Hello voat,

There's a lot of talk here about conservatism and right-wing thinking and being the anti "SJW" version of reddit, and I think a lot of people truly think that this is the form that voat should take on. I would just like to add my opinion as a member of the community here, and say that I think voaters should not be expected to all conform to one set of opinions. Instead, I think everyone in the community should make a conscious effort to hear out and discuss all variety of ideas openly, and allow voat to flourish into a platform for free discussion. Take your clickers away from that downvote button, and ask people to engage in a discussion with you, even if you don't necessarily subscribe to their ideas. If nothing else, by the end of that discussion, you will have gained some empathy.

There is a whole world to learn about, and we never will learn anything if we limit ourselves by the sorts of ideas we're open to hearing.

Edit: To whoever literally went through this entire thread and downvoted every comment I made: this is exactly what I'm talking about.