Yes.
I really like Bricker’s posts. I find his arguments well-reasoned, logical, patient, and careful to distinguish between assumptions and facts, as well as between what is accepted according to the law versus what might be felt to be morally correct. I’ve learned a lot from his posts. Often I don’t agree with him, especially where opinions are concerned (e.g., I’m pretty rabidly pro-choice, where I believe he is firmly pro-life), but when I don’t agree with him, I usually understand why. I find his posting some of the most valuable on the SDMB.
I’ve also found that he gets piled on for these very features. He has to justify himself many times more than a left-leaning poster does. He gets attacked for being nit-picky when it’s pretty clear to me that he’s actually just trying to get at the truth, whatever that may be. And people like me don’t defend him, because I don’t want to get piled on too. But eh, since this is the subject of the thread, whatever, and it’s about time I said publicly about Bricker what I’ve thought for years.
There’s also another conservative Doper in my family who won’t even post in many of the forums because he doesn’t want to get into it. (He mostly posts in GQ, CS, and GR.)
That being said, I’ve seen people change their minds on this board, and in general try to think logically; this place isn’t nearly as bad echo-chamber-wise as some other places I hang out, so… semi-echo-y?