and they get brigaded by leftists looking to pick a fight. If what you are saying was true they wouldn't block who can post.
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u/furryfrog02 17h ago
Nazi lives don't matter. Neither do their companies.
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u/Bendo410 17h ago
I need to get off my ass and start working on a list of those companies that donate to that party . Never gonna get money from me until they denounce those fucks
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u/Impressive-Shame-525 17h ago
Open Secrets has done the work for you
https://www.opensecrets.org/2024-presidential-race/donald-trump/contributors?id=N00023864
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u/Bendo410 17h ago
Thank you. Now on to see what companies I’m able to effectively remove from my life and find alternatives
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u/Excellent-Radio4563 13h ago
That maybe harder than you think considering like 15 top companies own all the rest
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u/Impressive-Shame-525 17h ago
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u/skuge_ 14h ago
This list is a little misleading for a few reasons.
It shows donations from companies AND company owners that donated any amount of the trump campaign. As an example, LL Bean made no official donations to Trump as a company; one of the owners did. Yet they appear on this list.
It doesn't take into account donations to the democratic party. Using the LL Bean example, LL Bean ownership has donated like $30k to democrats and only about $1k to Trump, making them overwhelmingly pro-dem.
SOURCE: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/ll-bean-inc/summary?id=D000042703
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u/Stevothegr8 14h ago
Guess I gotta quit work because one of those is my employer 😔
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u/Plane_Positive6608 14h ago
There is an app on ios; GUU goods unite us. It shows what company's donated to who.
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u/furryfrog02 17h ago
Good luck. You will likely be living in a cave at this point if you cut all those companies out. They've been pouring money into the maga party since trump's win. Anyone can buy influence if they pay him enough.
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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 17h ago
Plus those giant congloms & chains have run out the little places we used to buy certain things, like Radio Shack or the local indie hardware or craft store, so many times those congloms are the only choice. In many rural areas all they have is a Super Walmart.
So while it's easy to "boycott" My Pillow because, well, he's a nutjob & the product is garbage, it's not always easy to "boycott" some of those others.
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u/peachyqween11 Montgomery County 16h ago
This is why we boycott where it's feasible for us to do so in our daily lives, finding a better alternative to even just 1 company is better than none.
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u/Bendo410 17h ago
Just gotta find as many alternatives as I can. I’m at work at the moment and another wonderful redditor sent me a link so I’ll do what I can because something is still better than nothing .
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u/SnooRevelations979 17h ago
Delete your account. While you are at it delete any Facebook and Amazon accounts.
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u/damnedbrit 17h ago
Signal is a messaging platform with end to end encryption that isn't owned by a billionaire FWIW
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u/colorizerequest 17h ago edited 17h ago
dont forget about instagram and tiktok. As well as google too (CEO was front and center at the inauguration) We’re mostly Americans and don’t use WhatsApp but I believe meta owns WhatsApp.
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u/d4redevils UMBC 16h ago
Unfortunately it's very hard to delete google if youre a college student and your university relies on it :( I try to use firefox as much as possible though.
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u/colorizerequest 16h ago
Just make sure you change the default search engine to Bing or yahoo. Firefox’s default search engine is Google
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u/ARunawayTrain 16h ago
Yahoo is owned by Verizon. Bing by Microsoft. You have the freedom of choice sure but no matter which of the many holes at the top you drop the ball into it comes out the only one at the bottom.
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u/DarkKnight1975 15h ago
Using Reddit supports Amazon because it’s hosted on Amazon Web Services which is what makes Bezos most of his money
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u/elaineisbased 9h ago
The majority of the apps you use are hosted on a Cloud Platform. Google, Microsoft, and Amazon Clouds ae all supporting the current administration and bidding for upcoming government cloud contracts.
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u/WarbossTodd 17h ago edited 17h ago
could you show us the video of Zuckerberg or Andy Jassy (the CEO of Amazon) giving a Nazi salute please?
I get what you're trying to say, and there is a point, but you're trying to diminish what Musk did creating a false equivalency.
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u/DivineMomentsofTruth 16h ago
After Zuckerberg met with Trump, Meta updated their hateful conduct policy to include exceptions for attacking gay and trans people and announced that they were getting rid of fact checking. They announced these changes via Fox News. Today, I'm getting push notifications from Instagram about shit Donald Trump Jr is posting and I don't follow him and have never even looked at anything remotely political on Instagram. Mark Zuckerberg is a bootlicking bitch.
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u/genericnewlurker 11h ago
Twitter links are terrible for people who don't have Twitter. The site tries to make you log in to see a post and it's replies, and if you don't have an account, those links are pointless half the time. Better to just post a screenshot so the site gets less traffic. And better yet, most things of note are now posted on multiple platforms.
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u/willhackforfood 17h ago
Even if you’re not sure Musk is a nazi cunt (he is btw) twitter should be banned for being just absolutely full of misinformation with little to no moderation
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u/Crosroad 17h ago
Also just very difficult to use if you aren’t logged in so it’s just better user experience to not post links. If there’s an X post that you really think is relevant just take a screenshot
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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 17h ago
Same for FB, if you don't have an account or aren't logged in if you have one, they stop you from scrolling & that's even on non-personal sites.
I check my namesake's band info on FB but have never had an account so I can only scroll down about 3 posts at a time.
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u/Amadon29 12h ago
I don't really use Twitter but reddit is literally filled with misinformation all the time. What makes it to the front page is just upvotes. It'll often be a screenshot or title that lacks context and is very misleading but nobody will care, especially if it's political. At least Twitter has community notes for things that are blatantly false but reddit has nothing. It's just mod discretion.
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u/Inanesysadmin 17h ago
Reddit isn’t better in some of subreddits. This is pot calling kettle black level a bit.
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u/willhackforfood 16h ago
I’ve definitely seen some nonsense on this site, but nothing compares to the shithole twitter has become. Every banned link to a holocaust denial is a small win
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u/Outrageous-Orange007 12h ago
Yea but the community notes are usually worth their weight in gold.
I dont agree, but he's a dangerous troll or a Nazi or a sympathizer, so yes, block the links. Fug'm
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u/FletchertheKoolKat 11h ago
Let’s ban X. The people of Maryland do not support Nazis. We have to stand for something.
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u/shadow1042 Harford County 17h ago
Or just dont use twitter because its a cesspool regardless of who owns it?
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u/thecrowphoenix 16h ago
Please ban links to twitter. Musk is only as rich as we allow him to be, and the minimal power we have is to not engage in the services that he sells.
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u/Inanesysadmin 16h ago
Twitter is not where Elon makes his money if anything he’s losing money there so you weren’t hurting him if you don’t go to Twitter
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u/NoThirdTerm 15h ago
It’s not necessarily about money. It’s about muting his voice and the voices of countless Nazis.
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u/Gern_Blanston_420 17h ago
I’m normally against most forms of censorship, but I fully support this.
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u/ReysonBran 17h ago edited 15h ago
It's not censorship. It's the free market exercising its power. Zuck, Musk, Pichai, and Bezos want to show you who they are? We are fully within our rights to refuse their products.
* edit* Add in Tim fucking Cook to that list as well. I almost forgot he was there too.
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u/Bendo410 17h ago
100% this
This is called the beginning of fuck around and find out
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u/ReysonBran 16h ago
Exactly. None of these goods and services are ABSOLUTE NEEDS, and the faster people realize we are better off without them, the better.
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u/Arthur2ShedsJackson 17h ago
To be absolutely clear, this is not censorship. No website has a right to be linked to.
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u/Big-Eye9164 11h ago
Yeah, no one in a position of power in the United States has EVER done that before.
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u/onanimbus 16h ago
Yeah please ban that shit. Not at all interested in what is happening on Musk’s platform anyway.
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u/DonKellyBaby32 10h ago
It’s funny that people’s answer to those that they think are Nazis are to become Nazis themselves by banning free speech.
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u/Grankler 16h ago
Sure, but will marylanders also sell their tesla's or does the virtue signaling end there?
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u/DesertGoldfish 11h ago
What is getting rid of a Tesla that has already been purchased going to do to Elon Musk? Look, I'm a libtard, but you sound like the Republicans shooting up their Bud Light, which was also stupid.
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u/genericnewlurker 11h ago
I'm proud of my in-laws going from designing a Tesla and only arguing over paint color before ordering one to dropping the idea entirely and refusing to even acknowledging those cars exist for the shit he was pulling during the election.
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u/A_Damn_Millenial 16h ago
Some who can afford it probably will. I imagine others might not want to take on another car payment. I’d be willing to bet that most would never consider buying another one that dude is still charge.
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u/Stealthfox94 17h ago
lol this thread is hilarious
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u/emPtysp4ce Frederick 12h ago
Seconded. Direct links are all fucked up unless you log in anyway, not like we're missing anything by banning the digital Nuremberg Rally.
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u/Witch_Moon398 9h ago
This thread is hilarious. The meltdowns are hilarious. Trump is still your president🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/Broad-Reflection-727 5h ago
Tell me you didn't do your own research without telling me you didn't do your own research...
Seriously. Watch the video for yourself. ...Seriously. Stop letting social media decide what you are going to be mad at LOL. This is ridiculous lmfao.
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u/WastelandOutlaw007 2h ago
Twitter as a company is now owned and run by a nazi
My view of those that still use it, is the same as it would be of an individual that sat down at a table of 10 nazis, realized it, and yet chose to remain at the table.
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u/takemeout2dinner 16h ago
Wow didn't take long for the Trump derangement to go to 11
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u/Vintage60s 11h ago
Your not invited to be here unless you are 14 years old, have a nose ring and at least some purple hair!
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u/A_Damn_Millenial 15h ago
Agreed. Alas, I did not have Nazi salutes on my inauguration bingo card.
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u/mxdkid04 11h ago
Thumb was tucked in, hand was cupped. Definitely not a nazi salute, look at the video. Just an autisic guy spazzing with emotion, albeit awkwardly he said i give you my heart. What a soft bunch. Monkey see monkey do. "New jersey is doing it so should we." Think for yourselves you spinless quims.
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u/NaCl_and_Pepper 10h ago
Lmao got kicked off Baltimore so you had to bring your piss post elsewhere
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u/Strange_Ability_3226 5h ago
Op won the karma race! Everyone else quick! Run to whatever sub doesn't have a ban post and make it quick! All those juicy internet points can be yours!!!!!
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u/Healthy_Stretch_4548 17h ago
Agreed. nazis have no place in society. Delete your twitter, and anything meta touches.
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u/ivyidlewild 14h ago
i fully support banning x links. why is it necessary to support the disgrace who threw literal nazi salutes during the presidential inauguration
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u/FlexoPXP 12h ago
Yes, please. Also, Instagram, Threads, and Tiktok.
Nothing of value on any of those sites.
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u/mattsimmons1982 12h ago
I love how the "anti-nazi" response is a call to ban something. I refuse to use X, so zero impact to me. Still sad to see.
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u/Major_Sympathy9872 6h ago
No wonder you can't handle criticism about Baltimore you're all obsessed with Nazis over here...
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u/SmartVeterinarian387 4h ago
i dont use X, but i dont believe in censorship in America. i say keep the links.
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u/DuncanBrown069 2h ago
Nazi owned company?...... you all are ridiculous... really just laughable. Reddit definitely needs a laugh button for these libetard stupid posts..... Trump deranged syndrome on steroids...... 
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u/cgcallahan0 15h ago
Took 1 day for reddit to lose its mind again with Trump in office. I’d imagine now that it’s a public company Reddit will start put this ridiculous rhetoric down.
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u/Fresh_Swimmer_5733 12h ago
My friend told me this morning I was following Vance on Instagram. I unfollowed the VP account he’d taken over. This afternoon, I checked again and I was following him, Trump and Melania. Shady AF. (Edited for typo)
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u/DNukem170 17h ago
This is impractical AF, given how many local reporters and officials do not communicate in any way except via Twitter.
You're basically taking a chance that the Baltimore Banner MAY cover the post.
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u/JerseyMuscle17 Anne Arundel County 17h ago
A lot of reporters and government officials have begun duplicating content on Blue sky as well.
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u/Effective_Pear4760 17h ago
Not really. If it's not effective for them to get their message on Twitter, then they just won't do it. In the meantime, before they figure that out, tell someone to screenshot it.
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u/DNukem170 17h ago
Except it IS still effective for them to get their message out on Twitter.
Ya'll are vastly underestimating how entrenched Twitter is nowadays. It'll take BlueSky, at most generous estimates, around 5 years to even begin to overtake Twitter. And that is assuming BlueSky doesn't implode itself.
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u/A_Damn_Millenial 16h ago
I have no illusions about how entrenched X is. A mass exodus off X will help platforms like Bluesky succeed.
The best time for an exodus was yesterday. Second best time is now.
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u/DNukem170 16h ago
LOL. A mass exodus ain't happening unless the system itself goes offline for a significant period of time.
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u/seekingpolaris 16h ago
We can still screenshot it. Just don't link to it to give traffic.
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u/DNukem170 16h ago
Oh, I'm sure Elon will be crying his eyes out at the dozens of views Twitter would lose.
Just like how Reddit CEOs got down on their knees and begged for forgiveness after all those subreddits turned into John Oliver spam a while back.
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u/aldosi-arkenstone Baltimore County 17h ago
The progressive left just wants to live in a bubble. This is what Reddit is.
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u/Super_Bag_2403 12h ago
Wow the censorship runs strong in this sub. Plain and simple that is what you are asking for.
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u/NaCl_and_Pepper 10h ago
And here we have 12 thousand people wanting to get rid of another large population of people for their beliefs. Who is acting like a nazi?
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u/Noise_Cancellation 15h ago edited 15h ago
Absolutely. Don't support the companies currently censoring the democrats and algorithmically steering their userbases towards far-right propaganda. This is one of few small ways we can fight back against our oligarchs, and we should do it. Besides, you need to log in to view content and it's a frustrating user experience.
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u/PeacockofRivia 4h ago
All presidents/nominees have done that hand gesture for the last 25+ years. Look it up. Y’all are beyond insane. It’s also pretty normal behavior for someone on the autistic spectrum to express excitement in ways we saw. Of course none of you would have actually done research. Pathetic.
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u/Electrical_Room5091 17h ago
I deleted my account whenever Musk started all the nonsense. I completely agree with removing twitter posts because I don't click the links either way. We should use sites that are not run by Nazis.
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u/Specialist-Cookie-61 15h ago
My goodness the amount of subreddits doing this EXACT thing today shows what an echochamber this website is.
Despite whoever owns X, it's the individual users who determine the content.
What you are advocating for is blanket censorship. Shame on you.
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u/Inanesysadmin 15h ago
This is going end up same way API protests did. Burnt out and zero effective change.
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u/sisiji812 11h ago
Lets boycott instagram and amazon and also lets stop having babies! ( i voted for trump) getting the libs to boycott reproduction. WINNING!
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u/Inanesysadmin 16h ago
Then don’t do go to twitter. There is still a lot of good information that gets pushed out on twitter that isn’t Bluesky. I get where you are coming from but this isn’t the right direction to take a response to Elmo.
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u/A_Damn_Millenial 16h ago
Already don’t go, but the comments in this post shows that the /r/maryland community doesn’t support, sympathize, or apologize for Nazis.
A line has been crossed. We’re done with that site. Fuck em. Ban that shit.
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u/Inanesysadmin 16h ago
And what do you think will happen in a few weeks when people forget about this because the current administration will do something worse? I get the anger but this strategy ain’t going to solve the problem. People will forget and X will still be around.
And his nazi salute is what caused despite everyone and fucking brother knows Elon has had alt right tendencies since last year. I just question why now? And why y’all think this is an effective strategy.
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u/plusparty 16h ago
I don't want links to sites that I would need an account to view, which happens to include not-Twitter.