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Regardless of the topic, a prominent person making their viewpoint known first, along with a bullet point list of reasons for why that have that viewpoint, followed by telling people to "do your own research and make an informed decision" is typically a thinly veiled way of steering people to make the same choice they did.but simply encouraged her followers to register and do their own research before voting. Now I strongly suspect the majority of Swifties will vote for Kamala because of how her demographic shakes out, but that does not mean she is actually telling them to vote that way.
(for instance, when RFK Jr. and Robert Malone told people to do their own research and make an "informed decision" about vaccines, I'm guessing it wasn't because they wanted people to land on a pro-vaccine position, I'm sure we can all agree)
Given that some sociopolitical issues are every bit as complex as vaccinology, and equally susceptible to misinformation/bias/bickering
"I'm voting for this person, here's the reasons why, but you should google some of the stuff I mentioned and do your own research" is the political equivalent of "I'm not taking the vaccine, because of reasons, but you should do your own research and search 'vaccines autism myocarditis' and make your own decision on it"
Nobody believes for a second that it's a sincere "everyone should look into it objectively and do what's best for them" type situation, it's clearly trying to steer people in a certain direction.
...when people do that faux-coy "I just think everyone should just get registered to vote and make their voices heard, research the issues, and do what's best for them", it's almost always a steaming pile of bovine excrement.
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