[aquila48]

“Thomas G. West holds the Paul Ermine Potter and Dawn Tibbetts Potter Endowed Professorship in Politics at Hillsdale College”

I couldn’t care less - nonsense is nonsense regardless of the source.

“Appeal to authority” is one of the most frequently used logical fallacy.

Think for yourself - do the hard work of examining the arguments yourself and then decide. Question everything and be your own devil’s advocate.

[sparklite2]

be your own devil’s advocate

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Good advice. My problem is that no matter
how cynical I get, it’s never enough.

[Heartlander]

Not an appeal to authority – you called Prof. West’s expertise on the subject ‘idiotic’ and I was merely pointing out that he teaches Politics at conservative Hillsdale College - ‘one of the only colleges in America -- outside of the military academies -- that requires every student to take a course on the Constitution to graduate’ . It is obviously your prerogative to quickly dismiss him while encouraging others to ‘do the hard work of examining the arguments’…

Note – I did not once tell you what to think – I merely provided a quote or links so you could decide for yourself - or ‘be your own devil’s advocate’, so to speak…