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I dont understand. I've never seen any other political forum so filled with bullying and hate. No one is discussing anything. It is alarming because it IS uniqu

I dont understand. I've never seen any other political forum so filled with bullying and hate. No one is discussing anything. It is alarming because it IS uniquely toxic. (disclaimer: I dont spend much time in any political forums. Can you link some if I'm wrong?)

r_smart 10y ago
Yeah, maybe I just got lucky? Maybe I have a higher tolerance? Maybe we have different political affiliations that make you more sensitive to it than me? I couldn't find the specific comment I was referring to, I think they've had a ton of traffic from their users this week, for obvious reasons. I skimmed through and grabbed some posts that I thought are a decent selection of what I'm talking about. I don't necessarily endorse any of the views in the comments, but just want to point out that there's a lot of solid commentary in there too, not just memes. The point is, these aren't just a bunch of uneducated racist assholes, despite what the narrative would tell you. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5cafd5/need_a_postmortem_liberals_you_went_too_far/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5cafd5/need_a_p... [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/president_assad_syria_is_ready_to_cooperate_with/d9und6u/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/presiden... [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/president_assad_syria_is_ready_to_cooperate_with/d9um3rg/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/presiden... [3]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7uk2/game_over_cnn_is_now_officially_projecting_that/d9ujmdb/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7uk2/game_ove... [4]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7tq2/we_won_the_fight_but_the_war_continues_show_some/d9ubeqx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7tq2/we_won_t... [5]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9u8vhf/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [6]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9u8ws6/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [7]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9u8a02/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [8]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9uffst/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [9]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9ud99o/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi...

r_smart 10y ago

Yeah, maybe I just got lucky? Maybe I have a higher tolerance? Maybe we have different political affiliations that make you more sensitive to it than me? I couldn't find the specific comment I was referring to, I think they've had a ton of traffic from their users this week, for obvious reasons. I skimmed through and grabbed some posts that I thought are a decent selection of what I'm talking about. I don't necessarily endorse any of the views in the comments, but just want to point out that there's a lot of solid commentary in there too, not just memes. The point is, these aren't just a bunch of uneducated racist assholes, despite what the narrative would tell you. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5cafd5/need_a_postmortem_liberals_you_went_too_far/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5cafd5/need_a_p... [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/president_assad_syria_is_ready_to_cooperate_with/d9und6u/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/presiden... [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/president_assad_syria_is_ready_to_cooperate_with/d9um3rg/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c8xej/presiden... [3]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7uk2/game_over_cnn_is_now_officially_projecting_that/d9ujmdb/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7uk2/game_ove... [4]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7tq2/we_won_the_fight_but_the_war_continues_show_some/d9ubeqx/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7tq2/we_won_t... [5]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9u8vhf/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [6]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9u8ws6/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [7]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9u8a02/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [8]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9uffst/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi... [9]: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trending_on_youtube_a_concerned_stephen_colbert/d9ud99o/ https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5c7ic6/1_trendi...