Message from @CreativeRealms

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2018-01-21 15:32:13 UTC  

the argument is more that the 4chan "tolerates" hate

2018-01-21 15:32:16 UTC  

/pol/ is whatever the people going there are into at the time

2018-01-21 15:32:37 UTC  

but in reality they just tolerate everything because it's all a cesspool lmfao

2018-01-21 15:32:41 UTC  

^

2018-01-21 15:32:54 UTC  

All of that may be true, but if we go there right now, is a 50-50 mix of random stuff and hateful shit-posting

2018-01-21 15:33:10 UTC  

gore, bestiality, borderline pedophilia, you name it
whether it be edgy memes or actually fucked up people you will find it there

2018-01-21 15:34:08 UTC  

i only go on 4chan if i'm in a good mood and have to call a support hotline 😄

2018-01-21 15:34:30 UTC  

in terms of /pol/'s values on average it's definitely closer to the alt-right than progressive left (at least in the past year)

2018-01-21 15:34:45 UTC  

but 90% of it is reactive

2018-01-21 15:35:15 UTC  

and the progressive left just happens to be putting out the most garbage in volume

2018-01-21 15:36:01 UTC  

so it's normal to see

2018-01-21 15:36:42 UTC  

reddit is more constructive assuming you can find moderators that allow politics and are mostly neutral when things get heated

2018-01-21 15:41:44 UTC  

IGD is pretty bad. I think it was them who had articles about how to sabotage train tracks and lots of pro antifa stuff.

2018-01-21 15:43:01 UTC  

Yeah the request to verify came from a lefty prof of mine. Not surprising

2018-01-21 15:43:59 UTC  

Those kinds of people shouldn’t be teachers.

2018-01-21 15:45:19 UTC  

I think she's a pretty fair teacher on her topics. She's not pro-antifa or anything and she covers he topics fairly well. She's far from apolitical but i don't think there is anything wrong with that. College is about encountering people who disagree with you

2018-01-21 15:45:35 UTC  

(I don't mean to sound defensive of her or offended, I'm not)

2018-01-21 15:46:55 UTC  

I don’t know your teacher so I’ll take your word for it but I’m really wary of anyone who takes the far left seriously.

2018-01-21 15:47:47 UTC  

Are you wary of anyone who takes the far-right seriously?

Don't you think its important to be presented with a diversity of opinions, some of them absurd but seriously defended when in college?

2018-01-21 15:48:51 UTC  

I’m wary of both. I don’t think you should shut down extreme views but also be careful to not cross the line of indoctrination.

2018-01-21 15:49:23 UTC  

extreme views on either side have issues..

2018-01-21 15:51:20 UTC  

Idk, there are some 'extreme' views that I like. (I'm partial to minarchism).

2018-01-21 15:51:40 UTC  

extremeism is generally bad, "only sith deal in absolutes"

2018-01-21 15:51:42 UTC  

I think there are plenty of far-right and left views that are worth being exposed to and engaging with.

2018-01-21 15:55:26 UTC  

extreme views are generally centrist views, just to the extreme...

2018-01-21 15:55:41 UTC  

@CreativeRealms i take the far left seriously

2018-01-21 15:57:26 UTC  

our federal government literally shut down and far left progressives are taking over major institutions all over the world at an alarming rate

2018-01-21 15:57:45 UTC  

so like

2018-01-21 15:57:56 UTC  

there are clearly risks

2018-01-21 15:58:14 UTC  

I take them seriously in that way yes. As in they are a serious danger.

2018-01-21 15:59:26 UTC  

i'm not a reactionary in the sense that join a group simply to oppose another party's views

2018-01-21 15:59:44 UTC  

because often it's mis-applied like universitites and their excessive nitpicking of themself despite not having the problems they describe like racism against minorities and rape

2018-01-21 16:04:21 UTC  

Sexual violence on campus is definitely a real problem.

2018-01-21 16:04:34 UTC  

compared to what

2018-01-21 16:04:46 UTC  

Compared to sexual violence off campus

2018-01-21 16:04:55 UTC  

citation?

2018-01-21 16:05:20 UTC  

Err this is the awkward part, I actually useds to generate the statistics at my campus.

2018-01-21 16:05:32 UTC  

everything i've seen shows that physical violence is lower on campus along with pretty much every crime

2018-01-21 16:05:55 UTC  

But i can't present them or discuss them intimately because of legal stuff

2018-01-21 16:06:01 UTC  

I can't speak to that.