I've gotten sucked in once or twice and then I come to my senses and back away slowly. It's really harmful to mental health. I call Twitter a "hate laser." Hat

I've gotten sucked in once or twice and then I come to my senses and back away slowly. It's really harmful to mental health. I call Twitter a "hate laser." Hate bounces back and forth between camps of angry people and is amplified until it shoots out and causes damage in the real world. Twitter isn't the only platform like this or even the most toxic, but I think it does the most harm by virtue of its size. Virtually all discourse on there is toxic, but especially anything that touches politics. The political position doesn't matter. No matter what it is the content is always a barrage of lazy memes, brutal ad hominem, and the violent dismemberment of straw men.