A few weeks ago I was shadowbanned from /r/TheNetherlands without any explanation for posting a pro-Geert Wilders video right before the Dutch elections. (x-post SRC)

135    26 May 2017 10:25 by u/horoblast

Gonne copy and paste my text from SRC (remember this text is from 2 months ago so time indications are not correct anymore): So I've never posted in that sub before, because I'm not from the Netherlands. I saw [this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFLlyoi-fxs) of Geert Wilders in a debate some years ago and thought it could be interesting to post in the biggest Netherlands sub around. Another user even commented on my post like an hour back (only now I checked if It was removed or something). That comment is also not visible anymore. Here's the link to my post: https://np.reddit.com/r/thenetherlands/comments/5yszrz/in_light_of_the_upcoming_dutch_elections_heres_a/ . You can see "1 comment" but nothing there. Figuring It was shadowbanned, I looked in the new-tab of this subreddit and there's only a few posts this afternoon, the rest is hours old at the very least, my post should be in there. [It's not](http://imgur.com/a/igZZg), my post is nowhere to be seen. You can look at my post history or [here](http://imgur.com/a/PVkxl) that I posted it around 1-2 hours ago. So my post was shadowbanned I presume, but was I? Maybe just my post? Nope. I picked [a random thread to comment on](http://imgur.com/a/KsZrI) which is a neutral comment, just said "waow!". I can see my comment when I post one on this thread, but it doesn't show up [here, when using incognito](https://np.reddit.com/r/thenetherlands/comments/5yt5li/turkse_minister_voor_familiezaken_op_weg_naar/). [Here you can see what I see when clicking the np link and looking at my comment](http://imgur.com/a/sPDjX), so my comment is still there (for me to see only). It says there's 20 comments, but if you count (at this very time of course, this most likely won't be accurate in some minutes/hours or later) there's only 18. 2 people are shadowbanned, including me. This sub however does NOT ban/remove/shadowban etc. posts that are anti-Geert Wilders, as seen [here](https://np.reddit.com/r/thenetherlands/comments/5yqddu/why_wilders_doesnt_worry_the_dutch/), a thread that says Geert Wilders does not care about the common Dutchman (his voters, implied). It would seem only pro-Geert Wilders' posts (or maybe even comments) are censored. Yet another sub censoring posts & posters that do not fit the narrative, as my post was not racist, aggressive towards others or against their subreddit's policy (guidelines/rules). If my title "was the problem" (as is used many times to censor dissenting opinions), I would expect a remove and maybe a message stating the title was inappropriate. Then I would've just re-uploaded with the title of the YT-video. Alas. Added text: It seems like all of these /r/[insert country here] subs are also turning more leftist cancerous over time. If you look at some of these subs & their mods, half the time you can see a (small) powermod there too, no doubt installed there to keep the narrative going. They mod places like shitamericanssay, europe, worldnews etc...

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/r/thenetherlands is run by jippiejee, a former /r/europe mod that was kicked out from that mod team because his censorship was too extreme even for /r/europe's standards, which is a bit like getting kicked out of the Stasi for being too Communist. > It seems like all of these /r/[insert country here] subs are also turning more leftist cancerous over time. Every national sub that I know of is in the hands of a pro-censorship leftist. I don't know exactly how it came to be, but that's how it is. That's why /r/european was so successful.
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Yeah... I got banned from /r/Belgium yesterday, there was a thread about Trump coming to Belgium/Europe and more people than usual were fed up with the fake protests and shit, fake outrage all the time about people who only listen to the news etc. I made a joke about free helicopter rides and got permabanned by JebusGobson who's friends & another mod with people who make "jokes"/jokes like this : http://i.magaimg.net/img/mde.png . Idk if they're serious even or a joke but ... helicopter jokes = bad, advocating white genocide = okay ... Either all jokes go, or none. *sigh*. Is DEUS VULT now also advocating mass genocide to muslims and retaking Jerusalem from the muslims/Jews for the Christians? Like wtf they're jokes & memes, idc if you like them or not. There were enough Trump bashing jokes, memes and posts on that sub allowed though... The funniest part is, I was discussing people on that thread and was upvoted more than the people I was responding too, so let's just say I had "support", even for my helicopter joke. The mod who banned me is mod of like 60 subs and used to be a europe mod : https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditcancer/comments/3wsla2/reurope_mod_ujebusgobson_censors_a_thread_about/ or here : http://i.magaimg.net/img/mf2.png (this is not my image initially) . EDIT: here's anarchism sub advocating mass violence, executions/death, etc. : http://imgur.com/NZKGqt1 Here's a default powermod (still very active btw) openly calling for the assassination of a politician (Trump) he doesn't like including the supporters: http://archive.is/UIoEf . *Sigh*.
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> JebusGobson Another mod kicked off the /r/europe team for being excessive even by their standards. No surprises there.
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It's sad I'm starting to recognise these mods' names ... luckily I start seeing/remembering good people's names as well.
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That is almost as bad as if Hitler told someone that they hated jews a bit to much
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I messaged the moderators and they said they were being flooded by new /r/The_Donald users posting Geert Wilders memes on election night. And too be honest that video wasn't exactly _"quality content"_.
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Oh so instead of removing it and/or giving an explanation, they just shadowban you? Is this normal conduct? If they don't like their job and doing it correctly, they shouldn't be mods.
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It was election night, they had to delete lots and lots of shitty memes and deal with many trolls. They can't send a 500 words essay to everyone that is trolling.
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You can just remove the post "sorry, we don't allow this video" or whatever, that's 1) not 500 words, 2) i wasn't being a troll or posting shitty memes 3) if they were smart they'd have made a weekly megathread for all the people to shitpost in for example, to alleviate the stress on the rest of the sub and 4) I honestly don't believe a word they say.
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But shitposting is just not allowed at all in that sub. Shitposting can go in /r/cirkeltrek. They also only shadow-banned /u/The_Donald trolls.
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Oh so I was banned for shitposting in another sub, even though my post wasn't a shitpost or a troll, yeah? It was a political video about Geert Wilders, that's it. You're in /r/redditcensors here yeah and you now just admitting /r/theNetherlands automatically shadowbans anyone posting in T_D even if their posts aren't trolls or calls to violence, just "bam", banned. Disgusting power abuse and power tripping.
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I don't understand how you could take an old video without any relevance, which has been posted many times, post it to the dutch subreddit, and think the people will appreciate it.
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It was upvoted 5 times in a matter of minutes and someone commented on it positively. It's the MODS, not the "people" who disapproved. If you're trying to defend yourself with "muh people", then it should've stayed up and downvoted to hell. That's how it works. Also again, just shadowbanned for posting in another sub, isn't that against reddit overall policy & rules? Also no notification, I asking the mods & no answer, ever. It's simple, they don't care, they're power tripping, they're purging all "dissenting" opinions rather than letting their own users upvote & downvote what they want and they deliberately ignore you when you respectfully ask for an explanation.