9/ But there is no comparison anywhere on the left with MAGA's regular legitimization of violence in our politics. There is a straight line from Jan 6 to the pardons to the assault on Sen. Padilla to Minnesota.

A democracy cannot function when one faction embraces violence.

now im not saying things should never go viral or something like that. but it was curious how a naive technical implementation (showing all replies always is kind of simpler) had a very direct effect: every reply chain effectively was a search procedure for people who can get the most upset online

5 is the maximum ratio of "I have an opinion" to "I am willing to negotiate".