Until the 12 th amendment the VP was actually the runnerup in the electoral vote , so they were generally a sort of independent opposition to the President . <| sep |> I ' d call em Chewy <| sep |> I didn ' t tell you to go take a quantum physics class . I told you to read the source for the findings on the EM drive . In that analogy 1 . quantum physics political theory 2 . Source for EM findings understanding the political platform that you supportGranted your opinion would hold more weight if you knew the absolute foundation of something as in 1 . What you just created was a false equivalency and a strawman . Sure I guess everyone can have an opinion , but if you choose to be entirely uninformed about your opinion I will just as easily ignore you as anyone with any intellectual respect should . Meaning you opinion isn ' t worth shit if you can ' t support it at all .