Think for yourself, and shut up about it
Cliché, Thinking | (0)
As a rule, when I find myself speaking (or thinking) in phrases I've heard on televised "debates" or on cable news channels, I take the opportunity to immediately examine what it is I'm actually saying. Nine times out of 11, the result is roughly equivalent to the muted horn speech of Charlie Brown's teacher.
It puzzles me that those who shout "Think for yourself!" the loudest are simply repeating what they've heard from others before them, and with a distinct lack of applied thought. It should tip us off when both sides of a debate are telling the other to think ...