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Originally Posted by indes
I've found that most anonymous websites that aren't political to begin with lean left for the exact reason you talk about. Over the last 5-6 years it seems if you throw out any conservative ideal (cutting services) you immediately get labeled a racist, xenophobe, alt right. There's simply no point on this forum (hockey) or any other (music, golf, cars) to express your real political views and get run out of town.
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You don't even have to express conservative ideals. You just have to question progressive dogmas, and the moral denunciations fly. And you're right, this isn't at all limited to political forums. You see it just as much in hobby sites.
It's down to A) the peculiar makeup of people who spend ####loads of time online, and B) the powerful tendency of forums to eventually become echo-chambers.