The simple fact that Reddit is a no free speech zone with heavy censorship and control is NOT new. It has been that way for a very, very long time. It is not surprising that topics like this one get censored from Reddit.

http://somethingsurprising.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/why-this-might-become-reddit-free-zone.html

https://howgoodisthat.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/political-censorship-and-moderator-bias-on-reddit-com/

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/08/redditors-furious-that-reddit-censors-alternative-media.html

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=10981