A person making fun of “do your own research” is implying in subtext that they and their political side are essentially incapable of thinking for themselves and

A person making fun of “do your own research” is implying in subtext that they and their political side are essentially incapable of thinking for themselves and they are philosophically tied to blindly trusting authority. The political side that has this subtext to them will lose support in the long term especially from younger people. Rhetorical question, what person who has any interest in thinking independently would want to be associated with a side that thinks like this?