This is why we need to build and move to a decentralized platform. It seems that Reddit's stances are continuously in flux depending on whatever seems to be convenient for the company at a certain point in time. If people don't want to see certain offensive content that's understandable, but the goal shouldn't be to remove content just because some group finds it offensive. At most a system should be put in place to allow the content to be flagged/filtered out for users who don't want to see it. What's clear is that Reddit doesn't care about sticking to a set of principles. It will change its principles whenever they think that it is profitable to do so. They cared about free speech when it was necessary to keep and grow a small userbase who cared about free speech. Now they want to attract the masses and their grandmas and would rather throw their old users and principles under the bus. Centralized systems just can't be trusted. They'll come up with a set of rules today and change them again tomorrow. Yesterday they were for free speech. Today they are for "open and honest discussion." Tomorrow they will be for happy conversations. The next day they will be for connecting consumers with products and services.

Not me, but it sums up my feelings on the subject pretty well