I don't think this place is an echo chamber. I think there's actually quite a bit of variety in here. You have people on the far-left in here. You have moderates. You have (some) republicans. You have whatever Gasbandit is. We are by no means a representative cut of the United States. Because we all came here from a webcomic you wouldn't really expect that.
Personally I think that Tillerson and Mattis aren't terrible picks, neither is Gorsuch (as far as a conservative justice goes). And there are a lot of people here that would argue pretty hard with me about that. And it's not like when our extreme lefties get going people are swarming to pat them on the back.
Sure, we become an echo chamber when we talk about Devos being an appalling pick. Or when we talk about Trump being generally incompetent and a dangerous manbaby. But I don't think that means we are an echo chamber.
I think it means that we can look at the facts as they pour through the floodgates and make a reasonable determination from those facts.
If anyone here has some alternative facts they would like to put up to defend Trump they are more than welcome to. I have never seen any indication of censorship or the like here. If people's concern is that some of the responses are just too vitriolic, maybe I can understand that, but what do you expect?
I see the phrase family put out there. I like this place a lot, I truly do. And I enjoy discussing stuff here. But you are not my family.
My family is my brother in law who currently gets his health insurance through the ACA.
My family is my wife who may not be able to do her post doctorate due to the hiring freeze.
My family is my nieces and nephews who need a good public education, and some of whom depend on CHIPS.
My family is my parents who depend on a strong economy to see them through retirement.
My family is the reason I get so angry about this.
I have a hispanic-like name, have out-competed U.S. citizens for several jobs, and married a precious hwite feeemale.
