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I really hope that the political communities don't devolve into just useless name calling.
What I like are the comments that discuss the nuances of politics. Why things happen the way they do and the strategies, OR even other people's takes on a topic.
What Reddit turned into was is an ass or is <Stupid/fascists/baby killers> Or is too old and stupid. Nothing of substance just writing the same thing someone else wrote in the last post. Got really boring.
That's not just Reddit, that's the way people view/discuss politics online these days, and to a lesser extent, offline too. It's bad, man. It's not just politics either, it is pretty much any social commentary, viewpoint, or ideology. You either support literally every single stance a given group takes or you're an enemy. This mindset is driving division, creating anger, and separating people in a way that will be extremely difficult to come back from. We're in big trouble as a society.
Yeah, but on the flip side.
We've entered some very dark times where the grey has disappeared from a lot of things and become stark black and white.
and enlightened centrism does nothing but spread the darkness.
enlightened centrism
checkmate sideists
That's what I liked about/r/asktrumpsupporters. I'm most definitely not a fan of him but good points were made that changed my mind on some things.
Do you remember any of those things? Anytime I've talked with trump supporters, they just say platitudes and never reference anything concrete...or that didn't blow up in our faces later on.