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		ryankemper on June 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donal... > And then the site exploded, and it had to learn how to handle things like actual nazis calling for the deaths of jewish people. Oh, so is that why they banned The Donald? Or any of the other number of subreddits they have quarantined and slowly killed?

komali2 on June 29, 2020 [–]

No, they banned those subreddits for violating the rules, specifically

> promoting hate based on identity or vulnerability

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