From Musk 'Nazi' Hoax Has Pro-Censorship Reddit Users Blowing Off Steam

by Catherine Salgado

Speaking at the presidential parade celebrating Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, Musk, who is heading Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), used the rather common political speech gesture of putting his hand on his heart before saluting the audience. Deranged leftists immediately accused Musk of making “Nazi salute,” and not only did leftist Reddit users lose their minds, but multiple subreddit moderators began censoring X links.

The New York Times reported that “dozens” of subreddits by Jan. 21 were clamoring for a ban and boycott of X links. Since Reddit has a community-based censorship system, some moderators are already banning X links. One Formula 1 racing subreddit moderator announced that the page would now ban content from X “for a trial period.” 

Subreddit r/newjersey also banned X links, announcing it with “a photo of Mr. Musk emblazoned with a red block symbol,” The Times wrote. Meanwhile, the feminist subreddit TwoXChromosomes declared that a bot would now be automatically removing X links from the subreddit.