I don't know what you want from me. Do you want me to do research for you? Do you want me to suggest a perfect solution? There are no perfect solutions, but paying attention to multiple sources is a hell of a lot better than only listening to one. I'm not saying this approach will work 100% of the time, so there's really no need to bring up every conceivable situation where more work is required to find out the truth.
If everyone is telling you half truths, no matter how many sources you go to, half of it is still lies.
Each source may have new nuggets of information that you can use to discern the truth. Use your brain, really.
And knowing a politician's voting record is really only useful you you can stomach reading the bills since titles are often misleading and the content is extremely complex.
Not really. The Patriot Act obviously violated the constitution, for instance.
You may have to trust some sources, but what I suggested is hundreds of times better than just believing everything from a single source, which is what most do.
Doing otherwise is nigh impossible. You should read information from many different sources to get to the heart of the matter as best you can, not just blindly believe everything you hear from a few sources, or really, from anywhere.
Where should they get information? If you ask me, no one source is trustworthy; pretty much all of them will lie or tell half truths. I think it is therefore best to get your information from a combination of many sources and try to discern the truth on your own.
There are also websites dedicated to telling the public about politicians' voting records, among other things. Very useful, and certainly more so than listening to or watching any campaign promises or speeches.
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The average IQ is irrelevant and has nothing to do with intelligence. IQ itself has nothing to do with intelligence.
Yes, we all know the government violates the constitution on a daily basis.
No, it is not "Free Speech". It is criminal informant behavior.
Your post is not "free speech"; it's treasonous behavior, and runs counter to the principles of the United States.
Just because you don't like certain speech doesn't mean it isn't free speech. It is. Read the first amendment, and you'll find no exceptions.
Ok, so what about the latest farm bill?
I don't know what you want from me. Do you want me to do research for you? Do you want me to suggest a perfect solution? There are no perfect solutions, but paying attention to multiple sources is a hell of a lot better than only listening to one. I'm not saying this approach will work 100% of the time, so there's really no need to bring up every conceivable situation where more work is required to find out the truth.
If everyone is telling you half truths, no matter how many sources you go to, half of it is still lies.
Each source may have new nuggets of information that you can use to discern the truth. Use your brain, really.
And knowing a politician's voting record is really only useful you you can stomach reading the bills since titles are often misleading and the content is extremely complex.
Not really. The Patriot Act obviously violated the constitution, for instance.
You may have to trust some sources, but what I suggested is hundreds of times better than just believing everything from a single source, which is what most do.
Looking things up online doesn't count.
Yes, it does.
You're just reading someone else's research
Doing otherwise is nigh impossible. You should read information from many different sources to get to the heart of the matter as best you can, not just blindly believe everything you hear from a few sources, or really, from anywhere.
Where should they get information? If you ask me, no one source is trustworthy; pretty much all of them will lie or tell half truths. I think it is therefore best to get your information from a combination of many sources and try to discern the truth on your own.
There are also websites dedicated to telling the public about politicians' voting records, among other things. Very useful, and certainly more so than listening to or watching any campaign promises or speeches.