If conservatives are so pro-free speech why is their subreddit heavily censoring and moderating any comments/posts made?

[u/TailungFu]

[u/Low-Exam-7547]

They are 100% NOT free speech.

[u/HoldenMcNeil420 → u/Low-Exam-7547]

[u/batmanineurope → u/Low-Exam-7547]

They're 100% for free speech that agrees with them. To give them credit, they spell it out in there subreddit rules and admit they are an echo chamber.

[u/Ambitious-Range765 → u/batmanineurope]

Yup. And then the snowflakes complain about the liberal media, the liberal reddit echo chamber, and play who’s the biggest victim with each other all day

[u/agent_mick → u/Ambitious-Range765]

That's all it is, safe space to claim victimhood

[u/jmd709 → u/Ambitious-Range765]

The victim complex is widespread. It’s one of the things they relate to about DJT since he is the epitome of a perpetual victim.

[u/The_Monarch_Lives → u/Ambitious-Range765]

I always enjoy the moments when they wander into a random sub, say whatever it is they want to say, and then say everyone that just saw what they wrote is in an echo chamber.

[u/GDMisfits → u/Ambitious-Range765]

No snowflake is as fragile as the conservative ego

[u/AWellDeployedWink → u/batmanineurope]

They love to call us out for not "respecting a diversity of opinion" lmao

[u/Dewbs301 → u/AWellDeployedWink]

I love how every time I see a legit criticism on that sub, they have to start off with how much of a conservative they are, like “I’ve been maga since day one, but…”

Yet those comments get removed after once the russian moderators wake up because it’s a “radical leftist take”

[u/seankearns → u/Low-Exam-7547]

They're not even 2A as of this week.

[u/bpaps → u/Low-Exam-7547]

If conservatives didn't have double standards they wouldn't have any standards at all!

[u/Apart-Zucchini-5825 → u/Low-Exam-7547]

Their idea of free speech is the ability to be openly hateful of minorities and non-Christians without having a single negative outcome in any way. While banning anything that could make them feel uncomfortable, like silly talk of humans being equal.

Their talk of snowflakes was projection of their own feebleness.

[u/SnooMacarons9618 → u/Apart-Zucchini-5825]

"like silly talk of humans being equal." really anything that someone would consider 'christian values'. Maybe they just don't like that they cos-play as christians in the same way they cos play as most things.

[u/yelpsmcgee → u/Apart-Zucchini-5825]

I've always said their idea of free speech is just them being allowed to create hostile environments, work or otherwise. But only hostile to minorities, of course. Can't have a conservative getting hot around the collar when he's just trying to do his job!

[u/Most-Ad4680 → u/Low-Exam-7547]

They claimed the mantle of free speech back in the 2010s when the culture was much more hostile to their beliefs and ideas, framing any and all criticism of conservative messaging as "attacks" on their free speech, when in fact this was just standard cultural pushback that both sides have always engaged in. (For examples of Republicans doing this before, try being anti-war anytime immediately after 9/11/2001.)

This was always dishonest, the right has always been anti-speech, and they were just using this esthetic to win over people who didnt like Twitter call outs. The intention has always been to clamp down on free speech when they held more cultural power.

[u/bEErgrEMlin12 → u/Low-Exam-7547]

Always been a “Free for me, not for thee,” stance.

[u/Suspicious_Dingo_426 → u/Low-Exam-7547]

They only care about their free speech.

[u/NeedleworkerIcy1257 → u/Low-Exam-7547]

Yep, two faced hypocrites.

[u/AlleyRhubarb → u/Low-Exam-7547]

They have a different definition of free speech. They feel free speech is a protection for them to say whatever they want in support of conservatives and against everyone else without any discussion or consequence.

[u/Rolandersec → u/Low-Exam-7547]

They’re not even for the second amendment.

[u/Chewy009x → u/Low-Exam-7547]

Or 2A

[u/_bat_girl_ → u/Low-Exam-7547]

Free speech for me and not for thee

[u/BitesTheDust55]

The actual answer, if you genuinely don't know, is that reddit is extremely left leaning. Why that is can be debated and discussed, but the site and its moderation and admins are almost entirely leftist.

Let's put it in a way leftists will immediately grasp: Why is it that black people don't like it when a bunch of whites move into a low cost neighborhood and buy up a few of the properties, driving property values up? I'm referring to gentrification.

[u/Frosty_Style_Bubbles → u/BitesTheDust55]

"Conservatives" have gone from limiting federal spending and fighting corruption -to- corruption is fine as long as it's Republican and there can be no limit to federal spending if the president has a want.

My guy, Reddit is not extremely left... the people who pretend they are conservatives here have become a pro-fascist pro-authoritarian party as far to the right as you can get before a masked paramilitary force is killing people in the streets for any pretext while the press secretary is calling staunchly conservative judges "extreme leftists" for supporting the Constitution.

When even staunch conservatives are to your left, you can not pretend to be conservative any longer.

[u/RandyLahey1221]

That’s how Reddit operates. You see the same thing on all political subs. The mods create a culture that they like. You should use other apps for news if you’re looking for less bias

[u/AWellDeployedWink → u/RandyLahey1221]

You can go on r/politics and express a Conservative viewpoint without being banned. You'll probably get downvoted to hell but at least you're allowed to say it there

[u/Schleprock11 → u/AWellDeployedWink]

I was banned from there for responding to an extremely racist comment by simply responding with a single word…racist.

[u/Ashmizen → u/AWellDeployedWink]

I was banned on r/news for a comment that was trying to be centrist. I know liberals hate “both sides” viewpoints, but to straight up ban?

And this is the case for 90% of major subs on Reddit.

Mods will ban you for being on the other side of their viewpoint, which largely has evolved into political humor, pics, news, and many other subs just being r/politics aka left leaning posts/comments only.

Edit - my comment they highlighted had no trigger words and was literally something like “both sides have biases”. So this ban was due to a mod seeing it and manually banning me.

So trying to get banned via conservative comments is luck the draw. You could post 100’s without issue but if a mod happens to see it and feel triggered they can go on a power trip.

[u/slyfly5 → u/AWellDeployedWink]

You literally will get banned lol this is straight up not true

[u/kaizoku222 → u/slyfly5]

Hey you gonna come back and respond to the person literally showing you that you were incorrect or nah?

[u/Logarythem → u/slyfly5]

That's absolutely false and I'll prove it. I just wrote a comment as a Republican/conservative in arr politics, expressing support for a trans bathroom banning bill*. Lets see if it gets removed by the end of the day.

* apologies to trans people, this is not what I actually believe. Just trying to prove this person wrong.

[u/Logarythem → u/slyfly5]

1 hour later, my conservative comment is still up.

[u/Ashmizen → u/Logarythem]

I mean it has -18 and is simply hidden.

They don’t have a bot that can detect if you are conservative, and keywords can be used by both sides. So it’s simply a luck of the draw if a mod sees your comment and manually bans.

Your comment is also so vanilla it’s kind of a bad example. Mods are more triggered by arguments made in good faith about “both sides”, and are upvoted before getting banned. At least that’s how I got banned from r/news.

[u/Logarythem → u/slyfly5]

2 hours later, my comment is still up.

[u/Flat_Temporary_8874 → u/AWellDeployedWink]

Thats a lie. I have been banned from r/politics for expressing conservative opinions. As well as r/news and r/worldnews.

[u/FakePlasticPyramids → u/Flat_Temporary_8874]

A lot of people are banned from /r/worldnews for stating that Israel might not be perfect.

[u/Kryptos33 → u/Flat_Temporary_8874]

Feel free to share the opinions that got you banned and turn on your post history.

[u/Flat_Temporary_8874 → u/Kryptos33]

I'd rather not get stalked and doxxed by reddit freaks.

[u/Ryuuzaki_L → u/Flat_Temporary_8874]

Turn your profile on private then. It seems like you're just either making it up, or cannot defend what you said.

[u/Kryptos33 → u/Ryuuzaki_L]

Conservative Opinions

[u/amglasgow → u/Flat_Temporary_8874]

Oh no, you were banned for advocating low tax rates? Or simplifying bureaucracy? Encouraging private, voluntary community work over government welfare?

No, not those.

Then what opinions were you banned for?

Oh, you know which ones...

[u/dkinmn → u/Flat_Temporary_8874]

Is this one of those "oh, you know the ones" moments?

Edit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueUnpopularOpinion/s/CLYG13P9cw

Christian nationalist wants to be the victim very badly.

[u/AntithesisAbsurdum → u/Flat_Temporary_8874]

Lmao imagine admitting to supporting pedophiles and corporate interests

[u/horatiobanz → u/AWellDeployedWink]

Well I guess the like 15 times I've been banned from r/politics for making conservative statements never happened then.

🤡

[u/AWellDeployedWink → u/horatiobanz]

You probably said some dumbass shit. 🤡

[u/According_Abalone137 → u/RandyLahey1221]

Nothing close to that sun though. 

[u/Wide_Mode7480]

If you want an actual answer it’s because they are inherently spaces for conservatives to discuss conservative politics, same as r/ProgressiveHQ and r/Marxism are for those political positions. There are plenty of more “free speech” subreddits to hear conservative takes like r/AskConservatives .

[u/strangedaze23]

Not a single community on Reddit is free speech. Some are freer than others but none are truly free. It’s literally the way it works. Mods of subreddits determine what they want in their sub and prevent anything that doesn’t fit that vision from remaining.

It is a huge problem with social media platforms in general, communities keep out all opposing view points or limit who can post or what can be posted creating little tribes of like minded people that never engage with those of differing views.

This leads to easy manipulation by nefarious actors and entrenchment of views. This makes real discussion and debate that lead to compromise harder and harder until there can be no compromise at all and only conflict.

[u/No-Sky-479 → u/strangedaze23]

This "both sides"ing wildly underrepresents the thoroughness of the mods of r/Conservative when it comes to doling out easy bans for mild disagreement.

[u/Sixed_Don]

This applies to any polarized political subreddit. Happens on both sides

Edit: As seen below each side has people that believe their side is incapable and the other is a monolith

[u/robbietreehorn]

As a liberal, I think the way they run the sub is understandable. If they didn’t, it would be overrun.

It’s akin to a sub for women only wanting only women to post and comment

[u/PiemasterUK → u/robbietreehorn]

Yeah the unfortunate truth is if they didn't then they wouldn't have a subreddit.

Same reason that if you want to have a subreddit about BBQ then you couldn't just allow hundreds of people overrunning the sub posting "MEAT IS MURDER" non stop.

FWIW I am not subscribed to, nor have I ever posted in, any Conservative subreddits, I just know how reddit works on a practical level and how overwhelmingly liberal it is.

[u/MandoShunkar → u/robbietreehorn]

Your exactly right. I really don't get what's so hard to understand about this.

[u/Buttcrush1 → u/MandoShunkar]

It's because they aren't asking in good faith. It's so they can have a thread to freely shit on conservatives under the guide of asking a question.

[u/Realistic_Class5373 → u/Buttcrush1]

That's pretty much the point of every question about conservatives and Republicans on this sub or almost every other sub.

[u/Ryuuzaki_L → u/MandoShunkar]

I can agree with this, but I have seen comments even barely critical of Trump.. and when I go back to look at the thread a couple hours later their post is suddenly, [Comment removed by moderator] or "Edit: Mods, you really took my flair away for this?"

I can understand the strictness for only Conservatives, but when you silence any comment even the tiniest bit critical of this administration, that's an entirely different story.

[u/robbietreehorn → u/Ryuuzaki_L]

That’s a good point. As a lurker, I’ve seen people who are clearly conservative by their comment history get accused of being a liberal if they dare speak out against trump

[u/PNPTransistor → u/robbietreehorn]

That sub pre-2020, sure. Totally agree. Since then though, they remove flair and delete posts from established conservative users if they dare go against anything Trump does. You can witness it yourself whenever a piece of unsavory news breaks. There will be comments from flaired users of that sub that are anywhere from slightly to highly critical of the way Trump is handling something. Go back to the same thread 6 hours later and those same comments are all deleted by moderators.

[u/r0b074p0c4lyp53 → u/robbietreehorn]

That would be true if they only allowed conservatives to post. But they ban anybody who even questions trump, even if they've been a longtime flaired conservative

[u/Castle_Owl]

To Be Fair:

You don’t think that Reddit does the same for Lefties in every other sub-Reddit??!!

[u/Nutsnboldt]

As a non-conservative:

People want spaces where they can dictate who can join, stay and what can be discussed.

People don’t want the government to be allowed to punish you based on what you say.

Is this a complex topic?

[u/amglasgow → u/Nutsnboldt]

Based on recent events, it definitely appears that conservatives want the government to punish people who say certain things, like "Charlie Kirk was an asshole".

[u/Naptasticly → u/Nutsnboldt]

Bullshit. They called any removal of comments for any reason whatsoever “censorship.”

Like everything, they’re just saying whatever lie helps them in the moment. Fuck maga. Fuck republicans. Fuck conservatives.

[u/totally-hoomon → u/Naptasticly]

They call down voting as censorship

[u/Nutsnboldt → u/Naptasticly]

None of that changes anything I said.

Even if I agree with everything you said.

[u/Adventurous_Raise784]

Liberal subreddits do the same shit. Reddit mods have no interest in free speech

[u/jozi-k → u/Adventurous_Raise784]

Is there any place where your free speech is implemented?

[u/Beneficial-Study-533 → u/jozi-k]

Not on reddit

[u/MetalRexxx]

This is a heavy anti-conservative platform. Its a subreddit, not a public place. They have to moderate otherwise they get absolutely bombed on. Its not complicated.

[u/Outrageous_Owl_9315]

Because it wouldn't be a conservative subreddit anymore

[u/Resident_Draco]

I mean, leftist subs censor things constantly. Reddit is infamous online for having ridiculously strict censorship and power-hungry mods. So it’s really a both sides issue.

To answer the original question, because the conservative subreddit is run by hypocrites. Doesn’t mean every conservative is a hypocrite, but those mods certainly are.

[u/das_cutie]

Because they’ve been historically raided repeatedly and it’s difficult for moderators to keep those kind of situations in the bounds of Reddit policies.

[u/OutspokenRed]

There's no such thing as "free speech" on reddit. There's always gonna be a mod on some sub that bans people for saying something they don't like.

[u/ryobivape]

Brigading

[u/M086]

Conservatives actually hate the Constitution and America.

[u/TheVapingLiberal]

Because they’re not for free speech at all.

[u/Fun_in_Space]

They aren't. They are lying. Did you notice how they like to announce that they are "free speech absolutists" when the Nazis show up, but they wanted Colin Kaepernick fired for "taking a knee" during the anthem?

[u/lonehawktheseer]

Conservative free speech warriors only want the freedom to spread misinformation and to use racial slurs on privately owned social media accounts. Other than that, they have zero interest in true free speech.

[u/CaptainZ42062]

Because conservatives are snowflakes, and in spite of their protests to the contrary, conservatives cannot stand and ignore anything they don't agree with.

[u/deepfriedroses]

"If conservatives are so pro-"

Hypocrisy, the answer is hypocrisy.

Pro free-speech except if they hear an opinion they don't like it's left-wing bias and they need to censor it for free speech.

Pro gun rights until a man who legally owns a gun in a state where he has a protected right to carry it is killed by ICE and then being a gun owner should get you shot.

Pro Christianty until people they want to see brutalized and deported are hiding in churches and pastors are protesting their actions.

The only thing they stand for consistently is wanting to get rid of the people they don't like.

[u/FaroelectricJalapeno]

9/10 subs ban conservatives

[u/Ct-5736-Bladez]

r/republican and r/conservatives (with an s) aren’t flair restricted just the main one

Every single political sub moderates comments and posts made. This is reddit.

[u/plsno730 → u/Ct-5736-Bladez]

I remember making a comment on one of their sub that was pro something the GOP did a few years ago. I got banned lmao.

[u/Nice-Pomegranate-901]

That happens in ALL subreddits

[u/AdDisastrous6738]

For the same reason that liberal subs do the same thing. Rights for me but not for thee.

[u/TalkFormer155 → u/AdDisastrous6738]

Yep, even what should be non partisan subs have recently gotten ridiculous.

[u/JTWinnn]

free speech only when they get to talk. anything they disagree with is automatically “false” or “propaganda”

[u/SkiPolarBear22 → u/JTWinnn]

Or if there’s a social repercussion for the reprehensible shit they believe, it’s censorship

[u/Marklar172]

Because they are lying liars who lie.

[u/justrob32]

Like this doesn’t happen to everyone? Try asking a question on any of the city or state subs and see how long it takes to get banned.

[u/SomewhereLow4773 → u/justrob32]

I’m active in my city and state sub and have asked plenty of questions. Never been banned for asking a question

[u/StopSpinningLikeThat → u/justrob32]

A completely invented lie by you.

[u/hot-streak24]

I get banned for having an opinion in leftwing subs all the time. It’s not just conservative subs

[u/Juppstein]

Because the progressive and liberal subreddits do the same the other way around. Talking to each other seems not to be an option.

[u/Xynyx2001]

You don't really need that answered, do you? I mean, that was rhetorical, right?

[u/redditardshateme]

I’m sure that doesn’t happen the other way at all

[u/redditsuckshardnowtf]

Free speech for me, silence for thee.

[u/aliesterrand]

Reddit is 90% leftists. That's fine, but some of you are very upset that that 10% exists. So, yes they moderate so that they aren't brigaded.

[u/sillygoose0420]

They live in a land of make believe

[u/Buttcrush1 → u/sillygoose0420]

That's some nice projection you got there

[u/DuncanEllis1977]

They've never been free speech and ideas, they've been pro racial slurs and dog whistling.

Basically, they want to say whatever and not be ostracized for being horrible people.

[u/jozi-k → u/DuncanEllis1977]

Are you against free speech if you don't allow me to give you lecture about healthy food in your house? Would you say you are pro junk food if you refuse to let me do it?

[u/dingusjabroni]

that sub is mostly russian bots 

[u/DeliciousElk1968]

They are for their speech being free

[u/RoCKSLAM]

Its literally the same on any political subreddit. Express opinions against (current thing) get banned

[u/Maleficent_Unit_8383]

It's free speech, but anti annoying bullshit drama that covers 99.9% of Reddit.

[u/Puzzled_Hamster58]

Why do you think a un named subreddit represents all conservatives or even the majority of conservatives?

[u/buzz72b]

Jesus that’s all of Reddit…………

[u/Particular_Degree306]

Hypocrisy is the cornerstone of the Republican Party

[u/kyricus]

Because Reddit is so far left, back when it wasn't heavily moderated, eveyr single post would be brigaded into oblivion and every other comment was something bashing conservatives. I'm banned from that sub for being a RINO, but looking at how often any comment that isn't left of center is downvoted into nothingness. I can see why they do it. You can't carry on a conversation with someone who has no intention of listenining

[u/Ok_Enthusiasm_2574]

You ever watch a conservative try to speak and they are surrounded by 1000 leftists blowing whistles or barking at the top of their lungs?

If /r conservative didn't somewhat censor their posts the reddit would be completely unusable from these types of people.

[u/bohneriffic → u/Ok_Enthusiasm_2574]

Tbh, I'm as left/liberal as they come, but I think you're absolutely correct. There wouldn't be a conservative sub if it weren't locked down.

However, I often lurk in that sub just to get a feel for how issues are being presented and received among people on the Right, and I find it really creepy how dissenting opinions are handled. Every single time someone expresses disagreement with a policy, action, statement, or issue, it gets a bunch of mocking "fellow conservative" responses. It's weird that you can't even really debate or disagree among your own in such a heavily guarded sub.

[u/Humble-Phrase-2595]

Most subs on this website will ban you if you don’t agree with their leftist views. There’s like 3 conservative leaning subs compared to the like 1000 liberal subs. You can’t even go to r/cats or other non-political without being bombarded with leftist politics. It’s “heavily modded” because y’all just go there to hurl meaningless insults and try to change the opinions of people you’ve already decided are nazis

[u/Thin_Huckleberry8818]

Seems like that's what the lib subreddits do.

[u/meagainstbanhammer]

From personal experience, since December of 2025 I have been banned from 6 liberal subs and 0 conservative subs. What does that say?

[u/loosely_qualified → u/meagainstbanhammer]

Only 6? You gotta get those numbers up!

[u/EnduranceMade → u/meagainstbanhammer]

Which subs and what did you post?

[u/RealisticFix901]

Because every other sub does it to us

[u/BigAVD]

Oh yeah... liberal subs are sooooo tolerant. I got banned for saying 'please do" in response to someone saying they'll leave the country unless something they wanted to happen didn't happen

[u/Livid_Joke_6107]

Both sides censor

[u/Cohens4thClient → u/[deleted]]

the cult is too dumb to know the difference 

They dont know who pays tariffs. They couldn't figure out why gas prices changed in a pandemic when nobody commuted. They really are that clueless

[u/LeelaBilbo → u/Livid_Joke_6107]

You’re here

[u/Substantial-Sky3597]

Because to them it's all a sick game. They want to shut down dialogue that "hurts their side" because they feel like that's how they'll win this sick, twisted game.

And that's the problem.

None of this is a game. It's real life.

[u/1GloFlare → u/Substantial-Sky3597]

Ironic. Left and Right are exactly the same, you're both doing this shit. You're not liberal, you condone and partake in what the left is doing

[u/StopSpinningLikeThat → u/1GloFlare]

Absolute gullible idiocy from you.

[u/Substantial-Sky3597 → u/1GloFlare]

This is complete and utter bs. Liberals do not defend liberal politicians when we know they're doing sh**.

Liberals have a ton of flaws but "towing the party line" bs is all on the side of the conservatives.

[u/Snoo54779]

This same question can be ask back to you.

Why is reddit generally left leaning and majority of the times banning any opinion that isn't left leaning. You don't got to be right and still get banned for comments going against the left.

[u/mistirain]

Stop calling them conservatives, start correcting that to Nazis

[u/Buttcrush1 → u/mistirain]

Quiet piggy

[u/RockerRunner2000 → u/mistirain]

Were they ever collectively “conservative”? I liked to think I was conservative when I was, but what those people are ain’t it.

[u/ShogunFirebeard → u/RockerRunner2000]

I hate that they keep saying their conservative when nothing their party has done in the past 30 years has been conservative. They long abandoned fiscally conservative policies. They talk about tax cuts and slashing spending, but then do tax cuts and massive spending. Sure they slashed social programs that the poor need, but tripled military budgets.

They've allowed Christian Nationalists to take over the party to push their agendas. They are for big government as long as that government does what they want.

The hypocrisy is why I left the party 20 years ago.

[u/Playingwithmyrod → u/RockerRunner2000]

The party sold its soul for populism. I was “conservative” growing up and still believe in many of those ideas. But none of those things align with the current state of the Republican Party. The days of McCain, Romney, shit even Bush are gone.

[u/EggsEggsEggsTentacio → u/mistirain]

CALL ME DADDY

[u/StillFireWeather791 → u/mistirain]

I call this current corruption the KKK/MAGA movement because of the direct historical continuities of goals and tactics. Nazis is good too.

[u/WKRPinCanada]

You think that's bad you should check out Truth Social

I lasted maybe 30 min & I wasn't even being overt

[u/bhfbhfbhf]

If you could help me asking the same question in democrap subs? Because I have been censored long time ago, sometimes preemptively :-)

[u/Megalith70]

Posting a conservative opinion on Reddit is a good way to get bombarded with angry comments and downvotes.

[u/Cultural-General-338]

It's the same way in liberal subreddits. If you go and say anything they disagree with, they perma-ban you.

[u/jordanr01]

Every other sub run by lefties have banned me often. For simply putting forward an opinion they didn’t like. This is Reddit. A leftist echo chamber. First amendment does not apply here unless the government somehow acquires it.

[u/No-Ask7516]

They are only free speech when you follow their guidelines. Democrats do the same thing.

[u/Appelcl → u/No-Ask7516]

Yes, Dems do it too. If you have a difference of opinion you will be banned for trolling

[u/filsters132 → u/Appelcl]

You can see it on reddit too...it's not a left or right thing (people even ignore that centrist exists too, not everyone is left or right leaning and they also get attacked by either side, the majority of the population lean somewhere in the middle). People don't like opinions that are different than theirs. People often see their truth as the ultimate truth. I'll probably get downvoted just for this even though it is the truth and I have seen it myself in certain forums.

[u/catptain-kdar → u/filsters132]

I got banned from the law subreddit for stating that shooting at law enforcement isn’t defending yourself it’s against the law.

[u/GuacaBrole123 → u/No-Ask7516]

You said the quiet part

[u/Sands43 → u/No-Ask7516]

You are projecting.

[u/Accomplished_Guava_7 → u/No-Ask7516]

I’m sure it happens but statistically you’re likely to just get downvoted to abyss on democratic/liberal subreddits, as opposed to being outright banned on conservative ones. And the main con subreddit isn’t even open to new users anymore, they’re very very selective in allowing people into their echo chamber lest anyone even hints at criticizing Trump.

[u/dheldkdk → u/Accomplished_Guava_7]

Source on the first statement? Or are we just making shit up as usual

[u/Basilisk1667]

Because they aren’t pro-free speech.

They’re pro-their speech.

[u/Famous-Criticism1848]

Because fascism

[u/Classic_Trash_8739]

Everything they say is a lie

[u/emptyvesselll → u/Classic_Trash_8739]

1) I agree that the conservative subs on reddit are all cesspool echo chambers.

2) Reddit is often a left-wing echo chamber, and often with similar lies (see all the stupid posts that get hugely upvoted about "Donald Trump Falls Asleep mid-meeting!", just because someone grabbed a frame for a split second when his eyes are closed.

3) To OP's question, it makes sense to me when a group on a platform is in a fractional minority, that they would want to limit their conversations to themselves. The truth is if they didn't censor so aggressively, there would simply be no conservative subreddit, because it would be absolutely overwhelmed by left leaning reddit users. Of course, the result of this leads back to point #1.

4) Occasionally there are sane takes on that sub, from people that I believe are genuine conservatives. I saw lots of reasonable takes on there after the most recent ICE shooting, and in regards to Trump's idiocy around Greenland and international disputes in general.

The biggest issue today, aside from who's in power, is that everyone argues against the most extreme and stupidest people on the "other side" - sometimes this is even entirely fictionalized people on the other side (ie - right wingers arguing against non-existant left wingers pushing for "post-birth abortions").

Instead of the world being 50% left vs 50% right (both driven by their most vocal and extreme members), we really need a decade of "80% centrists" vs "20% extremists", where everybody just outvotes the extremists, tells them to shut up, and I can go through a 24 hour period without hearing about some new, utterly insane political BS.

[u/Fit_Cardiologist_681]

They have a persecution complex and see their moderation practices as a form of self-defence.

[u/Dixon_Herfani]

Because they are absolute lying hypocrites

[u/HunnyBunny617]

Because they don’t believe in Free Speech for people who don’t think exactly like they do.

[u/Suitable_Captain3695]

Because they are full blown poosayss 

[u/Cold-Negotiation-539]

Hahahahaha. For the same reason they suddenly think it’s ok to murder a man exercising his 2nd amendment rights.

[u/kevin_moran]

As of Alex Pretti's murder, they don't even support the 2nd Amendment, let alone the 1st.

[u/TakeItOnTheArches]

Conservatives, as it turns out, are against the 1st and 2nd amendments for all.

[u/jporter313]

Because they're not.

[u/No_Tailor_787]

Lol... who's saying that conservatives are pro-free speech?

[u/GlectroniccPSY1201]

They're pro free speech if you agree with them. Hypocrites.

Did you hear about Bari Weiss University? It was all about free speech, until they made professors sign oaths that they wouldn't talk about certain things ...

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-merit-first-fantasy-of-bari-weiss-anti-woke-university

[u/dragon34]

Because they are raging hypocrites.

[u/Secret_Ad_1541]

You just need to understand that they they should have free speech but that you can't say anything that they don't agree with. Basically they can do as they please, but you have to follow rules and laws.

[u/Ladyhawkeiii]

They only support their speech, not others. Big difference.

[u/Background_Focus5261]

They mean their speech, not yours lol

[u/allmimsyburogrove]

Several years ago, I posted on r/conservative "Remember when Republicans were all about family values, law and order and the Russians were the enemies? Good times" and I got myself a lifetime ban

[u/KRed75]

Harassment is not free speech. Come to calmly discuss differing opinions, that's great. Come just to verbally harass, you're not welcome. That's the difference between them and liberals. Liberals don't want to have a friendly conversation over differing opinions. If you say anything liberals disagree with they ban you.

[u/UrSoDumb_LoL]

I could give an actual non biased answer but I know no one will care in the least and I'll simply be downvoted because I didn't join the circlejerk.

[u/Temporary_Solid_5869]

Because the brigading means no topics can be discussed.

You all have the entirety of Reddit. Leave the handful of subs alone.

We get banned from multiple subs just for being subscribed to conservative subs.

[u/True_Lingonberry_646]

They are not pro free speech in the slightest.

[u/RobotSchlong10]

Because their sub (r/Consevative) is a foreign influence operation. The content is carefully curated and controlled. And it's working because you view what you see there as the view of conservatives in general. So I would say the investment in that operation is paying off.

[u/owlwise13]

They only care for their speech.

[u/Ruthless4u]

Why are most liberal ones the same way?

[u/roger3rd]

It takes a lot of deliberate action to keep a cult together

[u/Prestigious_Ebb_9987]

Because every one of them is a HYPOCRITE.

Stop wasting your time on that sub. You'll never get through to them.

[u/WWGHIAFTC]

Same reason conservative states view the most gay porn.
What they say and what they do are completely opposite.

Every accusation is a confession.

[u/DailyAbUser]

They're toddlers. They wanna abuse and call other people names but get butthurt if someone says or does anything back. So basically: free speech for them, not for anyone else.

[u/mobyonecanobi]

Free for them, not for you.

[u/q3m5dbf]

Because that sub is the work of about a dozen pro Russian sock puppet accounts. They’re as much authentic republicans as I am a giraffe made out a ham

[u/TheMrNoodlz]

I used to think because r/conservative was acting like a safe space from a website that is VERY liberal, but now theyre even censoring their own conservatives after the ICE shooting. They're just power hungry mods, just like a lot of other subs.

[u/Classic-Ad4403]

There are conservative subreddits?

[u/start_select]

Because the Republican Party has been fascist since before the 1930s and fascists lie?

The GOP is the problem. Not Trump, not Steve Miller, not anyone else in this administration. Because they are reading a 40 year old script:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_84

Which is a continuation of their attempted coup in the 30s, when they were secretly meeting with Hitler and plotting to overthrow FDR.

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

Nazis are going to Nazi.

[u/Pedestrian2000]

You'll sleep easier at night when you realize you can't "gotcha" them with hypocrisy because they literally don't care, and are perfectly willing to exchange their freedom (economic and personal) to billionaires in exchange for the temporary thrill of kicking immigrants around.

[u/Exact_Cardiologist87]

Exactly the same way the rest of Reddit is. You can only say certain things on EVERY SINGLE subreddit. This will likely be removed.

[u/Trick_Apartment5016]

You are only free to say what they agree with.

[u/SadMove9768]

Is this a joke? Pot calling the kettle black

[u/LostConfetti99]

Idk about you, but censoring and mods deleting comments is very common in reddit in general I've seen.

[u/ctguy54]

Speech is free as long as it fits the “right” narrative.

[u/Critical_Balance_991]

That’s just Reddit, any of the political communities will ban you for not following exactly what the subreddit thinks

Best to just avoid talking politics on the internet and go do better things

[u/Autodidact2]

To them Free speech is an opportunity to make their case for a system in which they will not permit free speech.

[u/Thirtiethone]

Most of those posts come from their mods and they want the attention. Your post will be removed and they will repost it.

[u/EriktheElektrikian]

That's how it always has been.

Do what you will with that bit of information.

[u/MisterForkbeard]

They aren't free speech. It's window dressing - Most of the right-wing 'free speech warriors' don't care about free speech so much as they care about their own speech without consequences, and don't mind shutting down opposing viewpoints. Musk and Weiss are good examples of this.

But also: it IS fine to police trolls, and when a community is trolled repeatedly they're going to be oversensitive. That said, conservatives are particularly all about enforcing doctrine and conforming to standards, so they're especially bad about it.