SELECT 
  cscart_discussion_rating.* 
FROM 
  cscart_discussion_rating 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_discussion_posts ON cscart_discussion_posts.post_id = cscart_discussion_rating.post_id 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND cscart_discussion_rating.thread_id = 255982 
  AND cscart_discussion_posts.status = 'A' 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_discussion_rating.rating_value DESC

Query time 0.00028

JSON explain

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            ],
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            ]
          }
        },
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}