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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7539825, member: 24314"]I respect any persons politics who is actually <b>totally informed </b>by their own research of any subject. I've gladly had a few of my <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> opinions changed by folks <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> as this in the past! </p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, I believe that if <span style="color: #b30000">anyone</span> were to sit down and be given the straight, provable, and objective facts about <b><span style="color: #b30000">any subject</span></b> - including political subjects, they would be 90%+ in agreement with 90% of other equally informed citizens. Unfortunately, many Americans are slaves to the EASILY accessible stream of propaganda drivel all around us to keep us dumb and content. The modern </p><p>American Press has failed us all. </p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatic Example: Try telling a self-educated, internet schooled collector with a digital microscope that his coin is normal and not a doubled die! Last week we had one of these situations (actual coin changed to protect owner and TPGS). Think of a 1955 cent with wide separation of numerals vs a sharp normal 1955 cent. He "knows" that his normal coin must be a very late die state in spite of images and the opinion of three professional numismatists with almost 140 years combined experience! Thus, we are the <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> idiots in his mind an nothing will change his opinion. </p><p><br /></p><p>Everything boils down to bad, misleading, OR incomplete input in = expected result: DISSAGREEMENT between intelligent, "informed," well-meaning, and likeable folks including relatives. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7539825, member: 24314"]I respect any persons politics who is actually [B]totally informed [/B]by their own research of any subject. I've gladly had a few of my :bucktooth::banghead: opinions changed by folks :bookworm: as this in the past! Furthermore, I believe that if [COLOR=#b30000]anyone[/COLOR] were to sit down and be given the straight, provable, and objective facts about [B][COLOR=#b30000]any subject[/COLOR][/B] - including political subjects, they would be 90%+ in agreement with 90% of other equally informed citizens. Unfortunately, many Americans are slaves to the EASILY accessible stream of propaganda drivel all around us to keep us dumb and content. The modern American Press has failed us all. Numismatic Example: Try telling a self-educated, internet schooled collector with a digital microscope that his coin is normal and not a doubled die! Last week we had one of these situations (actual coin changed to protect owner and TPGS). Think of a 1955 cent with wide separation of numerals vs a sharp normal 1955 cent. He "knows" that his normal coin must be a very late die state in spite of images and the opinion of three professional numismatists with almost 140 years combined experience! Thus, we are the :bucktooth: idiots in his mind an nothing will change his opinion. Everything boils down to bad, misleading, OR incomplete input in = expected result: DISSAGREEMENT between intelligent, "informed," well-meaning, and likeable folks including relatives. :([/QUOTE]
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