Why does everybody do this? RFK talks about some study or the results of some lawsuit, and then people convert that into "he thinks/believes xyz, what a kook".

Why does everybody do this? RFK talks about some study or the results of some lawsuit, and then people convert that into "he thinks/believes xyz, what a kook". None of the things that people claim he believes (as far as I've seen anyway) are things that he just dreamed up in his head. They always tie back to something that somebody else published. That doesn't mean the claim in question is correct of course, but it does mean that you're being pretty sloppy when you say things like "He thinks wifi causes cancer and leaky brains. He doesn't think AIDs is caused by HIV ." It wouldn't bother me if people said "he repeats things from studies that I dont believe, what a kook" or "he misinterprets studies, what a kook". Saying "he thinks/believes xyz" is weak sauce imho.