The people going to those sites or TheDonald in it's heyday are bonding over being able to say things that cannot be said elsewhere. To those users none of the

The people going to those sites or TheDonald in it's heyday are bonding over being able to say things that cannot be said elsewhere. To those users none of the discourse is toxic. There are similiar left leaning sites where the anita hangout that have similiar discourse but no one finds it toxic. Combine those two groups and you have the most toxic place where everyone feels attacked, the need to attack and piling on a victim feels good. That could describe twitter or other public squares.