[mindcrime]

The problem with /r/politics is that it's thoroughly dominated by left wing / socialist types. If you show up there and try to have a reasoned debate that promotes a libertarian ideal, for example, you get shouted down and/or down-voted into oblivion. By and large, the members there only want to talk to people who already share their own beliefs, they're not really interested in being challenged, in debate, or in rational discourse.