r/videos - Reddit mod gets laughed at on Fox News
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I thought there was an antiwork community here? Anyways I'm not sure where to put this. Just kinda sucks that the interview didn't go well and that people are shitting on this person and misgendering her for not being a white male factory worker or something.

/r/antiwork is kind of in shambles rn because the mods are trying keep the discourse from spinning out of control but a ton of people there are being transphobic and turning on the mods, and of course the mods are being accused of being authoritarian for trying to run the sub.

I hope the sub can bounce back, but it's a dark day in there for sure.

    • VernetheJules [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Not a big surprise I saw some people wanting to flee to another subreddit called /r/workreform lol

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Supposedly Fox messaged the mods and specifically requested to interview the head mod who had already done at least one disastrous media appearance before. The Fox team picked the perfect person for a repeat performance.

          • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            They seemed young and given that they're a radlib "anarchist" they just haven't got much underpinning their arguments (I say this as an anarchist myself). Also I'm sure no small amount of self aggrandizement was involved. You'd think anybody on the "left" would have the forethought to be suspicious of being specifically picked by Fox News as their preferred interviewee, but... I guess not.

              • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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                3 years ago

                Yeah, I certainly wouldn't have done it and I'm a cis white male that would look largely like a chud in a video call, they're definitely not lacking in confidence.

          • blobjim [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Fox News is adept at finding the most self-assured dorky losers to platform. That is half their job and said dorky losers never realize it.

    • garbage [none/use name,he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I’ve been hoping the sub would implode because it’s crawling with anarcho-bidenists.

      me too, but not like this.

    • meme_monster [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      You may get your wish. Lot's of users (brigaders?) at antiwork are trying to bully them off the mod team in this thread. Replace them with mods friendly to capital, take the sub private, or just find mods toxic to the ethos of the group and they can tank the sub.