Users on the “r/conspiracy” subreddit, a prominent message board for conspiracy theorists, have repeatedly issued calls for violence in response to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issuing a temporary ban on carrying guns in public in parts of the state. In response to the order, users on the subreddit suggested that the governor’s order is “how you get assassinated”; suggested that someone should “use[] their gun” to stop the order; called for the governor to be “hung for treason” or “tar[red] and feather[ed]”; threatened “civil war”; and called for militias in the state “to be mobilized.” This violent rhetoric is on the subreddit despite Reddit’s policy barring content that “encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual (including oneself) or a group of people.”

Calls to violence are appearing on the conspiracy subreddit over a gun order from New Mexico’s governor::Users on the “r/conspiracy” subreddit, a prominent message board for conspiracy theorists, have repeatedly issued calls for violence in response to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issuing a temporary ban on carrying guns in public in parts of the state. In response to the order, users on the subreddit suggested that the governor’s order is “how you get assassinated”; suggested that someone should “use[] their gun” to stop the order; called for the governor to be “hung for treason” or “tar[red] and feather[ed]”; threatened “civil war”; and called for militias in the state “to be mobilized.” This violent rhetoric is on the subreddit despite Reddit’s policy barring content that “encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence or physical harm against an individual (including oneself) or a group of people.”

  • ZeroCool@feddit.chEnglish
    702·
    1 year ago

    That subreddit has always been a shithole and a recruiting ground for right wing extremist groups. It should’ve been banned years ago. They had holocaust denial videos linked in the sidebar for years.

    • alterforlett @lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      I remember way back, I got into an argument with an antivaccer on formula1 of all places. He was so detached from reality it’s kinda scary. Of course he posted frequently on conspiracy. It’s like nothing matters, nothing can be true outside of that echo chamber.

      They really don’t believe their eyes, it’s kinda scary.

      • Poob@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I recommend the video “In Search of a Flat Earth” by Dan Olson, aka Folding Ideas

      • ZeroCool@feddit.chEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        Nope, that’s 100% false. The holocaust denial videos were in the sidebar for years before The_Donald ever existed. But I’ve heard this exact same sentiment many times on reddit. You and many others are inadvertently whitewashing r/conspiracy’s history because you have selective memories of browsing it. You only paid attention to the “fun shit” about bigfoot and ignored the rampant white supremacy and antisemitism. Conspiracy theorist communities have been rabidly antisemitic long before reddit even existed and r/conspiracy was no different.

      • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Before 2016 the most popular posts that would occasionally reach /r/all were UAP and cryptid posts but there has always been an uncomfortable contingent there. Yes it became unusable after 2016 which led to it getting quarantined but it always had a problematic content you just wouldn’t see it browsing /r/all

  • SSUPII@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    321·
    1 year ago

    That subreddit is simply a breeding ground for extremely dangerous people. The fact that they have still yet to be taken care of is beyond me.

  • gabe [he/him]@literature.cafeEnglish
    182·
    1 year ago

    The subreddit is filled to the brim with such abhorrent people I’m kinda shocked they haven’t been forced to take action against it.

    • ZeroCool@feddit.chEnglish
      281·
      1 year ago

      Well reddit only intervenes when faced with media pressure so let’s hope this is the beginning of the end for r/conspiracy. Unfortunately spez most likely considers this Valuable Discussion™.

  • db2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    163·
    1 year ago

    They can’t extract that sweet American Taliban advertising money if they step in and act like actual humans for once.

    • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
      314·
      1 year ago

      Normal day on Reddit you mean…even left subs do this shit. Hell you can go to any left sub right now and people are wanting musk killed or tried for treason as well. It’s not new.

        • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
          37·
          1 year ago

          You must be blind, people want him dead as well. Hell there are antiwork subs that have people saying we should hunt the rich. This isn’t news, it’s the Internet being the Internet.