Politics in this country (U.S. -- especially, if also elsewhere) has been coopted by a... "religious fervor". To our detriment. It appears, at least in the reported news, to have drowned out the rational thought and decision making that are central to an effective political environment.
We have a similar relationship to professional sports teams. For many, it is of paramount importance to "root" for "your team". And... many of these people do not actually play, themselves.
There may be "no threshold of expertise for expressing an opinion". But we should all seek and use such thresholds when accepting political opinions.
Just in many professional areas of life, your success or failure will be marked not by blind obeisance but rather by critical thinking.
We have a similar relationship to professional sports teams. For many, it is of paramount importance to "root" for "your team". And... many of these people do not actually play, themselves.
There may be "no threshold of expertise for expressing an opinion". But we should all seek and use such thresholds when accepting political opinions.
Just in many professional areas of life, your success or failure will be marked not by blind obeisance but rather by critical thinking.