by Ben Bartee
The Daily Bell
“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.” – George Orwell, 1984
Reddit just scrubbed its forum devoted to discussing Donald Trump on the shaky grounds that he engaged in the oldest of neoliberal aces-in-the-hole: “hate speech.”
The Silicon Valley tech giant also rolled out a treacherously Orwellian new content policy ripped straight from the Big Brother playbook. “Rule #1,” the foremost stipulation governing Reddit users’ behavior, goes like this:
“Remember the human. Reddit is a place for creating community and belonging, not for attacking marginalized or vulnerable groups of people. Everyone has a right to use Reddit free of harassment, bullying, and threats of violence. Communities and users that incite violence or that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability will be banned.”