Doing One’s Own “Research”

My cousin-in-law voted for Obama in ’08 and ’12.  A few years later, after a short but steady diet of Fox News, she told my wife, “Obama is a terrorist,” and “Trump is making America great again.” My wife gently challenged her, but this went nowhere.  The words “I’ve done my own research” are what ended this brief but sad conversation.

No matter how bizarre, illogical and unfounded your beliefs are, you will be able to find a couple of YouTube videos that supports them. From that time forward, you can say that you have “done your own research,” and walk away with an even stronger belief in the bull**** you started with.