Maybe you're fine with other people dictating how you should think. I'm not.

_wwz4 · on May 25, 2012

That's kind of inflammatory, don't you think?

Giving someone temporary authority to act in your interests based upon opinions they've expressed and behavior they've exhibited is hardly allowing them to dictate what I think.

We abdicate authority to people all the time: doctors, lawyers, plumbers, electricians, mechanics, weathermen, etc.

Extending a reasonable amount of trust to those who devote all their time to a particular subject isn't allowing other people to dictate how you think.