Where do you go for reasoned debate on the internet?
Because it sure isn't the majority of subreddits...
Posted Jan 11, 2015, 10:24 PM UTC
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Nowhere on the Internet.
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Stormfront.
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Except with more name-calling, insults, and personal attacks directed at the OP, if they try to have a reasonable debate with any of the users there (especially if they're black or Jewish).
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Conveniently located in the same city as Rush Limbaugh.
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I actually had a great Game of Thrones debate here last night.
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R+L=J
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Were you actually there?
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You must be new here.
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I actually remember when reddit was a haven for intelligent conversation, but I understand your sentiment.
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When was that? Even back in the day geocites were like how reddit is now.
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About 4 years ago.
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Reddit used to be a liberal safe haven. It became so influential, that those who don't circulate amongst liberals began to come see what all the fuss was about.
Then those newcomers started downvoting the liberal memes and narratives, and offering counter-commentary that got upvoted.
So Reddit took r/politics out of the default lineup.
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I remember plenty of different viewpoints being expressed in threads and most of the upvoted comments being critical or supporting in a non-confrontational manner. There is no doubt that reddit has always had a far-left leaning slant.
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We call that nostalgia.
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You really should look at some of the older threads before dismissing my statement as pure nostalgia.
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Plenty of people have dug up shitty threads and comments even from reddits inception. A quick google brought up this. In 2010-2011 50-80% of /new was images.
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I think you would have to look at all the older threads to make that claim not just a choice few.
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You just want a small website full of like minded people.
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Maybe you're right. At least like minded in their approach to having a discussion. I don't mind hearing opinions contrary to my own, and I can't stand pointless arguments where neither side considers the viewpoint of the other party.
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Tumblr, you shitlords.
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Not here, that's for sure.
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4chan.
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Who is this "4chan" ?
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I usually just go onto Reddit, type out something with some thought put into it. Then I cram it right up my ass.
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Here
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Meaning askreddit?
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No reddit. Like ChangeMyView or DebateReligion
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I'll check those out.
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I don't think you can on the internet. Anonymity and communication techniques do not always allow for an environment of honesty and maturity.
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That's what she said.
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r/atheism, where all the debates are open minded and accommodating! ^^^lel
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Ironically the most zealot-like group n Reddit.
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Even outside of their home turf?
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No I wouldn't make that claim.
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This has been cordial and reasonable. I agree that within the athiest subreddit you'll be under an attack of sorts if you're a believer.
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Mostly because non-athiests show up and try to convert...
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Oh, thaaaats the one reason why r/atheism is notoriously awful! It's the Christian's fault!
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Don't show up to your rival team's training ground and expect anything but hostility when you try to recruit their players.
It's the believer's fault the majority of the time when the fight happens in r/atheism and the non-believer's fault when it happens in a church. Does that make my original comment a bit clearer?
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Your point was always clear, it's just that I highly disagree about the source of r/atheism's awful behavior. They are constantly bashing people in the most ridiculously mean ways, Christians don't actually go there and cause the problems. For an example of the behavioral difference, just check out r/christianity and see how politely they speak to atheist trolls and compare that to r/atheism and how they deal with trolls.
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I watch/listen to debates on the Intelligence Squared soundcloud channel. They are very good. And insightful.
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I'll check it out.
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The Daily Mail comments section, of course!
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Surprisingly, reddit.
A lot of times you get trolls or idiots who try to fuck with you but sometimes you get really nice debates going where you both respect each others opinions and have a nice adult conversation about it.
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It may be confirmation bias on my part, but there seems to be more trolling now than in the past.
There are some subreddits that are amazingly good about having civil discussion, but they are usually about extremely specific topics or niches.
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Ya I agree. I made a comment on a ask reddit thread and it blew up a bit and so many people troll and bitch about things. Most of them dont even want a conversation. They just want to yell at you.
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Umm, MetaFilter?
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Honestly, Reddit is probably the best place to actually engage in intellectual debate of any kind. It's essentially the world's largest internet forum, which means you get a good variety of people and their opinions (provided people don't sugar coat it for karma/fear of downvotes) and you get enough people passing through that you can get a few responses per hour or more if your comment is popular enough. I've been to a lot of websites, and this one has kept me the longest.
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There's no doubt that you can get a lot of differing viewpoints to respond here, but that doesn't mean that it's a civil discussion. Good point though.
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http://www.debate.org/ for formal debate.
Otherwise, you're out of luck.
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r/changemyview is usually pretty good.
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It's not bad.
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YouTube
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