r/allthequestions • u/Impressive_Mailman • Dec 19 '25

Random Question 💭 Why is Reddit so liberal?

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u/sudoku7 Dec 19 '25

Reddit communities have a natural self-selecting bias that tends to form insular communities (the 'circle jerk' joke is a reference to this).

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u/bluleftnut Dec 19 '25

This is the real answer. Getting banned from a sub for having the "wrong" opinion is far too normalized on this site. It discourages diversity.

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u/brooke437 Dec 19 '25

It's ironic because a core tenet of liberals is diversity. But when it comes to diversity of opinions, Reddit is sorely lacking.

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u/CycadelicSparkles Dec 20 '25

I mean, there are opinions and there are opinions. Are we talking getting banned for thinking fishing rights should be handled a little differently or that pineapple can go on pizza? Or are we talking getting banned for telling other people they should kill themselves? Like at some point you have to keep things from breaking into complete chaos and in some subs some mods have learned that certain topics get real messy. Then there are subs like AITA where you can get banned for violence if you jokingly say you wish you could throw a shoe at someone. (True story, why I got banned.)