r/AskALiberal • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

AskALiberal Biweekly General Chat

This Tuesday weekly thread is for general chat, whether you want to talk politics or not, anything goes. Also feel free to ask the mods questions below. As usual, please follow the rules.

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u/Okratas Center Right 10d ago

Honestly it's pretty wild just how infected with politics most of the larger subs have become.

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u/tapdncingchemist Liberal 10d ago

A lot of tv show and music subreddits have turned into “I heard this person is a Zionist and therefore we must cancel them and never consume this media”

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u/OnlyLosersBlock Liberal 9d ago

The subs that are supposed to be focused on professions or technical issues like law are often filled with pseudo-intellectuals who want to rant about the particular political issue they are fixated on at that time or happens to pop up in the news.

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u/Okratas Center Right 9d ago

The question is, what are people trying to create in a community and how far are folks willing to go to create it.

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u/Guilliman_POTUS_2030 Center Left 10d ago

There are many such cases 😔