A lot of that can be separated from good talking points like "bombing Syria is pretty expensive for a guy who owes me $2000," and some struggle sessions are ultimately constructive.
For instance, it's useful to have a conversation about how we should talk about anti-imperialism in the context of (1) Americans who don't give a shit about foreign countries and (2) Americans who do give a shit about made up stuff like deficit watching.
Where struggle sessions pop up will always be amusing. And as argumentative as they get, I think we're still more decent to each other than almost any other comparable forum.
One thing that I loved right from the start, that I still see, and that I hope to continue seeing, is people not holding grudges against other users from thread to thread or day to day. People are pretty good at not turning even a sharp disagreement on one topic into a running vendetta, which happens a fair amount elsewhere.
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A lot of that can be separated from good talking points like "bombing Syria is pretty expensive for a guy who owes me $2000," and some struggle sessions are ultimately constructive.
For instance, it's useful to have a conversation about how we should talk about anti-imperialism in the context of (1) Americans who don't give a shit about foreign countries and (2) Americans who do give a shit about made up stuff like deficit watching.
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Where struggle sessions pop up will always be amusing. And as argumentative as they get, I think we're still more decent to each other than almost any other comparable forum.
One thing that I loved right from the start, that I still see, and that I hope to continue seeing, is people not holding grudges against other users from thread to thread or day to day. People are pretty good at not turning even a sharp disagreement on one topic into a running vendetta, which happens a fair amount elsewhere.
Good news! We've also forked the fishing slap fight into some sort of weird discussion about which contact sport is the worst.