# Is the SDMB an echo chamber?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190 "2016-11-09T13:40:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190/182 "2024-11-08T14:14:25Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> > [@snowthx](#):
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> > At no point did the poster mention any race or nationality
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> “Immigration” = brown people. Nobody cares about white people immigrating.

“Immigration” = our asylum system is completely broken and backed up with 2 million unprocessed cases.

You can bury your head in the sand and insist it means “brown people”, but only if you want to keep losing elections.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190/183 "2024-11-08T14:27:57Z")

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> [@Babale](#):
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> “Immigration” = our asylum system is completely broken and backed up with 2 million unprocessed cases.

Meanwhile in real life every time they go on an anti-immigrant crusade, they go after anyone with the wrong skin color. It’s _never_ been about immigration.

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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190/184 "2024-11-08T14:39:12Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> Meanwhile in real life every time they go on an anti-immigrant crusade, they go after anyone with the wrong skin color. It’s _never_ been about immigration

Everyone you disagree with is a racist (acist! Acist! Acist!)

You can safely ignore them (ignore them! Ignore them! Ignore them!)

The SDMB isn’t an echo chamber at all (atall! Atall! Atall!)

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190/185 "2024-11-08T14:41:39Z")

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> [@Babale](#):
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> Everyone you disagree with is a racist

Supporting racism makes you a racist. Simple as that. And decades of pandering to the racists like you are demanding has done _nothing_ but result in them winning.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190/186 "2024-11-08T14:43:36Z")

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190/187 "2024-11-08T14:45:10Z")

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**Moderating:**

@Babale & @Der_Trihs you’re both instructed to no longer post in this thread. Take this type of exchange to a Pit thread.

Tempers are extra hot this week, so no warnings issued.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190/188 "2024-11-08T15:00:41Z")

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