diff --git a/components/comment.js b/components/comment.js
index 386c1985..2e9347db 100644
--- a/components/comment.js
+++ b/components/comment.js
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ export default function Comment ({
                 {item.searchText
                   ? <SearchText text={item.searchText} />
                   : (
-                    <Text itemId={item.id} topLevel={topLevel} rel={item.rel ?? UNKNOWN_LINK_REL} imgproxyUrls={item.imgproxyUrls}>
+                    <Text itemId={item.id} topLevel={topLevel} rel={item.rel ?? UNKNOWN_LINK_REL} outlawed={item.outlawed} imgproxyUrls={item.imgproxyUrls}>
                       {item.outlawed && !me?.privates?.wildWestMode
                         ? '*stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your [settings](/settings) to see outlawed content.*'
                         : truncate ? truncateString(item.text) : item.text}
diff --git a/components/item-full.js b/components/item-full.js
index 251027ef..b671e2cf 100644
--- a/components/item-full.js
+++ b/components/item-full.js
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ function TopLevelItem ({ item, noReply, ...props }) {
 function ItemText ({ item }) {
   return item.searchText
     ? <SearchText text={item.searchText} />
-    : <Text itemId={item.id} topLevel rel={item.rel ?? UNKNOWN_LINK_REL} imgproxyUrls={item.imgproxyUrls}>{item.text}</Text>
+    : <Text itemId={item.id} topLevel rel={item.rel ?? UNKNOWN_LINK_REL} outlawed={item.outlawed} imgproxyUrls={item.imgproxyUrls}>{item.text}</Text>
 }
 
 export default function ItemFull ({ item, bio, rank, ...props }) {
diff --git a/components/text.js b/components/text.js
index dc1c6e61..9f8583ad 100644
--- a/components/text.js
+++ b/components/text.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function SearchText ({ text }) {
 }
 
 // this is one of the slowest components to render
-export default memo(function Text ({ rel, imgproxyUrls, children, tab, itemId, ...outerProps }) {
+export default memo(function Text ({ rel, imgproxyUrls, children, tab, itemId, outlawed, ...outerProps }) {
   const [overflowing, setOverflowing] = useState(false)
   const router = useRouter()
   const [show, setShow] = useState(false)
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ export default memo(function Text ({ rel, imgproxyUrls, children, tab, itemId, .
 
   const Img = useCallback(({ node, src, ...props }) => {
     const url = IMGPROXY_URL_REGEXP.test(src) ? decodeOriginalUrl(src) : src
+    // if outlawed, render the image link as text
+    if (outlawed) {
+      return url
+    }
     const srcSet = imgproxyUrls?.[url]
     return <ZoomableImage srcSet={srcSet} tab={tab} src={src} rel={rel ?? UNKNOWN_LINK_REL} {...props} {...outerProps} />
   }, [imgproxyUrls, outerProps, tab])
@@ -166,6 +170,11 @@ export default memo(function Text ({ rel, imgproxyUrls, children, tab, itemId, .
               return <>{children}</>
             }
 
+            // if outlawed, render the link as text
+            if (outlawed) {
+              return href
+            }
+
             // If [text](url) was parsed as <a> and text is not empty and not a link itself,
             // we don't render it as an image since it was probably a conscious choice to include text.
             const text = children[0]