In response to this post by u/Poison1990 in r/unpopularopinion, I wrote:

+1 for humor. But in all seriousness, it is possible for travelers to boycott Boeing. See the How to Boycott Boeing article.

In response to this post, I wrote:

Rationale for boycotting Boeing (for me) is all the right-wing policy it supports financially as well as the politicians it backs."

If only we get them to make planes without a right wing ;)

In response to this post, I wrote:

Climate change is a scientific theory. The climate denial propaganda is to spin climate change as “just a theory” in hopes that most people are not knowledgeable enough to know the difference between a scientific theory and a “theory” in laypersons terms – effectively making climate change sound as if someone is wildly guessing.

A scientific theory is very well supported by evidence from a significant collection of supported hypothesis and not even close to mere guesswork – and guesswork cannot be passed off as a “scientific theory”. Darwin’s theory of evolution is also a scientific theory. Would you also regard the theory of evolution as “propaganda”?

So no, you cannot “both sides” this. Propaganda is on one side; science is on the other."

When viewed from a logged-out browser, the above three comments are reported “missing”. I personally and exclusively can still see them when logged in. It’s a bit insideous that this censorship occured in r/unpopularopinion, where we expect to be able to express these sort of ideas in a civil manner. The third post was censored mid-conversation with u/arewetodayman, which is quite disruptive as Reddit has effectively interefered with a conversation between two people.

You would think a forum meant to accommodate “unpopular opinions” would not suppress a civil boycott on Boeing, but a moderator there is censoring posts critical of Boeing.

I posted a comment similar to the censorship summary above in r/Boycott_Boeing, and was appalled that they censored this post (like cops, Reddit moderators side with each other regardless of integrity). Then I posted the same summary message to r/censorship_uncensored and was censored there. The moderator (u/nonpushoverconsumer) said they did not (and would not) censor that post. So the 3rd instance was censored by a robot.

  • 🐱TheCat
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    19 months ago

    Did they remove the ‘how to boycott boeing’ post from r/boycott_boeing? Thats- hilariously terrible