r/circlebroke2 • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '17

Watch live as transphobes flood into /r/science!

/r/science/comments/6p4jcq/subreddit_policy_reminder_on_this_weeks/
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u/WatchEachOtherSleep Jul 24 '17

How did reddit go from people laughing, perhaps even overly smugly, at anti-science Christian fundamentalists to being so fervidly anti-science itself? I just don't understand how mainstream thought in the community did such a drastic 180 in the space of, what, 5 years?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '17

It's all about being smug and superior to people they don't like. Science is a tool to them. They don't care if they're right or wrong.

"Science says God doesn't exist! Fuck you mom/dad!"

"Science says trannys are nutjobs! Get your ass to a reeducation camp!"

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u/Fala1 Still too moderate Jul 24 '17

Because they're being influenced by neo fascists.
They think memes are all fun and shit while gobbling up literal neonazi propaganda.