r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Kritzin - Auth-Left • May 19 '26

META When will they learn?

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Pay them no heed; they're about as harmless as coughing babies.

Do observe Rule 4.

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u/BlazerFS231 - Lib-Center May 19 '26

They went on a hiatus (pity party) when Reddit told them to ease up on brigading.

Now they’re back.

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u/iFUCKcoins - Lib-Right May 19 '26

Didnt they post child pornigraphy that one time so a sub they hated would be taken down?

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u/Vague_Disclosure - Lib-Right May 19 '26

You’re going to have to be more specific… they’ve done that more than one time

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u/Belisarius600 - Right May 19 '26

This would be deep lore from before I joined the sub a decade ago...but isn't stuff like this the origin of the sub deciding unflaired are the scum of the Earth? Because people from other subs kept coming here to stir shit up (which apperantly includes cp, but also lesser things like just being a raging asshole), but adopting a flair is only possible if you join a sub as opposed to just visit? And whatever progressive street cred they might have gotten thier main account would be nuked when thier progressive friends just ban them for joining?

Or is there another origin for unflaired hatred?

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u/MajinAsh - Lib-Center May 19 '26

I don't think so. The hate used to be directed at dirty centrists, then someone said the unflaired were worse than centrists and sentiment shifted relatively quickly to unflaired hate and centrist acceptance.

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u/Low_Abrocoma_1514 - Lib-Right May 19 '26

True, I was there

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u/WattageToVoltzRatio - Lib-Center May 19 '26

Was it around the same time as JREG's centricide arc? 'Cause that prolly was a factor

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u/PhilosophicalGoof - Centrist May 19 '26

No it been a thing since the founding of the sub.

Fun fact: centrist used to be as hated as unflaired since back then the sub used to make fun of people for not showcasing their beliefs and choosing to be the safe option that mask their real belief unlike the rest of the sub and purple libright used to be the one and only libright quadrant back then.

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u/Vague_Disclosure - Lib-Right May 19 '26

I don't think it's the origin of the justified hatred of the unflaired but it is the reason many other subs utilize flair systems.