HPMOR threads are often better sourced than discussion on politics. People also change their minds on /r/HPMOR more often than in anything political.
If anything, on the surface it looks like people take their Harry Potter fanfiction more seriously than politics.
yes the fact that there is a single text which everyone can refer to is part of what makes discussions about hpmor more interesting and less vindictive.
But since there isn’t a single readable description of the state of the world, politics doesn’t have that advantage.
HPMOR threads are often better sourced than discussion on politics. People also change their minds on /r/HPMOR more often than in anything political.
If anything, on the surface it looks like people take their Harry Potter fanfiction more seriously than politics.
yes the fact that there is a single text which everyone can refer to is part of what makes discussions about hpmor more interesting and less vindictive.
But since there isn’t a single readable description of the state of the world, politics doesn’t have that advantage.