4chan is a great example of what places that consider free speech an indelible right will turn into
People who have the most vile and hostile opinions will flock there and push most of the reasonable people out
Talking to a band of brainwashed idiots who hide their hate behind a thin veneer pseudointellectualism gets old pretty fast and, as /pol/ likes to point out, those opinions color their view of reality and will seep into discussions of seemingly unrelated topics
Most of us don’t want to have to deconstruct some non-sensical ideology every time we make a statement. They think this means their opinions are some hidden truth that we can’t handle.
The reality is that we can prove them wrong, but they can’t or won’t accept it so we give up on them and go where there are more reasonable people to interact with
Yeah, that’s the way to do it.
There’s a lot that’s pretty funny, but their narratives about being the last bastion of freedom and enlightenment always rubbed me the wrong way
Kind of like how subbreddits and circlejerks often go hand in hand. Or how people here like to talk about how it’s soooooo much better than reddit to the point that, no matter how you sort it, the front page is buried in posts saying the same thing