Generally I think it revolves around the normalization of really hateful thinking, both outside and within.
I never got too deep into it, and once /pol/ got overrun with literal Nazis I knew it was over, and it’s when I started distancing myself from it. Reddit was nominally better, and it took me from being this center right a-hole to at least a RadLib.
I always had an interest in Communism, but it was more “Tankie Aesthetic cool!” Than it was about “We must implement communism as it is the only way to save the world.”
Since no one ever was able to convince me that the USSR killed 6942002496 people a second, it and the awesomeness of Chapo Trap House eventually got me to where I am now: The only True Leftist.
The website has been working pretty hard and can use a nice vacation! Good on Hexbear for having some self-care!