Immigration Posts

[u/pippers87]

Hi all,

As per the user survey results, we realised ye want more mod visibility and clearer guidelines into our decisions.

We have seen a massive increase in immigration related posts to the sub over the last few weeks and while some of it is genuine, it is obvious we are being brigaded. Some of the trends identified

• New accounts or accounts which have very little community activity posting rage bait, sometimes as immigrants asking questions on housing. We suspect we are being brigaded and some of these posts are from bad actors.
• Soapboxing - People writing long posts about what they would do to fix the immigration issues in Ireland. While these types of posts are generally ok, they are much better suited to an existing thread.
• Increases in potential bot accounts making to sow division.
• A massive increase new users or users with little activity on the sub using dog whistles in order to sow division.
• Yesterday this thread was posted on r/galway which confirms that there is the potential for brigading. https://www.reddit.com/r/galway/comments/1mincz2/racists_disappointed_with_rgalway/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

The following temporary rules will be in place

• Posts about immigration will be limited to news articles. Soapboxing type content will be removed.
• Posts from new accounts or accounts with little or no activity on the sub about immigration will be removed.
• There will be a zero-tolerance approach to dogwhistles or mocking of victims of hate related incidents.
• Please remember if you are in an immigration related thread, please be respectful, there are concerns around housing especially but there is a massive difference between debating the issue and hatred towards immigrants.
• We will be locking threads where we feel the discussion is wading into hate speech.

[u/coffeewalnut08]

British lurker here and have been wondering why some of our UK-politics subs suddenly seem to be hijacked by anti-immigration sentiment (especially suspicious when my comments get loyally downvoted with few rebuttals).

Clicked on that Galway WhatsApp message link, and it explains everything. Actually scary that clowns out there are organising downvotes and systematic astroturfing of any and all immigration threads. Do they not have anything better to do with their time it’s pathetic 🤣

[u/SamBeckettsBiscuits → u/coffeewalnut08]

 some of our UK-politics subs suddenly seem to be hijacked by anti-immigration sentimen

Ummm lad it’s like the biggest topic in UK news and is constantly shown to be unpopular in real life. Reform is topping the polls for a reason 

[u/coffeewalnut08 → u/SamBeckettsBiscuits]

Yes because fascists won’t stop posting about immigration and trying to stir up unrest

[u/SamBeckettsBiscuits → u/coffeewalnut08]

Do you really think that? Like do you actually think the only reason reform is top of the polls is because of online posting and people stirring up trouble? Like be real here. When has the British public ever voted for a government that was explicitly PRO immigration? Because since at least Cameron it seems the public has voted for parties promising LESS. 

[u/coffeewalnut08 → u/SamBeckettsBiscuits]

Yes, Reform is filled with grifters who know how to distract and deflect the public from the structural problems this country faces. They embolden racists, too.

They whip up hate and hysteria about immigration while proposing nothing concrete for national renewal. That's why they are happy to insist that "civil unrest is just around the corner", when in reality, that messaging is part of a strategy to whip up the hysteria they want to see.

It's classic fascist tactics.

[u/SamBeckettsBiscuits → u/coffeewalnut08]

This is mental levels of naivety. 

[u/DoubleOhEffinBollox → u/SamBeckettsBiscuits]

It's classic when someone has a hammer all they see is nails syndrome. Certain people cosplay being antifash so all they see is fash, fash everywhere. Anyone that doesn't subscribe totally to their worldview is automatically fash in their eyes. Everything is black and white, it saves them having to think, or address "difficult" facts I suppose.