You should at least consider my question in light of your assertion. You state that you formed your opinion about Trump "all on [your] own, yet you don't even know the man. Therefore you can only firm an opinion about him through other people's reports, which is in no way on your own. Your statements are self-contradictory (except that last one, which is completely true
)What is your opinion of DfQ and how did you come to that? Are you seriously suggesting you need to meet DfQ or anyone before you can have an opinion of them? Think about that.You should at least consider my question in light of your assertion. You state that you formed your opinion about Trump "all on [your] own, yet you don't even know the man. Therefore you can only firm an opinion about him through other people's reports, which is in no way on your own. Your statements are self-contradictory (except that last one, which is completely true
I'm still assessing, bit the only means I have is through other people's reports of him, or how I see him act or hear him speak in news blurbs. Almost none is first-hand, so not "on my own".
If you carelessly say "on my own", yes--that's what that means.
Yes, but that is the antithesis of "on my own". You seem to rely heavily on other people's opinions, calling them experts even, while somehow imagining you arrive at conclusions "on your own" (I'm quoting that because that's how YOU stated it, all while deriving the opposite.)