Comment by PragmaticPulp

There was a community on Reddit created for the purposes of discussing these heated “culture war” topics in a rational manner. It’s called “The Motte” and largely grew out of other communities that had started banishing culture war topics.

And it’s universally terrible. It turns out when you dedicate a forum specifically to open debate of hot-button issues, you attract a lot of the participants who have been driven out of other communities for their views. Even when the discussion is dressed up in a veneer of formal discussion, the topics and comments are such that most people with moderate views have zero interest in being part of such a forum.