“Take it to /r/TheMotte, you guys” is not that onerous of a demand, and it’s a demand I’m happy to support
I’d agree having political discussions in some other designated place online is much less harmful than having them here, but on the other hand, a quick look at what’s being posted on the Motte doesn’t support the idea that rationalist politics discussion has any importance for sanity on more general topics. If none of it had been posted, as far as I can tell, the rationalist community wouldn’t have been any more wrong on any major issue.
I’d agree having political discussions in some other designated place online is much less harmful than having them here, but on the other hand, a quick look at what’s being posted on the Motte doesn’t support the idea that rationalist politics discussion has any importance for sanity on more general topics. If none of it had been posted, as far as I can tell, the rationalist community wouldn’t have been any more wrong on any major issue.