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[–]homeless-g_c-mod 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

GC wasn't a debate sub. You came into a subreddit for a specific ideology and you're complaining that they didn't welcome your unrelated viewpoint. This forum will also remove opposing opinions under rule 4.

[–]Barfie[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You can lead a horse to water, etc. etc. Echo chambers wont get you anywhere.

[–]homeless-g_c-mod 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

By that logic, any forum focused on a specific ideology of any kind is an echo chamber. A vegan subreddit, specifically to discuss veganism and the vegan lifestyle is an echo chamber that fails to reach outsiders. Should all forums then be open to any viewpoint? How can we have any nuanced discussion of a particular subject without limiting the broader viewpoints from the conversation? An open forum is a forum dominated by the median view.

The idea of a political forum is to create a place for internal discussion and debate within an ideology. Not every conversation needs to include every person.