I'm more of a lurker here, but I can't seem to wrap my head around the spectrum of responses. At least personally, I'm copping to the ML bent here (same username) and telling people this community still has redeeming value, and I have people maligning me and telling me to log off? Wha-?

Are these people just suffering from lib brain, or am I missing something?

  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    no one grows or learns anything.

    But people do actually learn things; that's how radicalization happens, and most of us (and apparently reddit, too) agree that both the old CTH and here can radicalize people. It just doesn't happen all at once, and it doesn't happen without disagreement, and even when you move to the left you still don't agree 100% on everything with other leftists.

    Plus, at least so far, even contentious struggle sessions on here rarely turn into bitter. long-term pissing matches with other users. That seems appropriate given the scope of what we all agree on vs. where our opinions differ.