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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/are-americans-really-that-dumb_n_6483401ce4b0756ff85d4dfc
Are Americans Really That Dumb?

“I don’t need to do research, only need to see the obvious.”

So wrote a friend, one of several in a group text where we banter about politics. My friend is staunchly conservative and often makes unsubstantiated assertions.
His message reminded me of a campaign button I had purchased years ago as a kid. It was the only one I ever bought. I wish I still had it, but I’ve never forgotten it. The button, brown with white letters, read, “Question Authority.”
You’ll find that phrase now on not only buttons, but T-shirts, hats and various tchotchkes. It has been attributed to everyone, from founding father Benjamin Franklin to ’60s counterculture figure Timothy Leary to Greek philosopher Socrates. You’ll even find a recent novel, “The Question Authority,” about the decadeslong impact on several female characters who were victimized by their male teacher, a sexual predator.

Regardless of the phrase’s purported origins — which remain unsubstantiated, by the way — my childhood self was a defiantly independent little SOB, and the saying resonated with me.

It has served as a kind of North Star, albeit with caveats, as I eventually amended the phrase to where it has now stood for most of my life: Trust no one. Question everyone. Including yourself. Especially yourself.

I know where guys stand with this for the most case but not women, many women say they are insecure if a guy doesn't want their woman around male friends but that's not the case, we just know how guys think and we know how it can effect things because guys think with the wrong head most of the time and they don't always respect boundaries of a woman and its why I personally have a problem with it because I know I can trust my girl but not those guys around her because they can cross boundaries then I gotta stomp heads and stuff so I rather not her have any male friends, its to prevent things so... where do women leave off with this, do you care if your guy has female friends?