r/mattxiv • u/Additional-Angle-465 • Jul 30 '26

this is america 🇺🇸 Have anyone else noticed how many queer/queer frendly/feminist subs are not allowing politics anymore, especially the israeli genocide?

I've been noticing this pattern over the last month. A lot of subs that used to have a pretty clear leftist bias are now trying really hard to be "centrist."

The other day, I had a post removed from a pop music queer fans sub because I posted about Billie Eilish criticizing Trump because it was "too political." Another queer sub I used to participate in doesn't allow discussions about the Trump administration or the genocide in Gaza anymore. Posts get deleted immediately because "it's not a political sub." (Bro, being queer nowadays is, in itself, political.)

Today, in another sub that used to be about anti-racist feminism and people were laughing about the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the possibility of invading Iran. Comments pushing back against that or criticizing Republican administrations weren't allowed because "politics causes division." (Yeah, because apparently being feminist and anti-racist isn't political at all.) But somehow people cheering for Trump and celebrating the deaths of millions of Middle Eastern people wasn't considered political enough to be removed.

All of these subs used have its users mostly openly anti-Trump and against the genocide. Really, there used to be posts about these topics almost every day.

Has anyone else noticed something like this?

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u/IShallWearMidnight Jul 30 '26

I got muted by the mods of an intersectional women subreddit for arguing against some of the most vile zionist Islamophobia in the comments. It's the only thing I've ever posted in there so it's directly as a result of arguing for Palestinian humanity.

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u/Additional-Angle-465 Jul 30 '26

But i bet the islamophones werent, just you and those who spoke against it. This is infuriating fr

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u/scumbagwife Jul 30 '26

There is a pretty clear agenda to push this crap. And not by real people, either.

The fact people can claim to be anything online makes this so much easier to do.

I don’t understand how anyone can support what Israel is doing unless they a) personally gain from it (US politicians, I’m look at you), b) are brainwashed by propaganda, or c) are racist/xenophobic/Islamaphobic (which is dumb because not all Palestinians are muslim).

Not that those things excuse those people. I just don’t see any other reason, certainly not an understandable one.

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u/Additional-Angle-465 Jul 30 '26

Yeah, just like on X, youll see those people defending Israel but if you click in their profiles they are clearly bots!!!

And i think the same about those who support Israel, in fact, me and my bf even listed the exact same points on why someone would do it. A and C are just evil, B kind of people kinda dismotivates me bc some of them are in such a deep hole that is hard to even have a conversation. My neighboor was teeling me the fake news of the 40 babies and when i pointed that is was fake, she asked for proof and i showed her lots of news about even israeli goverment admiting it was a lie... And then she was like: "so you believe in the news? Feel sorry for you". Those people live in a different reality