Do you know why so many newly-arrived right-wing posters of late either leave in a huff or blow up and get banned? It’s not because we’re big liberal meanieheads who can’t stand opposing views. It’s because so many of them turn up and recite whatever the latest right-wing meme circulating in their particular bubble is, then get all upset when it turns out to be “bullshit” and gets debunked.
You mentioned a few left-wing examples, but we’ve had a constant stream of nonsense from Benghazi and the IRS “scandal” to “You didn’t build that” to the Wall and of course the ongoing “nothingberder!” refrain relating to the Mueller investigation. Which is not to say that there aren’t many left-leaning posters who spout nonsense nor many right-wing posters who make solid, fact-based arguments. But despite right-wing posters being the minority here, the bullshit-to-substance ratio is far higher.
The divide did not used to be so dramatic, but for context I’ll just borrow some quotes from other threads to point out that these are the wells that many on the right are drawing from these days:
Where are the left-wing sources and politicians of equal prominence, influence and mendacity? And who here is defending them?
And yet we have no problem skewing left-wing arguments which are not factually based. Accusations that we handwave away Democratic wrongdoing because “IOKIADDI” tend to be ill-founded (and in many cases outright projection); in fact the tendency of Democrats and liberals to demand excessive levels of accountability of each other is a recurring theme.
Am I guilty of some confirmation bias? Undoubtedly. But so are you. And even in the context of this board, with so much more material to work with, you are pointing out molehills on the left and ignoring the Himalayas on the right.