# Is the SDMB an echo chamber? **URL:** \ **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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 119
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190/119 "2016-11-14T18:09:26Z")
> [@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: > [@Question For Republicans: If Trump is elected...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-republicans-if-trump-is-elected/760420/28): > > 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-an-echo-chamber/771190)._