I go through periods of abandoning this forum for similar reasons. Originally I posted here because it was a place of diverging opinions, a place thats hard to find on an internet forum. Where I didn't have to worry about my natural instinct to be antagonistic to group-think mob mentality. Now, yea its agree with my the groups specific flavor of leftist philosophy or be dogpiled and labeled as whatever the respective slur is for the topic. Try posting even something positive about religion and it gets hijacked for hate rants
Though that doesn't bother me, or rather I tolerate it. I have lived a life of being ostracized and bullied. So I return out of habit and because its the only forum (in the traditional sense) for me to talk about more general topics. That and I hate how insular the internet has become. Just like minded people circle-jerking their personal beliefs, hiding away from voices of dissent. The toxicity doesn't bother me and I still hope to inject some alternative points of view into discussions.
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