# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/201 "2025-02-14T13:33:54Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > 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’m honestly not sure whether you’re not thinking of me — or that you are, but I’m not being open enough — or that you’re lumping me in with the “literally” type. > [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](#): > > 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. In November, I explained that I asked myself which candidate would be more likely to support the Palestinians rather than giving Israel a free hand against them — and to support illegal aliens, rather than giving the United States a free hand against them — and then I voted the other way. If there’s a lie in that, then it’s news to me; if anything, it seems like there have been plenty of posts hereabouts to the effect of: _I’ve seen a lot of Trump supporters who are shocked, SHOCKED, the leopards are eating their faces. Folks are worried their friends or relatives might be deported because they believed Trump was only going to target the “bad hombres.”_ Or: _They truly thought the orange man would be better than Harris for the Palestinians, boy are they getting a rude awakening._ AFAICT, I knew what I was voting for, and said so. ---
**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 14, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/202 "2025-02-14T13:44:50Z")
The problem is that if you vote for candidates that support your stand on one issue, you also vote to support _all_ the issues they support, _and_ you vote for their character, past, present and future. Issues don’t run for office, people do. ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/203 "2025-02-14T15:59:28Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I’m honestly not sure whether you’re not thinking of me — or that you are, but I’m not being open enough — or that you’re lumping me in with the “literally” type. Actually I wasn’t including you because I didn’t think you were an open supporter of the Republican Party. If you _are_, then I guess you **would** be a good example. Also, **Saint\_Cad** is another one. He was defending Republicans in a P&E thread (regarding the SAVE Act) and I consider him a valuable community member. ---
**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 14, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/204 "2025-02-14T16:05:46Z")
_Occasionally_ I might agree with what **Crafter Man** says. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/205 "2025-02-14T21:57:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Issues don’t run for office, people do. You are being far too generous. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/206 "2025-02-15T13:35:05Z")
I’m confused. Was the purpose of this thread to dispute @Uzi 's claim of the SDMB or just to state how useless it is to claim it? Because from where I sit, it just seems like everyone is just echoing each other and “arguing” about how much they hate the right. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/207 "2025-02-15T14:59:17Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Because from where I sit, it just seems like everyone is just echoing each other and “arguing” about how much they hate the right. _Everyone_? I could have sworn I saw some posts where people didn’t agree with each other. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/208 "2025-02-15T15:13:48Z")
Am I being pitted? I’m disappointed as it is rather mild. To be clear, and to fix any misunderstanding, I was referring to the echo chamber being within the thread in question. It is a given that this board swings left. But what the hell would I want to be on a board that always agreed with me? What would I learn? So, in what aspects is that thread an echo chamber? 1. Trudeau apparently can do no wrong. If Harper (the previous PM) had done half the things this bozo has done, we’d hear no end of the complaints. But crickets when he is caught with his, or his friends, hand in the till. Or has violated Canadian’s rights, or other scandals of the day he is involved in. 2. Albertans are a bunch of right-wing rednecks who should just shut up and let the grownups decide how they should behave. They hate our oil and gas, and won’t allow it to be used in the East (They much prefer buying the stuff from the Saudi’s. Gotta love how they behead witches!). If you want to know how fellow Canadians perceive Albertans, then it is below the Saudis. But whatever money Alberta makes from its landlocked market, you can bet they have their hands in our pockets and expect us to support them. We’re all Canadians, after all! FYI, oil and gas exports are the number one export from Canada being 2-3x more than the next category (vehicles) under it. ---
**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 15, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/209 "2025-02-15T17:47:33Z")
Absolutely every single thing in that post has been so dead-horse-flogged, over the years and in threads, that unpacking it (or cites), would, at least for me anyway, be so ridiculously tedious and not in the least bit productive / edifying. > [@msmith537](#): > > …the purpose of this thread…state how useless it is to claim it… That, and nothing more, so, I suppose I can concur with **Uzi** that that wasn’t the most egregious of transgressions - just incredibly super annoying. Which, deserved to be brought up in this forum. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060.md?page=10)