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neokabuto · 3206 days ago · link · · parent · post: Do you feel that Reddit culture has had a negative influence on your ability to hold reasoned discussion?
It's really funny to watch vaccine "debates" on Reddit. You often see two incredibly hyperbolic sides: "vaccines are giving everyone autism and don't even work" and "vaccines are perfect and anyone who can't or won't be vaccinated with everything should be killed", and both sides play with "you're either with us or against us". Of course, there's a bit of selection bias here. People who don't really care much about the issue won't speak up, so the passionate far fringes end up being a vocal minority, but that's just how these arguments go.