Hi everyone. As r/The_Donald floods the front page, I decided to go back to lurking on the cesspool of misguided sexist madness that is r/TheRedPill. The two subreddits are closely and terrifyingly intertwined. So now, I think, is the time that we take the action that is necessary and make some serious noise. When these people start to latch onto a political candidate, when they are running a sub with over 60,000 subscribers, it's a sign that this has gone to far. The hateful rhetoric of The Red Pill cannot stand.
It encourages violence towards women, this we know. This subbreddit has countless examples of textbook emotional abuse. It encourages men to think of women as sex objects, and that they have no say in the matter. This kind of thinking leads to sexual assault. It paints a picture of women as gold digging whores, demonizing them and demeaning them. Posts are literally titled "Managing your bitches." That is hatred for women, no matter how you think about it. The Red Pill is sexist, and works as an echo chamber for men who often violently hate women. This is unacceptable.
The Red Pill also hates men, but in a different, more cult-like kind of way. A favorite of mine: "So you're a boring fuck: How to become interesting. This isn't self help, this is berating. The message that you get from The Red Pill is no different from any weird self help trend, which is that your current state is bad, and to not remain this pathetic person you are, follow these rules. This is what cults do. They elevate a certain person, the "alphas" and say that to attain this level of enlightenment, you must do this. Otherwise, you are useless, you're "beta". It is a bizarre and cruel system, and needs to be abolished.
So yeah, those are my main points. We can also talk about how The Red Pill has vast misconceptions about the concept of patriarchy, feminism, rape culture and political correctness, but I think all of reddit has those problems. In short, the Red Pill is a hate sub, hating men and women, encouraging violence against women and it should be banned. Or at least quarantined.
A massive shit storm would be raised but it would die down, and the people that leave reddit would be replaced by people who find the atmosphere a little less hateful and rapey.
Oh plus I'm not the first person to want this. The Red Pill is famously bad, and banning it would improve reddit's standing in many people's eyes. Maybe then the hundreds of positive, good communities on this site would be what people think of, instead of rape apologists.
I'm dead serious, and I would like us, as people who are opposed to hate speech and violence, to take action, as a unified front.
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