We all have to weigh information as it comes to light. Some sinks in and some doesn't. It mostly depends on our positions in the world, our points of view.
I don't believe Solid is an agent of ill intent. That's silly. It may be that some here are misinformation shills of one type or another, but Solid strikes me as just a single guy living on a boat who really wants to believe in the goodness inherent in America's way of life as he was taught. A piece of flotsam to cling to in a roiling sea.