Agreed. I'm always for a heated debate and usually play devil's advocate if I feel a sub is too one-sided, but most of these users take it so personally I can't get any response except emotional backlash. Voat is not turning out the be the place of open discussion I thought it would be.
Like the top level commenter on this - great article and line to spark a debate, but sadly all the replies he's likely to give in its defense are more copy/pastas if his user history is any indication (and more likely moved on to shill the next page by now).
Posting and sharing differing opinions is what makes the internet better than all other media IMO, but one has to stick around to defend these ideas in order to shape new opinions.
Thanks for listening, I needed to get this off my chest.
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madmalloy ago
Obama Plans to Let Ebola-infected Foreigners Into U.S. for Treatment
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2014/10/obama-plans-let-ebola-infected-foreigners-u-s-treatment/
escapefromredditbay ago
oh noooo, goodwill and medical treatment, what a travesty...wait what, im sorry, how is that evil, isnt curing disease a good guy act?
Reddiggoat ago
This website is what would happen if you put all rural America south of Kentucky on the same website and removed 35 points from each of their IQs.
Of everything I've read so far on Voat today, your sarcasm was the smartest.
escapefromredditbay ago
lol. eh, definitly part of it.
man, some of the people Reddit booted out are very annoying to sit by.
Reddiggoat ago
Agreed. I'm always for a heated debate and usually play devil's advocate if I feel a sub is too one-sided, but most of these users take it so personally I can't get any response except emotional backlash. Voat is not turning out the be the place of open discussion I thought it would be.
Like the top level commenter on this - great article and line to spark a debate, but sadly all the replies he's likely to give in its defense are more copy/pastas if his user history is any indication (and more likely moved on to shill the next page by now).
Posting and sharing differing opinions is what makes the internet better than all other media IMO, but one has to stick around to defend these ideas in order to shape new opinions.
Thanks for listening, I needed to get this off my chest.
< /rant >