I think we might have to contend with the fact that a lot of bigots got rightfully booted from centralised platforms and have found their way here, and now a lot of really rabid ones are here hijacking comment sections and turning them extremely toxic.
I'm no saint, but I've argued on what I believe is right for years. I never had anyone on Reddit follow me to other threads, fuck with me in other subs, report me everywhere I go to where I'm chatting with mods who know I'm fine. That happens often here.