Originally posted by Reality:

Still, I am not adverse to joing a discussion group. Reading this groups mission statement, I came to the conclusion that this group was founded because of a belief that the internet had potential for meaningful relationships/ possibly a reaction against the idea that people should get used to the toxicity of the internet and become jaded themselves. I enjoy this idea and I have participated in boards like that, although most of them were short lived. I am a bit concerned that this group has a very split identity based on the threads I browsed.. I am not sure if it is supposed to be for people who like games like TF2, politics, or niche anime. I decided to accept the invite because I noticed that some people who post here have been taking advantage of the ability to create threads once invited without accepting, and could potentionally remain in the group even if they had no common interests, didn't connect with anyone, or long periods of inactivty.

Same here, i don't remember who invited me. I'll give it a try because I've already seen a guy who says he is a left-winger discussing the "regressive left" that is indeed a good sign. As i have absolutely no interest in anime "waifus" and i don't play TF2 I'll give it a try just for the politics threads.

Hi, I'm new, I'm glad to be part of this group it seems like an interesting place to be. Thanks for having me.

Well, the main problem imo is that universities have been flooded by leftist teachers who apparently are teaching dogmas instead of critical thinking. I have no idea why they are doing this though... It's very destructive and dishonest. It also happens in mainstream media.

"White privilege" for example is not debated, it's taught as a an indisputable fact.

Dogmatic thinking always ends up in conflict because it doesn't allow criticism of any kind.

I don't think these "regressive left" are really leftists, they are a very ridiculous and kinda paradoxical thing, they are secular religious fanatics.

They have dogmas and sacred concepts which can't be challenged. They act as a cult.

And tagging anything as hate speech is basically censorship. Same goes for trolling.

If you are right you can argue with logic and evidence. Instead of forcefully silencing the other.

I agree with you OP if you can't argue the most difficult topics they you shouldn't argue at all.