Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet
I can&#x27;t wait for the word &quot;toxic&quot; to drop out of favor. It implies that the person is not just giving a bad opinion, but is in fact fundamentally flawed and dangerous. Arsenic isn&#x27;t toxic because it had a bad day at work, arsenic is by its nature a deadly poison and you can&#x27;t change it, only avoid it. The vast majority of people labeled &quot;toxic&quot;, though, are just humans with a variety of opinions and beliefs, some you may agree with and some you surely disagree with. They may change these beliefs, but not by being vilified and told they are intrinsically bad.