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There was a whole war that happened over in r/Egypt because the mods changed the subreddit's icon and banner for Pride. Egypt is a Muslim majority country and even Christians share the same beliefs towards LGBTQ+ and other social issues. Suffice to say it didn't go well at all. Just one day into the change and the whole subreddit got flipped upside down. The mods eventually reverted the subreddit banner and icon again in I think a day? Not sure but it didn't last that long.
This is the only version of the banner I can find the third pyramid had the Egyptian flag. I was very confused when I saw the trans flag you can see the colors again in the subreddit icon. Most users didn't recognize it judging by the comments and memes.
To give some context: Initially r/Egypt represented a very small and open minded community of Egyptians. Some where diaspora and others are just privileged, for a while this subreddit allowed many Egyptians to speak freely and openly about many topics from religion to politics to sexuality. The subreddit was essentially an echo chamber really. As the subreddit grew it attracted more Egyptians and naturally the opinions of the average Egyptian started reflecting upon the subreddit.
As previously stated, the participants of this subreddit are very privileged but will deny this privilege so luckily for you guys the posts are all in English! Both homophobic and pro-LGBTQ+ posts! Usually homophobic posts are in Arabic. Anyway enjoy.
It didn't even last that long.
Anyway should come to no surprise that the mods are sharing a discord server!
Same icon again, the mods are trying to separate the "good" users from the "bad users" and essentially create an echo chamber since their subreddit can't function as that.
First thing I see in the server, amazing.
Most of the discussion is obviously in English because the participants are either diaspora or privileged. Any Arab that can speak a second language is privileged. Any Arab that can speak English well enough to use reddit is privileged. Any Arab that can speak English well enough to be on discord that is clearly in English? Privileged.
This is the only version of the banner I can find the third pyramid had the Egyptian flag. I was very confused when I saw the trans flag you can see the colors again in the subreddit icon. Most users didn't recognize it judging by the comments and memes.
To give some context: Initially r/Egypt represented a very small and open minded community of Egyptians. Some where diaspora and others are just privileged, for a while this subreddit allowed many Egyptians to speak freely and openly about many topics from religion to politics to sexuality. The subreddit was essentially an echo chamber really. As the subreddit grew it attracted more Egyptians and naturally the opinions of the average Egyptian started reflecting upon the subreddit.
As previously stated, the participants of this subreddit are very privileged but will deny this privilege so luckily for you guys the posts are all in English! Both homophobic and pro-LGBTQ+ posts! Usually homophobic posts are in Arabic. Anyway enjoy.
It didn't even last that long.
Anyway should come to no surprise that the mods are sharing a discord server!
Same icon again, the mods are trying to separate the "good" users from the "bad users" and essentially create an echo chamber since their subreddit can't function as that.
First thing I see in the server, amazing.
Most of the discussion is obviously in English because the participants are either diaspora or privileged. Any Arab that can speak a second language is privileged. Any Arab that can speak English well enough to use reddit is privileged. Any Arab that can speak English well enough to be on discord that is clearly in English? Privileged.
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