[Daishiman]

> The banning of The Donald is going to drive an even bigger wedge between the two sides of the political spectrum.

This keeps getting repeated over and over again and does not correspond with reality.

/r/the_donald is a forum full of obvious bots, spin doctoring, and people with openly extreme and antisocial views. Out entire history has shown that the "deplatforming" of these views works.

The views in that forum are not part of a majority, nor what most people would associate with mental sanity. You would do well to dive into the content.

[malvosenior]

> This keeps getting repeated over and over again and does not correspond with reality.

Like it or not Donald Trump actually is the president of the United States. It's not like this is some fringe forum of weirdos, it's the fan site of the sitting president of a major country. It's also very likely that it played a big role in helping him get elected.

If you think quarantining or banning The_Donald won't sow the seeds of discord, you're sorely mistaken.

[Daishiman]

I'm sure it will. And I'm sure that the damage is less than the damage behind his policies. At this point, I don't think people should care about inflaming the alt-right anymore.

[malvosenior]

Do you really consider everyone who voted for Trump "alt-right"? If that's the case does that mean all Republicans are "alt-right"?