Is the SDMB an echo chamber?

[Bone]

@Budget_Player_Cadet

Hey sorry for asking you to defend your position, but I find the bolded intellectually untenable, as I have spent the last year trying to find any reason to vote for Trump not grounded in intellectual dishonesty and failure of understanding - i.e. any reason that holds up to even the slightest criticism. I mean, c’mon, dude. It’s Donald Fucking Trump. Why do you think people are going to ask you for your reasons?

To me, I think this is the best case scenario:

@Bone

I think Trump winning would be a net plus but only if measured a particular way. It’s not because of any particular policy position or anything though. I think Trump will be ineffective, so whatever BS he pushes will likely not be enacted and will not have far reaching consequence. I think Clinton will actually be effective so what she pushes has a good chance to come to pass.

I think the way most people are comparing the two misses this reality - it’s not just about who’s policy or other positions are better or worse, it also matters who will be more effective in enacting their agenda.

So evaluating the two based on expected return and not simply based on the merits of their positions, and given that I want the federal government to do as little as possible, it tips the scales for Trump. Trump is still a dumbass though.

And SCOTUS and other federal judges.