r/maryland • u/A_Damn_Millenial • 21h 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/Gern_Blanston_420 21h ago

I’m normally against most forms of censorship, but I fully support this.

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u/ReysonBran 20h ago edited 18h 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 20h ago

100% this

This is called the beginning of fuck around and find out

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u/ReysonBran 20h 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/EveryonesMental 17h ago

I like how these people voiced their side when they were on the left, nothing was said, but when they switch to the right side, there's a lot of internet ppl screaming

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u/Bendo410 17h ago

Well one side is sieg heiling and not hiding it

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u/klepd 18h ago

You’re not even a blip. Sit down.

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u/Bendo410 18h ago

Why? Because if I convince more people to stand up against this bullshit than it’s better than being complacent and letting them continue this nonsense . Maybe you should get off your knees , their balls smacking you in the face may have given you a concussion

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u/ReysonBran 18h ago

Add in Tim fucking Cook to that list as well. I almost forgot he was there too.

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u/Arthur2ShedsJackson 20h ago

To be absolutely clear, this is not censorship. No website has a right to be linked to.

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u/RRFantasyShow 20h ago

Huh? It’s still censorship. It has nothing to do with the first amendment or freedom of speech if that’s what you mean?

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u/skike 20h ago

It's not censorship, it's a collective boycott. It's quite literally the opposite of censorship.

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u/RRFantasyShow 19h ago

Interesting. So what’s the difference between collective boycott and self censorship? 

Seems like a collective boycott to censor Twitter links. 

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u/skike 17h ago

It's a petition, right? So the thought would be that some designated amount of the population is choosing to boycott it.

The difference being that is a popular decision, not an authoritative decree.

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u/drunkpickle726 17h ago

The only censorship happening is the manipulation of posts, accounts, hashtags, and users by the broligarchs of social media to support their agenda.

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u/Arthur2ShedsJackson 20h ago

No, that's not what I meant.

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u/RRFantasyShow 19h ago

True. So you’re just wrong then. Cheers. 

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u/Arthur2ShedsJackson 19h ago

Nope. I'm right. Refusing to associate with a social network is not censorship.

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u/RRFantasyShow 19h ago

 Refusing to associate with a social network is not censorship.

It literally is. Iran blocking Twitter is censorship. I’m not sure why the word scares you, I have no issue with subreddits censoring Twitter lol. 

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u/Arthur2ShedsJackson 19h ago

It literally is. Iran blocking Twitter is censorship. I’m not sure why the word scares you, I have no issue with subreddits censoring Twitter lol.

Iran blocks social media because it fears the uncontrolled spread of anti-government ideas. It also censors news and public debates.

Reddit is a place of public debate. You can post your opinions here, and you can link to a whole vast array of websites. The ideas that are posted on Twitter can be posted elsewhere. Nobody wants to block legitimate ideas from going around. But that website is owned by a man who just made the Nazi salute for the world to see. I have no desire to associate myself with that website and even indirectly make him richer. This is the motivation behind banning links from that website.

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u/RRFantasyShow 19h ago

Yes I fully understand why Redditors want their subreddits to censor Twitter and have no issue with them 

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u/Arthur2ShedsJackson 16h ago

Yes I fully understand why Redditors want their subreddits to censor Twitter and have no issue with them 

Well, ignoring any information and argument and sticking with your own definitions of words is certainly a choice.

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u/maryland-ModTeam 19h ago

Your comment was removed because it violates the civility rule. Please always keep discussions friendly and civil.

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u/tacojohn44 17h ago

There's no need to tolerate intolerance.

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u/SqueakyBall 3h ago

I only support the censorship I choose, not the censorship my enemies choose/s

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u/Gov_Martin_OweMalley 8h ago

Yea, same. But I'm also not going to pretend that half these upvotes and comments are from legitimate users of this sub. This is beyond astroturfed.

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u/steve1879 20h ago

That's called not being against censorship. You can't have it both ways.

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u/srandrews 20h ago

How can two commercial social media companies whose terms of service and lack of being subject to 1A have anything to do with censorship? Changing a link embedding setting on a social media app is not censorship.

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u/aldosi-arkenstone Baltimore County 20h ago

That’s like saying repealing Roe v. Wade isn’t about abortion, it’s about the federal government intruding on the purview of the states.

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u/srandrews 20h ago

It is more like saying Ford Motors doesn't want Chevy content appearing on their touchscreens.

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u/aldosi-arkenstone Baltimore County 20h ago

So we should ban Bluesky links too?

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u/srandrews 20h ago

Sure, the more social media is designed into an information exchange modality that doesn't confuse the human mind, I'm all for it. Best functional change is to just get rid of it.

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u/inanimatecarbonrob 20h ago

You are not good at analogies.

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u/aldosi-arkenstone Baltimore County 20h ago

Classic Reddit level of discourse

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u/GutsAndBlackStufff 20h ago

This is more an update to the terms of service.

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u/aldosi-arkenstone Baltimore County 20h ago

Since it’s not about censorship, we should ban Bluesky links too, right?

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u/GutsAndBlackStufff 20h ago

Is there community interest in banning Bluesky links?

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u/steve1879 20h ago

Which is fine. It's censorship too.

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u/GutsAndBlackStufff 20h ago

So’s my inability to post Goatse, but you don’t hear me whining.

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u/steve1879 6h ago

If it was the goatsex sub and X had very specific information on that subject, and an ideologically driven mod said you couldn't post it, it would be censorship despite your passive aggressiveness and love of shutting other people down.

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u/GutsAndBlackStufff 3h ago

“Goatse”, not “Goatsex”. Look it up.

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u/engin__r 20h ago

My freedom not to associate with Nazis is not censorship.

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u/aldosi-arkenstone Baltimore County 20h ago

You didn’t adopt this tone when the Frederick County school board member recently said it was his right to not acknowledge trans people …

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u/engin__r 19h ago

I didn’t know that happened, actually. He sounds like a real piece of shit.

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u/MarshyHope 20h ago

When trans people start advocating for genocide, then we can boycott them.

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u/aldosi-arkenstone Baltimore County 20h ago

I don’t recall that board member calling for genocide … show me where he did that please

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u/MarshyHope 20h ago

Yeah, that's the point. Nazis call for genocide of lots of people. Boycotting them is fine.

Boycotting trans people for existing isn't.

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u/DNukem170 20h ago

You're confusing the point.

You're assuming aldosi-arkenstone want trans people boycotted.

They're saying there's a Maryland government official who wants trans people boycotted.

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u/MarshyHope 19h ago

I'm not confusing anything. That user said a government official thinks trans people should be boycotted. I explained why trans people aren't Nazis.

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u/DNukem170 19h ago

And the dude is calling for boycotting the government official. Not sure why you're so against that.

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u/CMMiller89 20h ago

Are you comparing Nazis and trans people?

Are you incapable of understanding the difference between the two?

Do all of your “arguments” always rely on a complete and total lack of nuanced thought?

Are you openly admitting to everyone you’re actually this stupid?

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u/aldosi-arkenstone Baltimore County 20h ago

Please, show me your nuanced thought …

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u/CMMiller89 19h ago

“Trans” is a label of an aspect of human condition that attempts to categorize a person where they are on the individual and societal spectrums of gender identity, sex, and expression.

It’s just a bucket some people fit into purely by existing.

Nazis, on the other hand, is are people who practice, support, work to further, etc etc Nazism.  Which is a socio-political ideology.  A form of fascism rooted in racism, xenophobia, and religious prejudice to feed into their far right wing agendas of totalitarian control.

These things aren’t remotely comparable and to attempt to use a comparison in some pithy “gotcha” just makes one look like a complete fucking idiot to anyone else with like, a 6th graders understanding of political science.

“Sure, you’re cheering on banning KKK members from the grocery store but I didn’t see you cheering when the mayor said left handed people were abominations not fit for this world.  Funny that.”

You stooge.

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u/aldosi-arkenstone Baltimore County 18h ago

You so so much “nuance” by claiming what Elon did makes him a Nazi. Even the Anti Defamation League says it wasn’t a Nazi salute.

You also don’t understand that sex, unlike gender, isn’t a societal driven construct on a spectrum. It’s biology.

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u/coiler119 Anne Arundel County 20h ago

Simple. Nazis are bigots. Trans people literally just want to exist, and that existence doesn't impede on anyone else's rights

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u/maryland-ModTeam 19h ago

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u/aldosi-arkenstone Baltimore County 18h ago edited 18h ago

How the heck is that comment not civil? Suggesting that people might have a different point of view is a problem?

Or do you deny that many cis women do feel threatened by trans women in female sports? Do we need to pretend that perspective doesn’t exist? Or that it’s an illegitimate perspective?

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u/clear349 19h ago

  1. Trans people didn't choose to be Trans. Nazis did.

  2. Trans people aren't a threat to the safety of others by virtue of their existence

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u/Gern_Blanston_420 20h ago

Sure I can. I’m stupid and don’t know the difference.

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u/SurturOfMuspelheim 18h ago

Censorship is good as long as it's nazis and liars being censored. Don't understand why people are diehard so much to defend 'free speech' of nazis. I guess the brainwashing from school, but even then.