# Pitting Uzi's useless claim about the SDMB being an echo chamber **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 8, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060 "2025-02-08T21:24:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/181 "2025-02-11T01:04:46Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I always think it is helpful when a person tells me why he or she feels a certain way about something. It certainly doesn’t warrant an attack. Yeah it really kinda is link/cite-time now. I’d like to see what you define as an attack. Just scroll down your post history - I’m sure you’ll find something juicy. would this be veering into ATMB territory?. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/182 "2025-02-11T04:23:52Z")
What makes the Dope interesting is that even though it rigorously adheres to reality-based mindsets, discussion of any actual subject results in 50 different understandings/policies/beliefs/perspectives/futures that are so distinct from one another that long battles inevitably follow. I know that “echo chamber” has lost any meaning and has become a mere slur to slap an enemy across the face with, but intellectually the Dope is more a cacophony of reactions to headlines than a consistent political devotee of any brand of leftism. That’s both the best and worst thing about the left. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/183 "2025-02-11T11:52:47Z")
What I want to know is, where/how are we meeting to determine what leftist stance we’re supposed to take? I haven’t gotten any notifications and I feel left out. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/184 "2025-02-11T11:56:33Z")
It was in the letter we got along with the check from George Soros. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/185 "2025-02-11T16:54:03Z")
I got my payment from Soros in the secret leftist cryptocurrency called Wokecoin. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/186 "2025-02-11T17:11:44Z")
Loose lips sink ships! ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/187 "2025-02-11T17:19:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > George Soros Oh boy Where are the conspiracy nutters when foreign-born Musk bought a massive social media platform and nakedly worked it to influence the public US political sphere? Elmo went as far as to campaign and work with the US government for his own monetary benefit. This man fits (to a goddamned fucking tee!) all of the insane wacked out conspiracy garbage they have been spitting about Soros for the last 30 years. But hey, Musk is a sieg-heiling fash so he gets a pass. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/188 "2025-02-11T17:41:50Z")
Every accusation from the right is a confession. I’ve also been saying for years that the vast majority of the “we need guns to protect us from a tyrannical government” crowd would happily salute and hold the door open as fascism marched into America as long as they got to keep their guns. I regret nailing that one. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/189 "2025-02-11T17:45:33Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I regret nailing that one. …With a nail gun? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/190 "2025-02-11T18:10:50Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Every accusation from the right is a confession. Really got to drop this phrase, because the Right doesn’t give a flying fuck about hypocrisy. It isn’t wrong if we do it-it is wrong if _we_ do it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/191 "2025-02-12T00:07:08Z")
At this point it’s practically meta: “It’s not hypocrisy if **we** do it.” ---
**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/192 "2025-02-12T00:18:33Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > but for the most part if they don’t engage in behavior that would get anyone in trouble, they’ll be tolerated and may find common ground with people outside of political discussions. I’d be interested in getting an example of a poster who fits this description. Can you provide an example of a poster who is an open supporter of the Republican party who is tolerated by the majority of the posters here? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/193 "2025-02-12T00:21:15Z")
Are “conservative” and “open supporter of the Republican Party” remotely related anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/194 "2025-02-12T00:27:36Z")
Not at all. But there has to be a word that’s usable in polite company. ---
**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/195 "2025-02-12T00:27:44Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Are “conservative” and “open supporter of the Republican Party” remotely related anymore? only under the most tortured definition of “conservative”. I would consider myself the former but definitely not a supporter of the modern Republican party, either openly or clandestinely. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/196 "2025-02-12T00:35:13Z")
> [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](#): > > Can you provide an example of a poster who is an open supporter of the Republican party who is tolerated by the majority of the posters here? I don’t think I can think of anyone who is an open supporter of the Republican Party but isn’t literally trolling the board in the process. I can’t give you an example, not because the board hounds them away, but because if they come here it’s never to have any legitimate discussions. I think that says more about the Republican Party than this board. …Maybe Octopus? People don’t care for him for the most part, because around the time Trump was first elected he started getting trollsome, but outside of political discussions he actually can be pretty pleasant and even thoughtful. Personally, I kind of like him to be honest. And even Octopus isn’t totally supportive of the Republicans. His very last post (from a couple of weeks ago) was to criticize Trump and the Republicans for trying to start up shit with Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/197 "2025-02-12T01:05:01Z")
Can you show us how to support Trump without being an asshole and/or a liar? ---
**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/198 "2025-02-12T01:38:00Z")
why me? I have no inclination to do so. I don’t really understand the question though. I don’t see the need to lie to be a supporter of Trump. You would need to _believe_ lies of course, but that is a different matter. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/199 "2025-02-12T02:05:29Z")
Thank you for, in your own way, answering the question. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/200 "2025-02-12T03:51:54Z")
So, I guess we’re not gonna get those cites and I can stop holding my breath? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060.md?page=11)