>>2785Hi there. Maybe I can explain things a little bit.
In many ways, /pol/ is the continuation of the old /b/, and raiding and spamming other boards is very much in line with classic 4chan culture. /b/ used to conduct raids on other boards all the time before 2010. No one ever said that 4chan would be a pleasant place for enlightened productive discussion, it's supposed to be a little chaotic. Not to say there isn't a limit, of course. Some people are just dicks.
Now, I think you're right that there's something generally combative in the average /pol/ poster, and I think I can elaborate on that. Many of us are combative because our deeply-held political convictions are taboo on a societal level, and that kind of social pressure would make anyone combative. Many of us are racist in some way or another: that could mean several things, such as, believing that race is a biologically real property, believing that the observed average IQ differences between whites blacks and Asians have a biological root cause, having a general preference to consort with our own race in opposition to the "diversity" narrative that's being so heavily pushed, believing that ethnic separation rather than integration is ultimately what's best for social stability, etc. Being a racist, to most educated people, puts you somewhere around the same ethical level as being a terrorist, perhaps even worse, considering how deeply in love with Islam the left seems to be. It's not something you can admit to in polite company.
We also oppose the culture of political correctness that has been made mandatory in academia, because we think it's injurious to freedom of thought and freedom of expression. What's even worse than merely holding taboo views is the fact that the most educated and powerful among us - professors, government officials, media figures - ...
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