[CRConrad]

>> I'm of the opinion that this "do your own research" is generally bad advice.

> I never used the words "do your own research" and I will very please ask you to not quote me as saying words I didn't actually say.

Here, let me remind you:

>>> Read history; and make up your own mind.

Wow, huuuge difference.

> Further, "do your own research" is what conspiracy theorists say.

Exactly. And if you want to be taken for someone almost exactly like them, don't sound almost exactly like them.

[CRConrad]

Oops. Either add or remove a "don't" there, to make it make sense.