I was not criticizing people who take another person's point into consideration and then formualte their own. I was addressing those that follow ?uestlove's simply because of his status and perceived authority. And you cannot tell me that there are not people on this board who will make the claims that he does and either not back them up with evidence or will provide the same examples as him. I made the statement in a crass way but things must be said like that sometimes to get dialogue started and obviously people have feelings on the subject. I am not attacking The Roots or ?uestlove's knowledge or anything like that, so I do not understand why people get so mad and defensive. If you know that you do not simply follow his opinions blindly then there is no reason to get upset nor respond to the post. I am commenting on those that do appear to follow him or use his opinions as buttresses for their argument, as if what he says should be used for someone else's argument.