re: Accusation that PB is an "echo chamber"

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However, there can be a bit of a “mob” response if you do say something not pro-Trump that often includes more ad-hominem attacks than fact based refutations

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I see that from libs, Ron supporters, libertarians, from everybody.

I’ve been here since 2003. The truth is there have only been a handful of outspoken Democrats who have ever been able to make their points in any kind of persuasive ways. Leftist ideas can’t survive honest scrutiny, so what we are left with are weak emotional arguments that fall apart quickly. Which is why here, like everywhere else in our culture, people who can think clearly and utilize rational inquiry run out of patience with the kind of vapid leftist sloganeering that passes for debate on The Left. It’s a substitute for critical inquiry and doesn’t rise to the level where it earns respect.

To demonstrate my point,over the last two decades name FIVE Democrat/ Progressive posters who are respected for the actual substance of their political arguments . I’ll wait.

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ask an admin to post my ban history

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...boosie said while posting, thus proving PB is not an echo chamber.

It's amazing. People don't get it

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The PB is an echo chamber

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No it's not

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Every thread on the front page is a right wing thread besides the one thread about people working from home

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Threads can't be started by left wing people? Yes, they can

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Anyone who disagrees with a right wing point of view

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Oh, so it's not an echo chamber? People can disagree. You proved my point

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called a filthy prog or groomer or sky screamer

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Yeah, libs never make posts that aren't factual

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The only diversity is Ronbots vs. Trump cultist

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Demonstrably false

Wow

There really isn’t a wide range of points of view. Most posters I’ve met irl acknowledge that fact.
Mostly, it’s a place where people on the right can list their grievances
daily.

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Who gives a frick?

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Apparently the people who call it an echo chamber, as if it proves that this is a place where ignorant people perpetuate only biased information

If you wanna see an echo chamber, go to Reddit.

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ask an admin to post my ban history

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You have almost 80k posts and post retarded shite. I don't think your ban history will surprise anyone.

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They're in the extreme minority.

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*looks at post count*

They make up for that by posting a lot more.

I could name 100 if I were so inclined. But the point is that nobody can name 5 Lefties that have earned any respect for their ability to argue their point of view in the arena of ideas. There are many that I like personally or respect their views on other things, but really none of the top of my head that can argue political issues consistently with data and facts on a substantive level. Inevitably they revert back to form with emotional arguments that fall apart almost immediately.