There are many great things about living in places like this - smart and educated people, diversity, etc. However, counter viewpoints tend not to percolate because while they may be tolerated, the juice just isn't worth the squeeze.
I think this is the Democratic machine in a nutshell today - an echo chamber divorced from healthy discussion and debate.
Having lived in Berkely, Ann Arbor, and Oak Park - liberal enclaves tend to be echo chambers.
Replies to: "Having lived in Berkely, Ann Arbor, and Oak Park - liberal enclaves tend to be echo chambers."
- My guess is that the killings of Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk is another 80/20 issue on which the [LINK]
- Curly1918 - 5:03pm 9/11/25
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- It would be so easy to defeat Trump if they just chose some of the 80% viewpoints. - NedoftheHill - 6:45pm 9/11/25
- Having lived in Berkely, Ann Arbor, and Oak Park - liberal enclaves tend to be echo chambers. - LanceManion - 5:27pm 9/11/25
- When smart, educated and well informed people get together they can tell right from wrong...so they - TyroneIrish - 5:55pm 9/11/25
- Pssst… your naïveté is showing again. - Curly1918 - 8:07pm 9/11/25
- See my reply to Ned...Who's being naive? [NT] - TyroneIrish - 2:07pm 9/12/25
- Tell right from wrong, eh? Intelligent government leaders are responsible for genocides. [NT]
- NedoftheHill - 7:25pm 9/11/25
- You left off the "Well Informed" part...i.e. those that choose ethical sources of information like - TyroneIrish - 2:05pm 9/12/25
- Maybe, but the group think perpetrates a really inconsistent ideology that revolves around slogans - LanceManion - 5:59pm 9/11/25
- Before setting your feet in concrete on this, consider Googling the name... - TyroneIrish - 7:35pm 9/11/25
- I went to high school with Sam Liccardo. That’s not a viable example of your point. [NT]
- LanceManion - 8:11pm 9/11/25
- Based on your writings here, I’d say Sam has grown a lot more than you have since your days at - TyroneIrish - 1:29am 9/12/25
- Sam's done a good job with San Jose, but you can't replicate what he's done absent Google and - LanceManion - 6:01am 9/12/25
- SF has a much more complex situation than SJ...but my message to you is not to paint with too broad - TyroneIrish - 1:56pm 9/12/25
- Sam's done a good job with San Jose, but you can't replicate what he's done absent Google and - LanceManion - 6:01am 9/12/25
- Based on your writings here, I’d say Sam has grown a lot more than you have since your days at - TyroneIrish - 1:29am 9/12/25
- I went to high school with Sam Liccardo. That’s not a viable example of your point. [NT]
- LanceManion - 8:11pm 9/11/25
- Before setting your feet in concrete on this, consider Googling the name... - TyroneIrish - 7:35pm 9/11/25
- Pssst… your naïveté is showing again. - Curly1918 - 8:07pm 9/11/25
- If you disagree with their view, you’re stupid, hitler, hillbilly, and on and on [NT]
- Frankx - 5:41pm 9/11/25
- Yep. The inability to openly discuss and debate ideas is a major problem for the Democrats. - LanceManion - 5:54pm 9/11/25
- As a registered Democrat on this forum, it's bordering on Impossible to have an in-depth discussion - TyroneIrish - 2:31pm 9/12/25
- Yep. The inability to openly discuss and debate ideas is a major problem for the Democrats. - LanceManion - 5:54pm 9/11/25
- When smart, educated and well informed people get together they can tell right from wrong...so they - TyroneIrish - 5:55pm 9/11/25
- The murderers are lunatics, they do crazy things [NT] - holybull101 - 5:18pm 9/11/25