i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

  • OceanSoap
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    1 year ago

    I’d love more political debate without censorship from either side. I want to hear every argument either side has, even if the argument is dumb. I want to hear the rebuttals people give for the beliefs I have, because that is the only way to check myself.

    I would like regulation for these discussions to be more about personal insults, rather than if an idea is deemed too offensive or not (which is arbitrary to begin with). When a debate devolves into insults, there’s no point in continuing the conversation anyway.

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      1 year ago

      Honestly I think it’s really hard for this to exist because people upvote things they agree with. That inevitably incentivizes unsubstantial “gotcha” comments and dog whistles.

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      1 year ago

      Personally I would not like to even entertain arguments against LGBT rights or the like. I do not know why we should outside of free speech ideological purity.

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        1 year ago

        You don’t have to, there’s no requirement to entertain, engage or respond. The problem comes when you try to keep others from entertaining, engaging or responding.

        I personally enjoy engaging and responding to those I disagree with. I don’t like it when people attempt to make it so I can’t do that just because they disagree with their views.