• I had an online discussion last week on another forum with someone who had voted for Brexit because he was worried about left-wing facism. I vehemently held the position that the very concept was fabricated by the right wing press.

    Reading the last few pages here I’m seriously reconsidering that position.

    Sorry, I keep coming back to this - it's a truly remarkable take. Honestly, it's a thing of beauty.

  • The misspelling of fascism?

    Jokes aside do you not see a tendency on here for leftwing arguments to be put forward in a shouty and abusive way when they're up against an opposing voice?... and judging by other parts of the internet its fairly moderate here.

    For eg if you think on balance the world has benefited from modern capitalist policies, but we need some social safety nets you're either a centrist dad or a tory cunt, depending on the mood or size of the safety net you think is sensible.

    In this case given that the troll was clearly a troll, I'm still struggling to see why people bothered to reply in the first place. But if they were why get so aggressive about it?

  • There was a Conservative voter politely engaging in another thread on here some time ago, and they met an equally polite, though confused (but why???) response.

  • Jokes aside do you not see a tendency on here for all arguments to be put forward in a shouty and abusive way when they're up against an opposing voice?

    Yes

  • centrist dad

    Hiya! *waves*

    I'm still struggling to see why people bothered to reply in the first place. But if they were why get so aggressive about it?

    Worlds friendliest internet forum, I guess?

  • In this case given that the troll was clearly a troll, I'm still struggling to see why people bothered to reply in the first place. But if they were why get so aggressive about it?

    Um, hello, that's what trolling is for.

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