This is what makes me insane. I've only a HS education and a year's worth of college credits, but all my life I've done my reading and considering. I believe in my own experiences and judgment; I take no one's word for anything even if I feel, in general, their sensibilities are mine. A principle can be good but its real-life execution might be faulty. The second they began demonizing "doing your own research," I knew we were well-fucked.