reddit.com has been one of the most liberal of social media websites. Liberal in the classic sense: tolerant. Open-minded. Welcoming. The company’s now joined the post-Parkland culture War on Guns being waged by corporate America (e.g., YouTube). Check out the official notice below . . .
Read the second half of the announcement listening to It Wazzunt Me.
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The incredibly popular subreddit /r/gundeals? Nuked. /r/gunsforsale? Toast. /r/brassSwap? That too. Not to mention r/gunnitforward and r/secretsniper.
The subreddit /r/GunsNotForSale is now up! But not for long. ‘Cause the moderators are moderating . . .
We want to let you know that we have made some updates to our content policy forbidding transactions for certain goods and services. Please review this post in r/announcements for specific details.
Due to these changes and the nature of your sub, we want to inform you we are no longer able to keep your subreddit active. The subreddit will be banned effective immediately.
Please also note that any attempts to reconstitute this community under an alternative subreddit would be a violation of our site-wide rules regarding ban evasion.
We’re also hearing some mighty disturbing rumblings from the YouTube jihad. Watch this space – for as long as you can.