Lack Of Critical Thinking Skills

[frankentall]

This keeps popping up - most people who post about it seem to define critical thinking as "a person who agrees with my views".

It's the new "turkeys voting for christmas" - an unoriginal and ill-defined cliche issued as if was a startling and original observation

Yes, I've often seen this. If you criticise something the poster dislikes, you're a clear-minded believer in facts. If you criticise something the poster supports, you're either an extremist or an idiot.