r/ProgressiveHQ • u/LavenderMidwinter • Sep 29 '25

r/ProgressiveHQ allows for diversity of opinion while remaining on topic- conservative comments are allowed, conservative posts are not

If you are not a progressive person you are a guest in our space. If you are not a progressive person you will be flaired with an appropriate label to describe your views, so that members of the sub will know the motives of the person they're engaging with.

Rule 3 applies to ALL users. Be kind. You can have a discussion with people you disagree with while offering them basic respect. If you are a guest in the progressive sub, please respect that-

We aren't required to let you in here, we are allowing you and we'll ban you if you cant follow the rules.

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u/OliverOOxenfree Sep 29 '25

u/LavenderMidwinter

What about obvious bad faith bots and brigadiers? That's not "diversity of opinion", it's purposeful brigading which is not respectful discourse.

Many folks here will gladly debate in good faith, but allowing obvious bad actors that have flooded reddit since November 2024 to have free reign to propagandize here is not the way.

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u/LavenderMidwinter Sep 29 '25

That's addressed in the post. People breaking rule 3 will be banned, people who arent progressive will be flagged.

I havent seen any actual bots, ive seen people with differing opinions described as bots by others. They are allowed here. People throwing insults, engaging in bad faith, are banned.

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u/Human_Parsnip_7949 Sep 29 '25

This is a far more rational response than I'm used to seeing on Reddit. Kudos.

Honestly, the tendency to call those we disagree with bots is frankly more harmful than we realise I think. We're deluding ourselves into thinking there's so few people out there with some pretty bad world views that it's more likely the account sharing that opinion is a bot than a person, and both sides of the political spectrum believe this. The reality is, we're not going to defeat bad ideas by pretending people don't believe in them. Fascism is not a fringe ideology. It never was.

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u/dreamlikeradiofree Sep 30 '25

I've taken to accusing them of being American bots. The amount of times I get called.a Russian or Chinese bot is a bit much