r/Atheism

I was permanently banned from r/Atheism today. I wasn’t a member, but I am an atheist. Here’s why I was banned—I think it’s pretty funny.

Someone posted: “In honor of today’s Supreme Court ruling, I just want to say Fuck Christianity.”

I replied: “I don't blame you, but not all Christians. It's a big religion.”

And that was that. I was permanently banned. I submitted an appeal, in the form of a brief polite message asking why I had been banned. In reply, the mods sent (or auto-sent) a request that I read many, many pages of documents of their detailed rules. They would not, of course, say why I had been banned. The basic rules offered no insight. And I declined to read the rest.

But they included some kind of gotcha text in the documents so they would know if I didn’t read them, and so there are no more options for me. I requested they ban me until the heat death of the universe.

I like Reddit. But, admittedly, I don’t post too often. This is why.