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OP :.. I suspect 99% of the people weighing in know what they know from the media. The media they choose to believe is informed by their ideological sympathies. These ideological sympathies were inherited from their parents or other influential people in their environment.
I think most people choose what they want to believe, or have the choice made by their upbringing.
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I think I disagree with you a bit re choice by upbringing. I see that people are brought up with not only their parent's views, but those of their teachers, peers, and so forth. When one is young there might be a tendency to agree with the parents but as one ages there is so much info and exposure available that it would be hard not to take responsibility for one's own opinions and beliefs. In addition, I think there are those that look for a different answer than their parent's. Just look at adolescents.
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I think this is an interesting question.
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