/r/OutOfTheLoop mods remove a perfectly rule-abiding answer because it doesn't follow their narrative, despite the comment having a gold and platinum. Remember, Reddit moderator rules specifically forbid moderation based on personal opinion.

202    17 May 2019 15:14 by u/NorseGodLoki0411

17 comments

107 u/NorseGodLoki0411 [OP] 17 May 2019 15:14
Here's the offending comment: Answer: Joe invites all kinds of guests to his podcast to talk to them. Not to intimidate them but to have a conversation with them. A lot of people don't like the idea of right wingers being able to talk. A lot of people also have a problem with liberals being able to talk. He didn't give Alex Jones much pushback, but he did the same with Jack Dorsey (Twitter CEO). People forget he's mostly just there to have a conversation and that this isn't some Fox News/ CNN segment. So a lot of people choose to ignore everything else and just notice the fact that he's "giving right wingers a platform" when in reality he gives everyone a platform.
16 u/Chutzvah 17 May 2019 21:24
I read that this morning. Seemed like a perfectly solid answer
29 u/NorseGodLoki0411 [OP] 17 May 2019 21:33
Whew. That was a close one. Luckily the moderators are around to make sure you know how to think.
3 u/Supreme_Chonk 25 May 2019 00:13
I never knew how bad it was until now. He's not the only one who had their answer deleted. The only answers left are acceptable, but don't really give the big picture.
29 u/MarquisDePaid 17 May 2019 18:32
Out of the loops mods are horrible
18 u/joedude 17 May 2019 15:49
well it's 2019 where allowing more than 1 government approved thought is "fascism" we're fucked.
2 u/[deleted] 18 May 2019 00:01
Be prepared.
18 u/dingusfunk 17 May 2019 19:45
Meanwhile answers regarding the Alabama abortion ban were filled with explicatives and super abortion-biased talking points and they didnt get removed.
11 u/NorseGodLoki0411 [OP] 17 May 2019 19:48
I'm certain it was just an honest mistake.
4 u/dingusfunk 17 May 2019 20:10
They were the most upvoted and the mods clearly would have seen them
7 u/lucindafer 17 May 2019 21:23
I’m pretty sure that he was being sarcastic
2 u/Chutzvah 17 May 2019 21:31
This is such a touchy topic. I'm a bit of both on this issue. I don't like the thought of abortion because from what I've read, it is a process that does end the life of a child in the womb. That being said, if you are willing to accept that not only are you ending a life but also hurting your chances of having a healthy baby in the future, do what you want to do. Free country. I may think that it's wrong, but I'm, not going to tell someone to no do something just because I disagree with it.
14 u/Enrys 17 May 2019 18:14
Leftists would love it if all right leaning people were tied to a chair with duct tape over their mouths, and having no contact with any other living creature whatsoever.
-2 u/IHateHangovers 17 May 2019 22:03
I feel like some subreddits’ mods are the same type of people who blame Millennials for everything and think Baby Boomers are flawless role models for society.
-4 u/gaelgal 17 May 2019 20:24
There seems to be a similar but better explanation there now instead, maybe the one you’re referring to was removed because a better one was posted? Just a theory (not a game theory)
2 u/thisissamsaxton 17 May 2019 22:15
Even if that's true, that's still censorship. Just an even stupider version of it.
11 u/wolfman1911 17 May 2019 22:37
They don't delete answers because better answers have been posted, that doesn't make any sense. If that were the case, the comments of a thread there would be even more of a graveyard than r/askhistorians