I think an even better question to ask here is whether this forum should work to make itself more welcoming to Republicans, Trump supporters, and social conservatives. That doesn't mean abandon any of your beliefs, but rather work on eliminating the vitriol. Should Atlas try to have that kind of diversity of views or not?
Um, let's face the ugly truth here...
attracting more Trump supporters would objectively lower the overall standard of this forum and make it a more annoying (/less pleasant) place. Because Trump supporters are
on average less objective, less intellectually curious, and more obnoxious compared to the overall population.
I'm not saying that you wouldn't have exactly the same effect if you were to invite 25 Jill Stein hacks to Atlas. But unfortunately, Trump supporters are much more frequent than Stein supporters, even if they can be equally dumb.
Which leaves the Trumpers who are already here: Well, since they are already here, they should be at least tolerated. Most of them, anyway. Thomas Jackson and EnglishPete should have been banned a long time ago IMO. On the other hand, TheSaint250 isn't that bad and should be treated with respect. The rest falls somewhere in-between these extremes.
As far as NeverTrumpers and Republicans who are more or less critical of Trump are concerned... fine, bring more of them in.
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