Because they're awful methods of communication that lead to bad community feel? Seems straight forward to me.

Well, exactly.

Do you not agree it's a bit silly to suggest mocking people for their view of an issue, when you don't know the basic facts of said issue? If I found myself doing that, I'd personally be a bit concerned about what I am choosing mock.

Oh hey! It's the guy who thinks posting videos of Uyghurs is how you dunk on Hexbear, without even knowing what Xinjiang is. Then, without a shred of irony, accuses Hexbear of not critically thinking :o

You might genuinely want to consider how that behaviour is incredibly 'echo chamber'y. Repeating an opinion without knowing the first thing about the actual facts?

uBlock Origin + NoScript + Toggle referrer (+ SponsorBlock for YT).

NoScript can be a pain to manage occasionally but even on pemit-all-by-default mode you can block some of the more ubiquitous insidious trackers like Google and Facebook without impacting your functionality at all.

Evidence? Beyond "A guy said that a guy said that.."

I was taught that in high school. Turns out, it's just not true.

??? Why is it so crazy to imagine people let a tap run for two minutes?

I agree with the overall sentiment, but some of these mentions are not accurate and imo devalues the importance of such important accusations (e.g. since when was NK genociding anyone?)