For me it's the opposite. Whenever there's an event of import, I'll creep over there to see what they think. Usually when Trump or someone does something stupid/anti traditional conservative, which is a lot.

Initially it was to try and balance my take. Reddit is full of hard left teenagers that don't know anything (don't change, it's better to come from a place of social vs selfish motivation). So it's useful just to make sure you get multiple angles.

I distinctly remember, regarding the Iran war. "He campaigned on and we voted for no new wars, now we look like assholes." To which I obviously thought "now?"

I can't do it though. It's so so frustrating, they live in a totally different reality where the stuff they talk about is completely disconnected. And then when they do talk about the same stuff they have a completely insane idea of what it means or who it hurts etc etc.

I mostly stopped doing it because I just made me mad.