It's not venting, it's bonding through hatred of outgroups. It's toxic and it's 90% of the content here.

Yes, it is.

Most things we say here are ban-worthy in the modern social media context.

Ultimately people come here to say what they can't say in there.

Online communities, where people shoot the shit and joke with each other, can and do get used for political organizing.

There's a diference between slacktivism and actual political movements.

They are how Donald Trump won the 2016 election and how he's maintaining power in the Republican Party. There's nothing pretentious going on, they just have healthy communities that share information and encourage their members.

So you belive in the 'Youtube made me a nazi' meme then?

Let's face it: what elected Trump was the promise of a conterpoint to the then rampant neoliberal establishment represented by the democrats. It had nothing to do with social media people whining about wokeness in capshit movies.

These communities only attract people who already are entrenched in a certain set of beliefs, that's all.

Obergefell is essentially guaranteed to be overturned once Clarence Thomas is Chief Justice. It will be the gay apocalypse in the U.S.

I don't belive so.

Gay marriage has already becomed part culture for it to be single-handedly overturned overnight. There will be debate, lots of it, before anything is done. If this happens people are going to be very pissed off and there will be backlash.