Due to their insistence that "freedom of speech" includes the right to spout hatred and discrimination, Reddit has gained notoriety as a home for numerous racists, misogynists, homophobes, transphobes, and other bigots, who group together and create subreddit communities dedicated to inciting hatred and violence against marginalized groups. A group known as the "Squatzis" are known to "squat" on subreddits with names related to racial issues - these users have taken the subreddits /r/holocaust, /r/TrayvonMartin, and /r/ferguson, among others. This group of neo-Nazis quickly snatch up subreddits like these so that other people - who aren't Nazis - won't get to use them.
Recently, however, these people have been ramping up their efforts.
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