I have managed to curate my Facebook friends to the point where I can have some surprisingly civil conversations there, even among people with extremely divergent views.
I like the idea of an online discussion group for political junkies like myself that is either invitation-only or aggressively monitored for civility. Maybe I'll have to make one.
If you create such a group, one specific guideline you may find useful, on top of standard stuff like "be civil", is "no labeling another person with any label they would not voluntarily apply to themselves". This helps to weed out subtle incivilities, like calling people anti-whatever, that people might otherwise feel like they can get away with.
I like the idea of an online discussion group for political junkies like myself that is either invitation-only or aggressively monitored for civility. Maybe I'll have to make one.