I believe consensus building tools could help a lot to guide toxic conversations in a more civilized direction.
Check these articles for ideas how that might be accomplished:
Check these articles for ideas how that might be accomplished:
"People compete to bring up the most nuanced statements that can win most people across" different factions.
It includes an iterative process of proposing new statements on a topic, and then voting on the statements. Over time, statements are developer which more and more of the voters agree with.