>>14227
I'm not saying its stagnant because it's slow. I'm saying it's stagnant because it's polluted with the same old circlejerk.
Maybe you do talk more about metapolitics, but this board is still clearly dominated with the same short-sighted thinking about insignificant issues. Without having a perspective on the broad issues and on the underlying circumstances all such talk about "news" events serves no other purpose other than to strengthen ignorance by reinforcing patterns of emotional information processing.
Where did I talk about moderation? Where do you get this from? Take this moment to realize you are not reading what I am saying but rather interpreting me as some fictional character of which you know all of his lines. Be objective. Get a grip
>Sparse critical thinking means "doesn't agree with me"
Read the above again.
Sparse critical thinking means that the vast majority of posters here express emotion not reasoning. They make wild jumps to try to support their unsubstantiated points of view with false persuasion. Simply put they would rather make assumptions than think freely. Their thought process is incoherent. While this may be common among "human beings" it is not constructive and does not serve to distinguish this board from others.
Ideology is usually mental illness. If you're not willing to make bridges to other people with supports of reason and a deck of empathy, you are just masturbating. And there is enough of that everywhere else.
I say all this assuming this board was meant to be refuge from ignorance. If it was, then it needs different leadership to achieve its purpose.
If it's not, then I guess it's just a trap meant for the few who found their way out of the main one.