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I've long since come to the conclusion that anything even just tangentially touching on identity politics can not be sensibly discussed here, or anywhere on the
by PeterStuer 7y ago
I've long since come to the conclusion that anything even just tangentially touching on identity politics can not be sensibly discussed here, or anywhere on the net. The tactics people that do not agree with you are prepared to deploy are sadly making me retreat in disgust.
- swebs 7y agoThere are a few places where you can. There are three main conditions that are necessary 1. Complete anonymity so people can't dig up your comment history to attack you or try to dox you. 2. No voting system. These are commonly seen as "I agree" and "I disagree" buttons. And once side of an argument reaches 51% of voters, the other 49% quickly become buried and it snowballs from there. 3. A light/hands-off moderation policy. Some moderation is necessary to remove illegal content or spam, but moderators must not be able to ban people for disagreeing with them.
- imtringued 7y agoYou will then suffer from selection bias because only people who have a controversial opinion (no matter if it is right or wrong) will frequent those places.
- thatoneuser 7y agoBut in this age who doesn't have a "controversial opinion"? No doubt something you think will be construed as controversial by someone.
- pythonslayer 7y agoThere is a subreddit called stupidpol that is not politically correct to say the least (I think they use rule 3), but is a great source for actual analysis on the topic.
- DoofusOfDeath 7y agoYou might take some small comfort in knowing that you're not alone. I too wish to know the actual truth of these matters, and to arrive at the truth by polite and thoughtful discussion. There's something about these topics that just brings out the worst in people, or draw in a worse kind of participant than the usual topics.