If you really want to know the facts about something, it is best to seek out an expert in that field. You don’t want to ask your neighborhood mechanic about how to do a root canal. Sure he has an opinion, but everyone has an opinion.
Why is it that people that are not expert are always on the news giving their opinion as thought it is fact? Here are just a couple of examples.
Danny Glover, the actor and I might add a good one, recently stated, "The Constitution’s Second Amendment was created to bolster slavery and capture land from Native Americans." Glover was speaking to a group of students at Texas A&M University on Thursday. He went on to say in part, "The 2nd Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts and from uprisings by Native Americans." At least he was right about the right to protect themselves, but off a few million miles about what they are protecting from.
The Reverend Jesse Jackson, not a well known gun expert, thinks that an assault weapon can shoot down an airplane. Jackson’s misinformed assertion came Friday during an appearance on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom. Perhaps the reverend should comment only about those things in which he is an expert.
I don’t know what that would be.
PMO
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