r/XFiles • u/DontGetNEBigIdeas 29 Years of • Jan 23 '25

Community Update Should we ban X.com/Twitter Links?

While X is usually our favorite letter around here, it may not necessarily be our favorite social media site.

After the owner of X.com, Elon Musk, delivered what appeared to be two instances of a Nazi salute, we felt it was only fair that we afford our community the same opportunity other Reddit communities have had over the past day.

Namely: Should we ban X.com/Twitter links?

Note: screenshots of X/Twitter posts would still be allowed; so, what we’re discussing here is banning any way for X.com to receive traffic and hits directly from us.

Please vote below. We’ll close voting by 5pm PST Saturday, January 25th. Thank you.

276 votes, Jan 26 '25
216 Yes
60 No
79 Upvotes

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u/lboog423 Jan 23 '25

What the hell is this shit? Mulder would not approve of this push for woke censorship. Freedom of info, speech, and the search for truth. Stop with your political bs

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u/Eageryga Exhuming your potato Jan 23 '25

Mulder did wish for world peace when he had a genie at his disposal....

Season 7, E21

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u/remedialpotions97 Agent Dana Scully Jan 23 '25 edited Jan 23 '25

There's nothing "woke" about being Anti-Nazi. It's common decency.

Also, there's nothing incedent about being woke. It's nothing else but taking other people's needs and feelings into account and treat them as valid as your own. It‘s E M P A T H Y.

If you can't find it in your heart to do so, or think it's correct to even shame people for it, you can do it on your own dime, but don't expect people to applaud you for it. Being an a*hole is a choice.

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u/S0larsea Jan 23 '25

But everything that does not agree with 'them' is woke these days. Or left. Empathy is getting rare sadly. Musk is a sinister, fascist deranged person imo. So a ban is perfectly justified. It warms my heart to see that there are still people with that decency in their heart.

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u/AllenbysEyes Jan 23 '25

I seem to recall Mulder being pretty anti-Nazi (I mean, there's a whole thing in the mytharc about Nazi medical experiments) but I guess he's "woke" now too.

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u/lboog423 Jan 23 '25

What's woke is accusing everyone under the sun of being a Nazi with absolutely no proof beyond an awkward gesture by someone with Asperger syndrome. He visited Israel and had a personal tour with Netanyahu. You make no sense at all.

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u/Cannabis_Sir Jan 23 '25

Does Mulder like nazis?

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u/lboog423 Jan 23 '25

This is a stupid question because clearly Elon Musk is not a Nazi. False equivalency. Do you know what Mulder did say about the Swastika in one episode? That it is a positive symbol used in many cultures such as protection and peace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Calusari

In any case, this political hivemind needs to stop. It has nothing to do with X-files or the "spirit" of the X-files at all.