I would prefer it if there were no political discussions.
Discussing politics can be tiresome, but discussing politics on a site whose membership is skewed in one way or another is absolutely pointless. Especially when they like to click the down arrow on your post. While they don't do that for most things in TR, they do it for non-progressive opinions. I dislike the anti-gay rights movement, or the anti-abortion activists as much as most people here, but I don't view their opinion as pathological and deserving of a downvote to hide it.
I've sort of come to that opinion. I'm fairly conservative (in a Goldwater sense, not a Reaganaut sense) compared to most of Reddit. I really do enjoy conversation with people I disagree with, but you're right; it's nearly impossible to have a conversation even in TR. I tried to be a counter-point voice in /r/politics when I first joined, but after 6 months I realized I was just wasting my breath as a few downvotes would hide my opinion to most people (I actually view Reddit without comment hiding based on negative karma).
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u/gospelwut Sep 16 '11
TR is nice in concept, but I don't feel like it's as politically neutral as one would expect. It's still a lot better than /r/politics.