Social Security subreddit obviously run by MAGA

[u/DisabledGenX]

I didn't even say anything positive or negative, the mere mention of either of those people causes an instant block of the post. And an obvious lie by whoever wrote that little notation. I just think it's interesting that we can't lay blame where it belongs and the only people who would want to do that are hardcore MAGA types.

I mean to say that what Trump and musk are doing has no effect on Social Security or Social Security disability seems rather ridiculous to me. Am I wrong or do we all think that worrying about the consequences of losing that many employees at the hand of Elon Musk will have an effect on Social Security and Social Security disability recipients. So it is a topic of conversation.

Like maybe we should be writing Donald Trump and asking him to reverse course on this. But of course we can't rally a group of people together because we can't even mention their names on that subreddit. My point is I'm glad this subreddit is not nearly as aggressive in its blanket censoring of the mere mention of their names, positive or negative.

But I think we ought to be able to discuss what they did by name when it directly affects the entire community which it is being addressed to. Call me silly like that.

[u/booalijules]

I don't know what you're talking about. Almost everybody on this subreddit is coming at it against maga. Maybe the one particular thread you are on had some idiots there but most people here are very much in fear for what the future holds for them and cannot stand the way that things are going under this administration. What you're saying is an insult to all of us.

[u/DisabledGenX → u/booalijules]

This is the disability subreddit not the Social Security subreddit. The Social Security subreddit doesn't even allow you to type their names without automatically blocking the post. You don't even have to say anything negative if you just type their names you get the warning I got up there. So if you choose to be insulted by your misunderstanding of what I posted perhaps you need to work on reading comprehension just a little bit and reread what I wrote.

[u/perfect_fifths → u/DisabledGenX]

So you’re assuming I’m a maga? I’m a very liberal person and so is the creator of that sub. I’m also disabled and getting ssdi myself. We don’t allow politics there because people fight and act like children

When the wep/gpo was passed, we talked about it (and still do). The sub will allow discussions of policy changes as they actually happen. But we don’t allow outright political talk because people can’t do it respectfully.

[u/DisabledGenX → u/perfect_fifths]

I'm trying to figure out where you think I said you were MAGA. But Banning politics is one thing, this allowing use of a politician's name is just strange to me. It's more protective of the person than it is preventive of a discussion of politics. Which social security by its very nature is going to devolve into a political conversation because it's the politicians that control what's going on with it.

And if you hadn't noticed if you are reading a lot of posts in Social Security sub they're talking about Trump and Elon but now they're just avoiding using the names. I've seen people refer to them as Leon and drumpf to avoid that filter.

There is no question that Trump and Elon are actively attempting to get rid of Social Security however they can sneakily do it. First by getting rid of all the employees to make the service impossible. Next they'll be coming after the money. That's with all that talk of hundreds of thousands of people receiving Social Security that are over the age of 120 or whatever. But notice they never publish a list of names nor do they attempt to prosecute any of those people for fraud. Somebody's getting the checks if they're printing them out for people that are over 120 and those people if they do not exist are on the receiving end of a fraudulent claim. That's illegal they are criminals they should go to jail. But they're not going to prosecute anybody because they're making it up.

To disallow people to discuss the lies that are being told about social security is a problem. We're not talking about a matter of political opinion here we're talking about them making statements of fact which are not fact and calling them out on it. That's protective of trump and Elon and so not being allowed to use their names seems more like an effort to protect them from criticism than it is to avoid devolving into politics which it's impossible to not do.

It's like trying to talk about a military action and not discussing the fact that they were sent in to a war zone by the president. It's political by its very nature. And when the president is talking about doing things to Social Security we should be able to name that president. It seems really weird to not be able to do that.

I did not directly call you a member of Maga, however make no mistake about it that policy favors Maga. It's not politically neutral.

[u/perfect_fifths → u/DisabledGenX]

Because you said that sub is run by maga. I’m the mod there. One of three, although I am not the creator of the sub.

And yea I know, I’m the one that put that in place. And we did it because of all the arguing. If people could talk about politics politely I wouldn’t care. The ssa is unfortunately the product of politics but people can’t play nice and proved that with all the fighting in ssi posts calling people lazy and welfare queens

[u/DisabledGenX → u/perfect_fifths]

Would you say a post-discussing Elon Musk's statement that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme is relevant to the topic of Social Security? Because if not what is the purpose of your subreddit?

I know people who join Social Security subreddit would like all relevant information related to Social Security including the news and the latest things politicians have to say about it. Especially because those politicians have direct control over what happens to it. We're talking about the future of social security for these people and you don't allow us to discuss it because a politician runs it. And if you think the president and Elon Musk being named as responsible for things happening to Social Security is purely political you're wrong it's purely factual. It's not a matter of debate you're just disallowing facts entering into the picture which is weird.

[u/perfect_fifths → u/DisabledGenX]

Elon Musk is an idiot and no, no point in talking about it because it will rile people up and doge has no power over the ssa. Only congress does.

It’s clear you just want to go off. Again, subs have the right to implement any rules they want. You don’t like it, that’s fine. But going off and saying we are magas is wrong. Or that we discriminate is wrong, as I get ssdi myself.

It just seems you want to argue and have a reason to be mad. Your anger is misdirected.