News of DOGEstheft of sensitive personal informationled to an outcry on r/WhitePeopleofTwitter, some of which included violent language.
But the entire subreddit was banned rather than being moderated.
We will evaluate content reported to us and action if violating.
U.S. oligarch Elon Musk during a cabinet meeting at the White House on March 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.© Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
The moderators at the subreddit r/Military explained the reason for the link banvery succinctly, with Fuck that guy.
The kind of response youd expect when someone appears to make a Nazi salute.
Dont say Hess to Nazi accusations!
Elon Musk appears to give one of two Nazi salutes on Jan. 20, 2025. © Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images
Some people will Goebbels anything down!
Stop Goring your enemies!
His pronouns wouldve been He/Himmler!
Bet you did nazi that coming.
A Tesla employee who complained about the jokes was reportedly fired, according to theNew York Times.
But most people seem to have understood what Musk was doing at the time.
The U.S. is rapidly descending into the kind of fascism most Americans have only read about in history books.
But American exceptionalism has left many people with the impression that such a thing cant really happen here.
Video of Turkish PhD studentRumeysa Ozturk at Tufts University went viral this week for precisely that.
Musk clearly has the CEO of Reddit on speed-dial.
And his influence is only going to grow as he accumulates more power with Trumps gang of thugs.
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