I am not trying to invoke Godwin's Law, but in the 1930s, somehow millions of Germans were convinced that Hitler was a good idea. In retrospect, he clearly wasn

I am not trying to invoke Godwin's Law, but in the 1930s, somehow millions of Germans were convinced that Hitler was a good idea. In retrospect, he clearly wasn't. Whenever a lot of people start getting really excited by someone or something, I think that there is a certain subset of people, myself included, that react by getting overly skeptical, by looking for the problems. Personally, I try to be thoughtful and present any negatives I find in a polite and well reasoned manner, but I am sure that there are others who simply have a knee-jerk reaction of the sort: "I can't believe you're drinking the Kool-Aid, you idiot."