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[–] Globeparasite@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you look at right wing subs yeah... Otherwise on reddit, denying the Uyghurs genocide and PRC propaganda are very casual

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

You'd think so, but my city's subreddit used to advocate for transit, better support for the homeless, healthcare etc and generally be very left leaning. They still are some of the time, but I've started seeing a lot of upvoted comments very literally calling for the implementation of drug use policies (ie death) from places like Saudi Arabia or the Philippines.

I guess it's possible it's part of the Western move right ward but it's jarring. I get it, the city's drug problem is at its current worst, but advocating for the actual murder of users is insane and I can't believe comments like that are at the top of threads. Even just a year ago those comments would be downvoted out of existence