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> What makes a placea cesspool is not the position someone is taking, but how they are taking that position Disagree. You can have a cesspool of civility (Stor
by jquery 4y ago
> What makes a placea cesspool is not the position someone is taking, but how they are taking that position
Disagree. You can have a cesspool of civility (Stormfront users were (are? Is the site still up?) quite civil on their forums… as long as you didn’t admit to being a non-white immigrant for example).
You can also have something like TopMindsOfReddit, which is all sarcasm all the time, yet still empathetic and wholesome.
- snapplebobapple 4y agoI have never been to stormfront so I will have to take your word for it but your own explanation of their behavior betrays your point. Cesspool of civility is contradiction in terms that just means they discuss stuff you (and I) strongly disagree with cordially and respectfully. How they treat people who admit to not being white is what makes it a cesspool and also if their discussions go into things nearly universally agreed to be illegal (i.e. killing people, property destruction, etc). The other example is one of the exceptions where people know they are agreeing to suspend some aspect of civility that isn't related to something illegal when they enter the premises. Another example of that would be karen's diner chain in Australia.