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I think its a good thing that people are allowed to express themselves like they do in America. People are talking, articles are being written, ideas are freely expressed, opinions are flowing unimpeded...in a way an indicator of the health of the republic, imo.
I would start to worry if things were otherwise: if opinion was stifled, if presidential/congressional approval was in the 90s (or artificially published to be so), if people in my neighborhood started "disappearing" for their political views, if tv and radio was only broadcasting state propaganda, if there weren't to be a presidential election in a years time, etc.
As to being in an echo-chamber, the same could be said in reverse. For example, some conservatives are livid that Libby wasn't pardoned outright, and that such a fuss and expense was made over what they consider partisan politics. And what is "normal"? It's not only the left that is pissed off with Bush anymore.
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