Maybe it’s just me, but it feels like things have been getting kind of unpleasant around here lately, a lot more arguments, a lot more “I’m right, you’re wrong, fuck you, now bend the knee” kind of discussions rather than actually explaining a position or trying to convince someone to change their mind.
I know tensions are high for a lot of people right now, but I really don’t want to see this place turn into yet another dead online leftist forum where the dozen or so remaining members declare themselves the One True Leftists after having chased everyone else away through their toxicity.
Just because you think you’re right about something doesn’t give you the right to be an asshole about it.
With respect, we are nowhere near the levels of vitriol that were reached during certain posting eras.
People are kinda generally more cranky, but I am not seeing the outright hostility towards each other that ebbs and flows on the forum. We are nowhere close to high tide yet.
Yeah, that’s true. Guess I just wanted to call attention to it in the hopes of heading it off and preventing it, though in retrospect even mentioning it will probably only make things worse.