u/noob-fl

hit me with your favourite songs, and i will rate them on a scale form 1 like "na, the toilet of my neigbhbor after he eats hyper spicy sounds better then your song" to 10 like "that song must be the song, that god uses to create the universe"

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Institutional Discrimination and Weaponized Moderation: How r/Christianity Protects Hate Speech While Banning LGBTQ+ Defenders

I am writing this post to document and expose the systemic, institutional double standards practiced by the moderation team of r/Christianity. While the subreddit claims to be a space for open theological discussion, its moderation policies in practice function as a shield for bigoted harassment, while aggressively silencing LGBTQ+ users who defend themselves.

1. The Pretext: Criminalizing Tone While Protecting Dehumanization

Recently, I was permanently banned from r/Christianity for a glaringly engineered reason. During a debate, I called out an overtly bigoted user by calling them a "bigot." The moderation team immediately swooped in to issue a ban under the guise of enforcing their policy against "personal attacks" (Rule 1.4).

This is a classic authoritarian tactic: reducing a factual description of discriminatory behavior to a mere "insult" in order to justify policing the tone of the marginalized group, rather than addressing the hate speech of the aggressor.

2. The Evidence: The Dehumanization and Pathologization of Queer People

To understand why this is a case of systemic inequality, one must look at what the r/Christianity moderators actively choose to tolerate under the banner of "theology." As documented in available screenshots of these exchanges:

Homosexuality as a Disease: Users are routinely permitted to pathologize queer lives, describing homosexuality as a disease, a psychological sickness, or a moral rot that has "invaded" a generation.

Constant Name-Calling and Slurs: While the word "bigot" triggers an immediate permanent ban, fundamentalist users are allowed to engage in relentless, targeted name-calling, labeling LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies as "wicked," "ignorant," "servants of the devil," and "degenerate."

Theological Extremism: The platform openly allows users to post extreme claims stating that human sexual orientation is “purely of the Devil”—a statement that borderlines historical Christian heresy (Manichaeism) by attributing divine creative powers to Satan, solely used to strip queer people of their humanity.

None of these instances—which explicitly target, pathologize, and attack the core existence of LGBTQ+ individuals—are deemed breaches of the subreddit's safety or civility guidelines.

3. Proving Intent: A Personally Motivated, Retaliatory Ban

The institutional failure becomes undeniable when analyzing the timing and nature of the ban. This was not an objective application of subreddit rules; the ban was a personally motivated, retaliatory strike by moderators who felt caught and exposed.

When confronted with the glaring hypocrisy of their own platform—where structural hate speech is codified as protected "religious opinion" while basic defense is penalized—the moderators chose to silence the mirror rather than face their own bias. They weaponized the "personal attack" rule precisely because they had no logical, theological, or ethical counter-argument left. The ban was enacted in bad faith because the moderation team felt textually cornered by precise language and chose to abuse their institutional power to eliminate the critique. Conclusion: A Haven for Bigotry

This is intentional, unequal treatment. By forcing queer users to sit quietly while their existence is debated, pathologized, and demonized, r/Christianity has created a safe haven for bigotry. The moment you use precise language to call out this hypocrisy, the moderators reveal their own fragility, take it personally, and abuse their power to remove you.

This platform operates under a profound hypocrisy. It is a broken system that actively protects the oppressor while criminalizing the defender.

hi, hope its fine, to post here, because its funny.

Lot of u know me from r/Christianity - im a loud and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and battle all who call us Abomination and such. the last 2 days, the Slurs and Namecallng toke overhand, and, as i am, start to question, why its ok, to call us Abomination or possessed by Deamons and the Mods dont delete the posts, even after Multible flagging

And now i get banned.. with the justification: i create work. let sink that in - not because i broke a rule or something like that, but because i create work!!!

but it proves my point: i accused the mods of beeing arbitrariness and they bann me with arbriatory reasoning.

it have its Irony, that during the pride month, a lgbtq+ member, that advocates the stopping of discrimination gets banned in a discriminatory way.

r/christianity in is peak homophobic performance proves, how important the fight for our rights is, because STILL - not the ones who called us abominations, diseeses, birth deffects get banned, but the victims of this verbal hatecrimes, becasue we point on it and

create work for the mods

happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈

***********************Edit: they unbanned me***********************

i have one core belive: there is no bad music genere, only bad musicans.

and i like to prove that, so please, feel free to challenge my claim: regardless of genere u mention (if there is music aviable to share in the internet about it) i will find a great song/track/piece in it

and i mean all generes, even and especialy the obscure ones 😄

a short summary of what if been called in this sub the last 24 hours:

- an abominaton

- a birth defect

- a disease

- a serialkiller

- a murderer

- possesed by deamons

- possesd by satan

and THATS why we need pridemonth, because its 2026 and still the right of not be harrassed and discriminated for once sexual idendity is kicked underfoot. and not as an exeption, but as the norm. LGBTQ+ is still the scrapegoat for bigots and the protection of our right not to be harrassed and discriminated is basicly ignored.

btw: during writing this post, statisticly one gay person in the western world was beaten to death and 2 others made suicide because they cant handle the hate anymore

happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

i had an interesting discussion in a comment . i dont wanna expose or blame the other person, because the discussion was civilized, so i dont mention the name. im just curious how others see the difficulty to fit the golden rule (matth 7:12, its allways matthew, love that evangelium 😍)

user:

> Yea, so…that’s actually from the Bible.

>Matthew 7:12

>12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

>So that’s not a “higher moral standard” than the God of the Bible. That’s THE standard of the God of the Bible.

noob-f

>how fits the golden rule the homophobic bs in the bible? why should homosexuals been killed and called an abomination when NOTHING about homosexuality is against the golden rule?

>i HAVE higher standarts

id like to see your thoughs about that.

oh btw:

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 happy pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈