# Pitting Uzi's useless claim about the SDMB being an echo chamber

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-uzis-useless-claim-about-the-sdmb-being-an-echo-chamber/1014060/172 "2025-02-10T23:10:52Z")

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> [@Dallas\_Jones](#):
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> This used to be a civil discussion board, where opposing views could be talked about. Many intelligent posters have left or been banned, like **shodan**.

Shodan, civil? Maybe before 2006.

> [@Shodan, please lay out your case here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shodan-please-lay-out-your-case-here/338212/4):
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> I believe it correctly characterizes their intent, albeit it’s not a generous interpretation of their words. What faith, after all, does the American family hold? Overwhelmingly, it’s Christian. If they’re emphasizing a Congress that shares this faith, they’re emphasizing a government body that shares the Christian religion. Why emphasize taht if you’re not going to have Congress acting in a manner that is based on these values? I believe that the actions of the 1994 class demonstrated tha…

Shodan was banned for misogynist insults after repeatedly being cautioned against using them. He could have expressed exactly the same political views without the misogynist slurs and remained on the board. He chose not to. It was specifically his uncivil behavior that got him banned.

Let’s not engage in revisionist history here.

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