Thank you. I thought everybody would know this is basic to genuine research. You gather information, make hypotheses, get more information, check your hypothesis, etc. It’s what first made me interested in Free Republic; I saw how people engaged with the information, looked up new information, and basically just PROCESSED things out loud so everybody could see.
If doing that REDUCES somebody’s credibility, then we’re in much worse shape than even *I* thought.
But I suspect that what we’re dealing with is somebody who is either paid to act like down is up, or somebody who doesn’t know up from down. Either way, life is too precious to waste time on such people so I just go right past his comments. Don’t feed the trolls (as I’m finally beginning to learn). But I am glad that you stated - for everybody to see - the basics of research, just in case anybody is becoming demoralized enough to believe that down is really up. Which is the purpose of the trolls we see here on FR.
And there she goes! In the face of overwhelming evidence that she is wrong, and just about every one of her supporters telling her that not only is she wrong but her methods suck, a cheery word from someone who has just joined the thread is enough to set her off again. Butter just goes further down the rabbit hole the more she is proved wrong.
You’re so VERY welcome, my dear.
Great post here Butter.
Investigative journalism is never pretty its like making a huge dinner,not always pretty but definitely part of the process.The process is all about truth.