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Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by pnako on Friday January 31, 2020 @03:41PM (#22205454)
That's a problem with reddit, whose narrow-focused subreddits encourage groupthink. It's not specific to Trump, I'm sure doing the same in pro-Sanders or pro-Warren subreddits will have the same effect. Or indeed pro-Rihanna or pro-Metallica subreddits.

You'll have better luck with 4chan. People will call you a lot of bad words for sure, but they will also debate your point to death.

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Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by hasbot on Friday January 31, 2020 @04:05PM (#22205723)
I remember when /r/politics was full of conservatives, right-wingers, the tea party, what have you. People would ask them to elaborate on their position, ask for references, or point out the flaws in their logic. The response? Moving the goalpost. Or "both sides do it." After a while, I ignored them because it wasn't worth my time to debate them. We won in a way; conservatives eventually stopped bothering to comment in /r/politics and retreated to their safe spaces.
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