Its clearly what they do. The best example, a default sub TwoXChromosomes is full of blatant hate speech against half the species and its touted as a progressive bastion when its a different variation of The Donald.
On their front page right now:
- A post about finishing shampoo and conditioner at the same time
- Celebration of a black female CEO
- Discussion of abortion
- Discussion of Women's only gyms (pros/cons/benefits/etc)
- Discussion about marketing vis-a-vis unhealthy body image
- Inappropriate boss in a meeting
None of those posts are even about men, let alone "hate speech against half the species?" So the emphasis is definitely on you to show that this is a popular usage of the sub.
Subs don't get removed for a scattering of hateful comments, the moderators are expected to deal with those. Subs get banned because their popular purpose is against Reddit's rules or their moderators are unable/unwilling to enforce the rules.
Best example I've seen https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/hzis4w/a_n...
"A message to all men" . Basically telling "all men" their opinions aren't valued or wanted on the sub. Wonderful. And it hit the Reddit front page. Imagine a "mancave" sub on Reddit with mods saying women's opinions don't matter and aren't welcome here and shit like that. It would be banned immediately, probably after making 5 o'clock news
It literally says the opposite, in fact
> Men, I have a request: Please, think twice before you reply to a post that you can't relate to. I'm not asking you to leave this sub, because I think that it's valuable to read about other people's experiences to learn about their unique challenges in this world.