I don't get why people think it had anything to do with John Brown or saying slaveholders were bad. that was just the most popular thing being posted on /r/cth at the time, but the admins wanted to get rid of a left wing sub and just did it, it had nothing to do with what was being posted at the time.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They nuked the sub because they were getting rid of the donald too in an attempt to appear enlightened tech centrists.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

the_donald had a moderator tantrum and there hadn't been any posts for several months, they had moved to donald.win

banning the_donald was cover for banning CTH

[–] macabrett@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

I know why they did it, the John Brown thing is just an incredibly funny scenario