[ModernMech]

That's not my experience. If you look at my post history you'll see I've recently engaged in several long-winded back-and-forths with people here that have stayed civil and substantive. I don't find that in many other places, yet I still find it here.

I think one thing that has shifted dramatically in the last two months is that it's become clear many people who had a more moderated outlook on the current administration have turned out to be flat wrong about who these people are and what their intended course of action is. A "mask drop" moment. That's going to cause people to disengage, stick their hands, and even become irrationally angry.

Nonetheless I find this is still a place where you can talk to people on the "other side" in a rational way.