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Oh that's an excellent analogy. I can understand why someone wouldn't want to learn about a piece of machinery that they are not overly fond of but it is, in my mind, very difficult to take someone seriously when they themselves don't take the subject seriously enough to learn about it. It's a significant advantage that conservative voters have in the debate; it's serendipitously easy to find a picture of an anti-gun advocate talking about gun safety while holding a gun in a completely unsafe manner for example. These aren't the actual focuses of the argument in any way, but they do immediately discredit the opponent and make it seem like they're not willing to make any effort to work on the problem.