I think during the covid/vax era was when I really noticed changes in the discourse.
I think a few paid actors/provocateurs came in and changed the tone of FR. Not saying everyone who was strongly pro-CDC or pro-Pfizer was a paid provocateur but I think a few were, just enough to damage the FR culture.
Same for UKR-RU war.
A few provocateurs that push hard in various directions can push the whole community — mostly injecting division and strife rather than simply arguing for their position.
Prior to Covid such stridency seemed to be isolated in religious debate threads.
yeah; c-19 vaccine is a religion for far to many - sigh.
You are right.
The pro ukraine war folks (neo-cons) are here pretty thick.
Perhaps they will move the the DU like Cheney and Romney.
here’s hoping.
“Not saying everyone who was strongly pro-CDC or pro-Pfizer was a paid provocateur but I think a few were, just enough to damage the FR culture.”
Funny. I think the same about the antivax kooks who worked tirelessly to saturate the site with their ignorance. The Daily Expose as the font of medical knowledge. That worked great on those who know nothing about cell biology and protein synthesis and junk like that.
You’d almost think that they were being paid by people who want conservatives to be stupid and addicted to conspiracy nuttism, like the Q fantasy. Whatever happend to Q anyway? Are we awaiting his Second Coming?
See if you can guess which side of the vaccine issue Trump falls on. Take all the time that you need to come up with the answer.
Oh my goodness were you here for the utter discourse of the 2016 primary the Cruz vs Trump supporters it was RABID!! The Covid discourse was bad AND the whole Russia Ukraine war discourse has also been pretty darn bad HOWEVER this is what free speech and debate is supposed to be!! The entire country has become more divided than ever, WHY would it be any different on FR???
Oh, so YOU want to be the FR “Fact Checker”.
No thanks.