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1. Pragma+1d[view] [source] 2021-12-12 20:50:55
>>hn_thr+(OP)
There was a community on Reddit created for the purposes of discussing these heated “culture war” topics in a rational manner. It’s called “The Motte” and largely grew out of other communities that had started banishing culture war topics.

And it’s universally terrible. It turns out when you dedicate a forum specifically to open debate of hot-button issues, you attract a lot of the participants who have been driven out of other communities for their views. Even when the discussion is dressed up in a veneer of formal discussion, the topics and comments are such that most people with moderate views have zero interest in being part of such a forum.

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2. dillon+wg[view] [source] 2021-12-12 21:16:19
>>Pragma+1d
You might want to check out https://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics/. It's decent and the mods are pretty strict with deleting comments that don't have source & facts in them.
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