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It’s commonly known Craig Newmark is a far leftist and also that in the CL community that he has his moderators police conservatives very strictly. I’ve also been told, and believe it, the Craig even as a rich man spends some considerable time arguing with conservatives and personally banning those whom he really dislikes.
I suspect he is even farther left than Zukerberg and definitely has been around much longer.
Here is a very typical post that is rabidly anti-Maga and conservative. These are the type of posts I would argue with. It is active:
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/pol/d/el-segundo-introspect/7595282226.html
wow ... never knew that. You must have a lot of free time ...
Craig really has an non-stereotyped view of ordinary Americans, doesn’t he?
For a jerk with a simplistic text based flea market he sure seems to have a high opinion of himself. Odd for a guy who really got popular with the old personals that pioneered online prostitution.