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It's ok to read someone else's research. But if you automatically dismiss anything that disagrees with a previously held belief, you aren't researching, you're looking for confirmation. You can find confirmation for just about anything.
It's one thing to be critical and say "maybe the specific scenario presented here doesn't really apply to me." It's quite another to say "this can't be true because I read something before that said the opposite."
Most people "doing their own research" fall in to the latter category.
Did you Google that?
I'm a proud googledebunker.
Anyway, confusion aside,I've decided to take your advice and eschew online research.
I've found some good old-fashioned print resources...
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/subscribe/
https://nypost.com/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1510779027/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=
I look forward to getting stuck in to some bias-free research and clearing out those pesky old opinions. Thanks.
Fixed that for you. Or did you not even realise you're online right now?