I ask this because I wonder if the rest of the world found what we message board geeks were already doing and exported it more broadly across our culture. Basically, people were always jackasses over politics on message boards -- but now everyone is like a jackass on a message board.
I'm not certain message board vitriol is any worse than it ever has been when it comes to political debate. Maybe we have more political topics to choose from, maybe it makes up a larger percentage of topics than it used to.
I'm not certain message board vitriol is any worse than it ever has been when it comes to political debate. Maybe we have more political topics to choose from, maybe it makes up a larger percentage of topics than it used to.