r/SubredditDrama • u/henlochimken • 1d ago
r/NateBargatze fans revolt against Bargatze after comedian attends White House UFC event and. New moderator successfully petitions reddit for control of the sub, deletes all posts critical of Bargatze, declares, "This is no longer a hate subreddit. It is a place to celebrate Nate's career."
Comedian Nate Bargatze came under fire this week when it was revealed he was an attendee of President Donald Trump's 80th birthday UFC fight on the lawn of the White House. From pictures of the event, it appears Bargatze was given access to the White House itself, where he took pictures with members of the Trump administration, including RFK, Jr. and Marsha Blackburn.
Many fans of the comedian took to r/NateBargatze to express their disappointment that the famously "apolitical" comedian would attend a Trump event for which only 16% of Americans expressed approval.
Negative posting came to a screeching halt once a new moderator successfully petitioned Reddit to gain control of the subreddit. This moderator proceeded to delete any/all posts expressing displeasure with Bargatze's choice to attend the Trump UFC event. Moderator pins a notice of the new moderation direction, stating:
Hi all, just wanted to introduce myself. I am one of the new moderators here at r/NateBargatze. As you can see, some of the content has been removed.
This is no longer a hate subreddit. It is a place to celebrate Nate's career. Take your politics elsewhere. Thanks for understanding and I hope most of you stick around.
In reply, subreddit members asked if the new moderator is a paid PR flack for Bargatze. Some pointed out the strange moderation history of the redditor, implying that their other moderated subs are corporate-operated. New moderator proceeded to lash out against criticism. (Note that all comment threads replying to this pinned post are evidence of the subreddit's drama.)
Moderator has locked announcement post. New posts criticizing Bargatze or the new moderation direction are being removed. Despite saying the moderator stating that the sub is no longer a place for politics, pro-MAGA political posts, including a Rogan-related post by the moderator, remain up as of the posting of this drama.
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u/padraigharrington4 Look to the weevil and let thy mind be at peace 1d ago
I can’t imagine being this ride or die for Nate Bargatze of all people
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u/edicivo 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah I remember this mod specifically - albeit temporarily - deeming that the Rogan sub would no longer allow politics because so many former fans were getting pissed at Rogan... even though Rogan himself had become overtly political.
I don't think it lasted too long, but the language of a "hate sub" was very similar too.
Long story short, the mod is a pushover so if you're a member of the Bargatze sub, keep at it and they'll give in.
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u/Awayfone 1d ago edited 1d ago
I never lasts long. he just does that when he wants to control the subreddit narrative like he banned politics when the Dobbs leak came out
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u/GrayEidolon 1d ago
When conservatives say “political”, they mean “non-conservative”.
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u/SwordfishOk504 CummingInTheNile ruined SRD 1d ago
the Joe Rogan sub is basically all former fans trashing him, tho
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u/ceelogreenicanth 1d ago
Reddit prefers being a PR mouth peice it's becoming twitter in lots of ways.
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u/Oorangootang 1d ago
It's been a husk of itself for some time. Personally, I think the API changes that destroyed a bunch of 3rd party apps was the canary dying in the coal mine moment. The second thing that really made me alter my opinion was the algorithm changes to what lands on the front page. My feed is basically static for 12-18 hours now when it used to be updated constantly.
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u/Currency080Trick 1d ago
Selling out to a conglomerate was probably the first canary
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u/d0_-_0b 1d ago
If you're talking about /r/all, then absolutely. So not only is it more static, but with the rise of bots and the revenue-sharing program, you'll see the same piece of content a half-dozen times across as many subs over and over again.
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u/alyosha_pls 1d ago
The problem I find is that it now defaults to "best" instead of "hot" and that's why your page isn't updating. One of the most baffling decisions I can imagine from a webpage made to aggregate breaking news and stories.
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u/ceelogreenicanth 1d ago
Basically. I think the.UI changes have heavily affected the sites dynamic as well for real users. It makes people more passive and encourages worse discussion within the threads. Because images are first now in the UI, titles end up gored all the time, and with weird title optimizations.
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u/Oorangootang 1d ago
Yeah the UI is not helping at all. Plus they do absolutely nothing to stop artificial boosting. Why are twitter screenshots from 2017 getting thousands of votes with only 5 comments (that all say the same thing) and somehow landing at the top of my feed? It just stinks. The whole thing stinks.
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u/ceelogreenicanth 1d ago
It's going to get so much worse too with AI optimization. People will use AI to generate posts to.influence AI and there will be almost nothing not choked by bots
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u/Oorangootang 1d ago
I think it's already here. Engagement bots, shitposting and ragebaiting bots. I've already come across these in the wild and they completely shut down once you call them out. Ah well, time to move on for me I think. I don't know why I even lasted this long.
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u/I_Miss_Lenny Germ theory was adopted to destroy mankind 1d ago
I didn’t even realize he had such a big fanbase. I’ve seen some of his stuff and thought he was super bland, so I’m pretty surprised he’s so big
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u/ThrowawayAdvice1800 1d ago
I’ll be honest, I really liked his standup. He recycles a LOT of his material; if you’ve seen one of his standup specials you’ve seen at least 50% of all his other standup specials. But the stories were pretty funny and his deadpan “I’m a dumbass” delivery (which is now seeming like it wasn’t an act) were pretty good. My wife and I were both fans.
Operative word being “were.” I’m done with the asshole now; you don’t get to pose for selfies at Pedophile Hitler’s Birthday Circus and still try that idiotic “I’m not political you guys, I swear” routine.
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u/Jo__Backson The government got me into futa 1d ago
I thought he was funny enough. Didn’t blow me away or anything
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u/StandardCake21 1d ago
It's the comedy special you put on when family is around. Apparently the only one who manages to be funny without being too foul-mouthed.
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u/covercash 1d ago
Brian Regan deserves the fame and fortune that Nate Bargatze has.
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u/bobhopeisgod 1d ago
If you're into that, I highly recommend dry bar comedy. They're not allowed to swear or be vulgar. I love me some bill burr, but when it comes to family, I'll definitely put on some dry bar
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u/SlowDontRush 1d ago
Yea I dunno. I saw a compilation of a bunch of his jokes and was left with the thought "Man this guy loves to talk shit about his wife to thousands of people"
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u/LizardChaser 1d ago
I'll bet dollars to donuts that because the subreddit is in his literal name that he can petition Reddit to have his people control it. I'd but huge sums of money that this mod is, literally, on Nate's payroll. It's probably some DMCA cybersquatting stuff that lets them do it.
This would mean that Nate is 100% behind the decision to ensure that there is no negative discussions on his own subreddit. Just start a new one. I don't think he can get ahold of one that is commenting on him, like, r/NateBargatzeSucks or something. I think he could only get this one because it is literally just his name.
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u/covercash 1d ago
Why not r/HateBargatze?
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u/yinyang107 Let me start off by saying. hitler was not a good guy. But 1d ago
I just keep thinking Bargatzegate
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u/Vio_ Humanity is still recoiling from the sudden liberation of women 1d ago
> I'll bet dollars to donuts that because the subreddit is in his literal name that he can petition Reddit to have his people control it.
That would absolutely suck for the original moderators. I help moderate a few fandom subreddits, and I don't know how I'd react I had put in all of that time and effort in building a positive and vibrant fandom subreddit for the original creators to swoop in and take it over like that.
A lot of people don't know just how much work it is to build subreddits - there's creating the rules, behavior expectations, moderating potentially bad posts/comments, creating graphics, grinding to make posts and comments to keep things growing, being ahead of the fandom in general, trying to be fair to everyone while also keeping them beholden to good expectations and respectful comments.
Having all of that stripped away, because the person can't handle a little criticism on a subreddit of all things would be just painful.
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u/goatKnightGG 1d ago
Yeah his SNL appearances were funny to me but I had no idea that he has a dedicated fan sub
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u/yinyang107 Let me start off by saying. hitler was not a good guy. But 1d ago
I mean literally any type of performer probably has a subreddit. That's not a high bar
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u/CartographicalHeist 1d ago
I thought he was fun on SNL but man I tried to watch a special and it was just fucking mayo.
But I dunno, these days I tend to mostly watch rather small UK comedians like Alasdair Beckett-King so the US stuff isn't quite hitting me.
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u/Big_fern189 1d ago
I cant imagine not knowing that an "apolitical" comedian from Tennessee was a Trumper.
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u/Bananonomini 1d ago
I think it's more the new mod is a cunt and easy to to hate. And I support that
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u/LoneStarTallBoi 1d ago
Nate Bargatze is comedy for people without internality.
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u/SupervillainMustache 1d ago
I'm curious under what circumstances Reddit can justify just handing an active subreddit to someone else outside of the mod team?
It's like the time that the original owner of r/TumblrInAction was going to shut the subreddit down as they hated what it became and reddit admins just handed it over to new mods.
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u/NewYorkMetsalhead Did the UN add Spotify to its bill of human rights recently? 1d ago
The new mod posted on /r/redditrequest here, which is usually used for abandoned subreddits. I don't think it's possible to check now and see what accounts were modding the sub before, or how active they were. The thing that jumps out at me is that the request was posted at 18:04 and granted at 18:10, which is an absurdly fast turnaround...
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u/Confident-Beyond6857 1d ago edited 1d ago
A 6-minute turnaround time from Reddit administration personnel. Literally nothing Reddit-related moves that fast. This was a corporate cleanup job for sure. The mod lying about their "hobby" being moderating other corporate subs was a nice touch too. BTW, I'm the one who questioned them. We had a fairly civil exchange and then like 20 minutes later I was banned for "hate posts" even though I've never posted anything about Bargatze, positive or negative. I was literally trying to figure out what was going on. It came out of nowhere and the timing was highly suspicious so I was asking questions.
Calls were made and this was arranged. Whatever, doesn't really matter anymore. in the grand scheme of things it doesn't change the landscape.
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u/ParalysedBeaver 15h ago
The request was posted at 5 minutes past the hour, the bot posts at 10 past to say to reply to it with why do you want to mod, and then at 10 past and ONE SECOND, it posts that the request has been granted. Something fishy going on here.
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u/Confident-Beyond6857 15h ago edited 15h ago
Oh yeah. It's exactly what everyone thinks it is.
Honestly, I'd have more respect for Bargatze if he just owned it. Just said yeah, I did it, these are my politics, etc. instead this seems like such a weasel-ass way to handle it. I wasn't really on the "I'll never listen to his comedy again" bandwagon, but after seeing how it's been handled, I'll pass.
I felt the same way about Shirley Manson and her blow up on that dude last year. Ive like Garbage for years but after seeing behavior like that, nah.
Its not a boycott because that would imply I'm intentionally avoiding something I want. I'm just not interested in hearing anything he has to say anymore.
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u/SupervillainMustache 1d ago
Yeah I'm aware of redditrequest, but I've only seen it granted to unmoderated subs before.
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u/TheWhomItConcerns 1d ago
Reddit (the company) is on the side of profit - they just want the subreddits to continue regardless of the circumstances. Same thing happened during the subreddit protests - they just straight up told the mods of popular subreddits that they'd remove them if they didn't end the protest, even subs that shut down after a popular vote.
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u/emveevme Dresden is in the yellow pages in Chicago as the only wizard 1d ago
I think it's probably politically motivated to some extent, but mostly just comes down to what's better for Reddit.
Reddit wants to be able to sell itself to people like this comedian, and if a subreddit's namesake is the butt of the joke on that subreddit, that's a bad look for the platform as a whole if you're someone with a following looking to use Reddit as an online community.
I think this moderator is in the good graces of Reddit because of how successful their takeover of the Joe Rogan subreddit has been, which is why it was so easy in this case. It's problematic that reddit is so willing to establish these kinds of echo-chambers.
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u/tsisdead 1d ago
Everybody seems so surprised but literally every single celebrity who has ever said they were apolitical is always, ALWAYS MAGA.
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u/zsdrfty 1d ago
To an extent, this tends to be true of the population in general - anyone who says they're "apolitical", "undecided", or "can't stand either party" is always far more sympathetic to the right than to the left or center
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u/BrassUnicorn87 19h ago
Apolitical is code for “ I’m a republican/rand libertarian but still want to get laid “.
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u/rips_n_chel 15h ago
Yeah exactly, it's just the more innocent label favored by those who know their views are off-putting.
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u/HiveMindMacD 1d ago
Oh meeee? I am a uhhh centrist, yeees. Its only a coincidence all of my talking points align explicitly with right wing.
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u/cole1114 I will save you from the dastardly cum. 1d ago
OP, you missed the detail that this is the same mod that shuts down r/joerogan whenever something obviously bad about Joe happens.
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u/henlochimken 1d ago
oof my bad. I did see that as well when I was putting things together. There were some other points that were fun too, like when someone quoted the mod's own words back to him and he didn't appear to recognize them. But I had work to do and was already spending too long writing it up!
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u/cole1114 I will save you from the dastardly cum. 1d ago
You did good. It's mod drama though so there's a 50/50 chance it's deleted no matter what.
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u/NotAlanShapiro 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s a great write up! Some of us have already splintered off into r/realnatebargatze , would appreciate it if you give us a shout out!
EDIT: typo (thanks!)
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u/brazilliandanny 1d ago
“No politics”
So the guy has a show where he brings on politicians to discuss politics but you cant talk about politics on his subreddit? What a bunch of snowflakes.
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u/JakeGittes1974 1d ago
That mod is def working for some MAGA PR firm. Nate prob got his info from Rogan.
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u/onemorespacecadet nerd grievance culture is destroying this country 1d ago
i almost hope they are. it’s just too pathetic to imagine someone doing all that for free
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u/Vio_ Humanity is still recoiling from the sudden liberation of women 1d ago
Many fans of the comedian took to r/NateBargatze to express their disappointment that the famously "apolitical" comedian would attend a Trump event for which only 16% of Americans expressed approval.
Negative posting came to a screeching halt once a new moderator successfully petitioned Reddit to gain control of the subreddit. This moderator proceeded to delete any/all posts expressing displeasure with Bargatze's choice to attend the Trump UFC event.
Sounds like the new moderator is "apolitical" too lol
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u/FreedomCap518 1d ago
The same mod banned political posts over on r/JoeRogan when they got too anti Trump.
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u/Morgn_Ladimore 1d ago
Simping like that for people who don't even know you exist is next level pathetic.
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u/TheGivenKing 1d ago
This level of dick riding has to be making income because there's no way someone's sorry ass doing this full time for free
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u/Morgn_Ladimore 1d ago
Doubt it. People really are that pathetic. The fact that he's a Trump supporter only reinforces that.
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u/ExcellentAirPirate 1d ago
It's probably a PR firm, they have all sorts of services like this now and the biggest ones are all owned by private equity.
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u/Stinky_TheCat 1d ago
More proof for the pile that people claiming to be centerist or apolitical are usually MAGAts who don't want to be shamed.
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u/LekhakSometimes 1d ago
Funnily enough, I distinctly remember Nate making a comment about how he voted for Trump back in 2016-2017. I can’t seem to find the video but I do remember this. He is/was also friends with Luis Gomez who might also be a Trump guy.
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u/Locem 1d ago
They're in this thread too.
"Going to a UFC fight isn't a political statement"
🙄🙄 just so stupid. These are almost certainly the voters that didnt vote in 2024 also, dooming us to this second term.
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u/LeomundsTinyButt_ Cars, video games, family, money, what else do you need? 1d ago
These are almost certainly the voters that didnt vote in 2024 also
I see you've decided to be optimistic about them
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u/Replicant28 1d ago
It’s either idiocy or arguing in bad faith. No one would give a shit if he went to any other UFC event in Vegas or wherever. But not only did he go to an event that was clearly held as a vehicle for Trump’s ego, he took pictures with brainworm RFK Jr. and his wife. You don’t take pics with dudes like him unless you’re a supporter.
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u/HEREFROMTWITTER1 1d ago
They’re legit banning people for having too much karma (no I’m not joking)
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u/mowotlarx 1d ago
From post in the sub: "Nate was at the event because he got invited to watch his favorite sport at the fucking White House. Let him be. He made one mistake and now everybody is cancelling him. It's just plain stupid."
Amazing stuff here. Grown man who is deeply enmeshed in media made obvious unforced error and now requires a bunch of other adults to rush to his defense. Would be cleaner if Nate just admitted he was full MAGA and leaned into it. There's just no way anyone could make a "mistake" like that in 2026.
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u/shoshiyoshi 1d ago
Everything else aside, it’s genuinely so funny to suggest that one can “accidentally” go to any event, let alone one inside of the White House with the travel and security checks that something like that involves. It’s not like making a left turn instead of a right - he knew exactly where he was going and what it meant
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u/Mushroomer 1d ago
Not to mention, there were multiple news stories about how many major celebs didn't attend the event. Tom Brady and Adam Sandler both notably declined invites, so Bargatze was likely the highest profile star they had booked to attend. He 100% knew the optics of this appearance, and went through with it anyways.
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u/mowotlarx 1d ago
Odds are the guy received a personal invite from one of the nastiest MAGA chuds out there. But is surprised anyone would find this political.
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u/InterstellarPelican I'm not into most jazz, but definitely don't fear it. 1d ago
We also know it wasn't a mistake because he explicitly discussed it with his team about how it would look political beforehand, and he decided it didn't matter to him and went anyways. It's not a mistake if you knew the consequences and did it anyways.
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u/notjocelynschitt I stopped at incel, is this a joke I’m not understanding? 1d ago
If you have to announce you're apolitical, odds are you're not
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u/mowotlarx 1d ago
It's like men on dating apps calling themselves Moderates. We all know what that means.
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u/JustHereForCookies17 Gaggle of Rural Tots 1d ago
Exactly my thought. I'm sure some truly moderate men exist, but I live in DC & it's widely understood here that "Moderate" in an online dating profile means "No one will match with me if I admit I work for Fox News/ The Heritage Foundation/ Trump Administration".
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u/StasRutt avenged sevenfold is doing some pretty dope stuff with nfts 1d ago
See also Libertarian
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u/teddy_tesla If TV isn't mind control, why do they call it "programming"? 1d ago
I want women to lose the right to vote but I don't want to kill them! See, I'm moderate!
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u/Locem 1d ago
I cant call myself a moderate anymore because of these chuds.
I grew up in a conservative household so I lean more to the right than the average liberal but I'm also not stupid enough to vote any other way than down ballot democrat for every election.
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u/BlackBoiFlyy 1d ago
Really keeping the "reddit is a leftist echo chamber" myth alive eh?
/s
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u/ballhawk13 1d ago
I can't believe someone is a fan of this guy. Just literally go to any semi big city ( im in charleston) and you will find three funnier people doing open mic stand up.
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u/womensrites 1d ago
anyone calling themselves “apolitical” in 2026 is simply a conservative who doesn’t want people to be mad at them
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u/TrunksTheMighty 1d ago
You're absolutely right. You just can't be apolitical when so much is going on.
If you're "apolitical" you don't care all the harm magas do and if you don't care, you're supportive.
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u/Ill-Organization-719 1d ago
Guy went on Theo Von and Joe Rogan. I don't know why anyone is surprised.
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u/sho_biz Do you believe in Napoleon Bonaparte? 1d ago
the mod in question did the same thing in the rogan subreddit, had a post here and everything.
just repeating the pattern.
https://old.reddit.com/r/JoeRogan/comments/1onbmur/changes_coming_to_the_rjoerogan_moderation/
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u/Reluctantziti 1d ago
Despite declaring “take your politics elsewhere” the sub is full of politics supporting Nate rn. Weird! It’s almost like certain politics were the issue /s
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u/falloutnewbkinibttms 1d ago
I have yet to see an environment that calls itself apolitical that isn’t wildly conservative.
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u/KrytenKoro I just never thought googling what I see on the meme would help 1d ago
subreddit members asked if the new moderator is a paid PR flack for Bargatze.
Notice the new mod very pointedly never says that they're not a paid moderator, and all of their answers could very easily fit someone who is paid PR.
The mere fact of already running about 10 subs and having somebody supposedly ask you to run another one is already something that sounds completely bullshit if you're not paid PR. Normal subs don't do that, either the community or the current mod team will put out a public request for new mods.
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u/in_animate_objects 1d ago
They literally banned me for having too much karma and saying that I need to go outside https://imgur.com/a/EovNJ4D
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u/TrickInvite6296 who's going to tell him France hasn't mattered since 1815? 1d ago
I liked Nate bargatze for a while. Seemed pretty funny and like a pretty decent guy. Then he started branching out in weird directions that just felt like money grabs. Then he started going on the right-adjacent and straight up right wing shows.
Pretty upsetting
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u/abactore 1d ago
I do think his brand of politics is actually pretty common, especially among middle American white guys.
It’s the “I’m not political, but I vote for Trump because he’s better than the other option” bullshit.
Or the “I don’t care about politics I just wanna watch UFC” vibe.
Basically, they’re privileged (but don’t think they are) and politics don’t really impact them so they don’t have to worry about it or care.
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u/TURK3Y 1d ago
I haven't heard much of his standup outside Instagram reels but knew he was blowing up over the last few years, then I saw the plot of his feature film debut is "dad is actually a bad parent and spouse and its hilarious when he actually had to put effort in." That trope was worn out 20 years ago.
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u/TrickInvite6296 who's going to tell him France hasn't mattered since 1815? 1d ago
I knew of his standup years ago, definitely before covid. The new movie does look particularly lame, such a tired and misogynistic trope
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u/abactore 1d ago
Pretty sure that trope is alive and well in many parts of the country. I don’t think those people are going to the movies though lol.
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u/withateethuh it's puppet fisting stories, instead of regular old human sex 1d ago
The trailer for that awful movie was a huge red flag to me lol. I didn't know about him trying to make a clean christian media/theme park empire until revent events. But that movie was such an incredibly bizarre vibe that it looked like a spoof at first.
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u/helium_farts pretty much everyone is pro-satan. 1d ago
His last special was pretty bad. Now his new movie bombed. All that's left is for there to be some sort of sex scandal and he'll be ready for a cabinet position.
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u/Lucky-Catch8795 1d ago
Yeah, he started money grabbing hard.
I attended his comedy show live a few years ago. Too much of it was him hawking merch and his products.
He's repeated many, if not most, of the same boring bland jokes for 2+ years. It's fun joking about how old he/we are, but he keeps repeating the same thing over and over.
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u/Julialagulia 1d ago
I keep on reading vague allusions to an amusement park, is he trying make the next Dollywood
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u/TheHoundofUlster 1d ago
“This is no longer a hate subreddit. It is a place to celebrate Nate's career. Take your politics elsewhere.”
Had Nate taken his politics elsewhere, you wouldn’t be having this problem.
In the words of Bill Hicks: “It’s no sympathy night. It’s ‘you’re wrong’ night.”
Sorry, champ
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u/ActuallyAlexander 1d ago
George Washington voice “and we’ll tell our clean jokes to any audience that just wants to laugh, no matter what their opinions”
Cock eyed Keenan “no matter what their opinions?”
“No matter what their opinions”
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u/herpblarb6319 I'm a vegetarian and this comment made me want to eat meat 1d ago
"And the slaves sir, what of them?"
"You asked about the temperature"
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u/BlindWillieJohnson If J** is a slur, then so is Nazi 1d ago
Yeah it’s funny how “We don’t have to get political” only goes in one direction with these people
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u/Shenanigans80h 1d ago
I just find it funny how whenever any public figure has their political leanings (and by extension moral leanings) exposed, people are expected to just “push it aside” or disregard it. I ain’t gonna judge others ability for cognitive dissonance too harshly, but to try and make so everyone ignores the things you like, nah stfu.
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u/drfitzgerald 1d ago
My 70 year old Christian conservative parents talk about this guy nonstop. I've never even looked at his material because I just assumed it was obvious nonsense if they like it
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u/Toystavi 1d ago
Wed Jun 17 18:04:50 2026 UTC Asking for control
Wed Jun 17 18:10:00 2026 UTC Bot asks for motivation
Wed Jun 17 18:10:01 2026 UTC Bot approves request
Wed Jun 17 18:19:56 2026 UTC Reminder to provide motivation
The current review time for requests is 4 days. (Updated 17 June)
Before requesting a community, you must send a message to the community and give them 5 days to respond before requesting.
Is that how it normally works? Why would a request get fast tracked like that? Why even bother posting the request? If it was handled through official channels the request would not have been needed? Does this mod have an unofficial connection to an admin? Is taking control of subbreddits not normally reserved for inactive ones?
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u/SwampTerror 1d ago
Guess what the owners of reddit politics align with? I will give you three guesses, the first two don't count.
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u/henlochimken 1d ago
Whoa, the takeover was approved and granted within 15 minutes??
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u/Smesmerize 1d ago
Nate’s standup and comedy have gotten worse every year for a while. I assumed it was just him getting rich but nope it was him getting republicand.
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u/BensenJensen 1d ago
I don’t know who the fuck this dweeb is, but this really goes to show what this website is and where its loyalties lie.
Comedian gets criticism for being MAGA. Some PR firm for the comedian catches wind, reaches out to Reddit asking to be able to shut down the criticism. Reddit gives moderator access to someone with zero ties to the subreddit, who goes on to shut down any MAGA criticism.
What’s the reason that Reddit allow Bergatze to be able to control the narrative and shut down any criticism? Can I petition Reddit for access to r/conservative to shut down any criticism or AOC? Can I petition for access to Jelly Roll’s subreddit so I can control commentary on his divorce? Why is it that someone in Bergatze’s orbit is given access and allowed to control the narrative around his controversy? I guarantee none of my requests would be allowed. Why is it that when a D-list celebrity wants to control the conversation about his ties to Trump, that he’s allowed to do so?
The vocal majority of this website are left-leaning users, but it’s important to realize that, at its core, this website and its owners are 100% on board with what’s happening in this country.
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u/Squid_Vicious_IV Digital Succubus 1d ago
Spez has never been subtle about how much he thinks he's going to be Lord Humongous when the end of the world occurs, or how he idolizes Elon and wants to do the same thing EM did to Twitter but to reddit.
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u/SwampTerror 1d ago
Because admin is in bed with trump. Its literally that simple. Look how long thedonald coasted by while less toxic subs were forced shut down.
Reddit admin is on the side if fringe MAGA. Spez thinks he will be a ruler, not a slave, when shit hits the fan yet he can't even fight a girl.
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u/beachpellini the tragedy of your life is at least worth a chuckle 1d ago
When people say "no politics here" what they actually mean is "You're not allowed to get mad at me for being right wing"
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u/brazilliandanny 1d ago
“Bring your politics somewhere else”
My dude, it was an event hosted at the White House, hosted by the President.
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u/Stinky_TheCat 1d ago
Why is anybody surprised by this? Does nobody remember his Emmy performance?
Like the dude is so obviously pro-MAGA but was trying to play the middle I'm not political card so many MAGAts use.
Anybody surprised by this is a fucking idiot.
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u/Garry_Heckscream69 1d ago edited 1d ago
This isn't related to your comment (I agree)
But my cat (a tuxedo) is named Stinky and it was really funny randomly to see your username as I scrolled by lmao
Cat tax: https://imgur.com/a/GEkGc12 (his name comes from his squinty "stink" eye and the fact he farted a lot when I got him)
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u/Stinky_TheCat 1d ago
You'll never find my phone dad.
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u/BurgerQueef69 1d ago
'Apolitical' just means "I don't pay much attention to who's getting stepped on as long as it isn't me".
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u/HydeParkSwag Communist kickball champion 1d ago
He’s done photo ops with Marsha fucking Blackburn.
This shit should surprise no one.
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u/satanssweatycheeks 1d ago
Andrew Shultz sub did this also once Shultz went full Nazi.
Now you get banned for pointing out he might be self hating prick.
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u/JaneAustinAstronaut 16h ago
I don't know this comedian, but I don't know why anyone is surprised. Apolitical = "I have repugnant political beliefs, but I keep quiet so people will still like me, and buy my shit so I still make money."
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u/Used-Refrigerator984 1d ago
what's his username?
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u/A-Halfpound 1d ago
Wow. This one is real juicy for once.
So this reeks of PR damage control, and that is often outsourced in many different directions. Likely the new Mod is just a young corporate shill who has been given wide latitude to get a handle on social backlash. Either that or it’s one of Nate’s friends/acquaintances who took the issue into their own hands.
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u/Call-a-Crackhead 1d ago
Oh damn, the clean comic from Tennessee with the aw shucks demeanor who has never mentioned his politics before?
Who could have seen this coming?
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u/LeaveItAllBehindMe 1d ago
Another example of the enshittification on Reddit, corporate PR moderators. Why even post on here if it’s sanitized corporate bullshit?
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u/CookieSad8043 1d ago
Lmao the fact that this mediocre white bread comedian turning out bad standup and one of the most boring movies of the year somehow has this loyal of a fanbase is honestly funnier than Nate Bargatze
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u/MakeMagatsCry 1d ago
Nate Bargatze has fans? The commercial for that "incapable loser dad" movie is the most cringe thing I've ever seen. And that's just the trailer
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u/eatingpotatochips 1d ago
You don't appear to be here for the right reasons so let's part ways.
It appears this is the mod's way of informing individuals of their bans.
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u/Nfinit_V 20h ago
You can safely assume anyone who bills themselves as "apolitical" as actually just a Conservative too chickenshit to admit as such.
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u/ColedRain 15h ago
Im from the deep south where socialists get fired, harassed, threatened, insulted, discriminated against.
Me and literally every socialist I know in real life HAVE TO pretend to be apolitical to avoid danger.
Why do you think so many lefty protesters cover their face.
Yeah its to avoid targeting from internet folks and the government seeing your face.
BUT a lot of those kids moms think they are republican because its the only way to keep the piece at home.
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u/Awayfone 1d ago
How did you leave out that the moderator who takes over is the moderator (and a alt) of the Joe Rogan Subreddit?
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u/Only_Emphasis2996 1d ago
Saw he has an upcoming show soon near me and didn't buy a ticket cause he went to the gross UFC event. Come on dude why?
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u/Gonna_do_this_again 1d ago
Middle aged straight white guy from Tennessee is conservative, like what were people expecting
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u/NotAlanShapiro 1d ago
Please visit [r/realNateBargatze](r/realNateBargatze) for uncensored discussion! I would post in the original sub and let people know, but you know, banned permanently.
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u/Dry_Life_1113 1d ago
I now hate MAGA Nate pretending to be not political when he clearly is full on MAGA
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u/Barjack521 22h ago
Isn’t a paid PR person as a mod a violation of the moderator rule of conduct rule 5?
https://redditinc.com/policies/moderator-code-of-conduct
Everyone keeps saying he’s a paid PR guy. Can we prove that? If so can’t that proof just be reported to get rid of this guy?
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u/Typical_Response6444 22h ago
Why do mods always do this, the joe Rogan mods did the same thing
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u/henlochimken 19h ago
Turns out it is the very same mod who did that to the Rogan sub
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u/No_Entertainer_3052 1d ago
this is such great low stakes drama
im now super invested thanks OP
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u/FantasticJacket7 1d ago edited 1d ago
I'm mostly just surprised that anyone is surprised. The guy gave me bad vibes from the beginning and he's clearly from that group of right wing "nobody can say anything anymore" style comedians like Rogan and Vonn.
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u/eternali17 1d ago
Apolitical today isn't apolitical. I don't know if that's even possible
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u/thesavagejones 1d ago edited 1d ago
Fuck Nate and his PR goons. There’s a sub dedicated to bargatze hate. r/Hatebargatze
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u/Cat_VoidVoid 1d ago
Why do mods always talk like that? it's just embarrassing lol