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New York Magazine: Reddit’s Hypermisogynist ‘Red Pill’ Forum Was Started by a New Hampshire State Legislator
Reddit's Awful 'Red Pill' Forum Was Started by a New Hampshire State Legislator
A new report from the Daily Beast has seemingly unmasked the creator of Reddit's infamous Red Pill forum. The /r/TheRedPill subreddit is the site's main hub for discussing pickup-artist (PUA) techniques and the struggle for men's rights. It counts just shy of 200,000 subscribers (and far more readers), mostly there to discuss how feminism is not really about equality, but about oppressing men.
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What a surprise! 😱 Misogynists existing in our government? NOO WAY. Our president is a beacon of what our government is like. Oh wait...
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Alright, bud, no need for that kind of hostility and derision. I chose the link I did because NYMag is a more reputable source than the Daily Beast.
Complains about hostility. Is hostile.
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What I'm saying is the Daily Beast, in regards to them as a publication and with this article specifically, have a very clear bias. The NYMag article is better journalism as it trims off the fat and leaves only the relevant information. Regardless of whether the Daily Beast's investigative team did a good job or if I agree with their politics the NYMag is more reputable and can be taken seriously as a source of news. If Cracked.com or Buzzfeed had come up with this scoop or if a Medium article had broken the news then I'd still wait for other outlets to corroborate before posting it here.
It's the difference between reading the transcript of a television episode and reading the synopsis on Wikipedia: the latter gives you all the information you need but links to the original if you'd like to go through all the fluff.