That is the essence of a witch-hunt, that any questioning of the evidence or the procedures in itself constitutes proof of complicity.
We see what we want to see, and observation conforms to hypothesis.
Most civilized lives are measured out with coffee spoons.
Authors are magpies, echoing each other's words and seizing avidly on anything that glitters.
There is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.