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In reply to the discussion: Officers of the United States Government should be on trial -- not PFC Bradley Manning. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)believe I explained this to you before, I am going with RFK. I never accept information, without thoroughly researching it, from people with no credibility.
No, to answer your question, I have not had time to do the necessary research, it will take some time, but until I do I will go with the man who has established his reputation as a Democrat with excellent credibility.
It is possible he is wrong on this issue, people are not always right, but as I said, credibility goes a long way to the influence someone is going to have when they speak about an important issue.
Eg, debating a topic like an adult rather than with obvious biases, adds a great deal to someone's credibility. People who seek to silence those who disagree with them eg, lose all credibility to the point that even if they are right once in a while, no one is going to believe them. Personally attacking people, attempting to run them off political forums, especially democrats, will diminish someone's credibility to the point where people will ignore them completely.
But that is just basic logic. The most effective people, people like (since we are on DU as we discuss this issue) Octafish eg, and Occulus, do have that kind of credibility here because they have earned it. That's not to say they are always right, but they do not spend time policing DU eg, which as you know, appears to be all some people do.
When I have the time to look into this topic and to determine in my own opinion whether RFK Jr is right or wrong, I will let you know. You don't have to keep reminding me btw, although I'm sure you will, lol, I have an excellent memory when it comes to important things, just not enough time to do all I would like to do.
So don't worry, I am not concerned about finding out someone I respect might be wrong once in a while. It's human but when their heart is in the right place, as we know in the case of RFK Jr, we don't generally hold an occasional error in judgement against them. We are Democrats after all.