I suggested he go read up on it himself. If he found something to counter what I posted, he’d be perfectly welcome to share it and refute what I said. I’m open to being proven wrong and corrected.
But you said you’re not going to post articles to back up your claims.
So not only do I have to find sources to inform myself, but also to prove you’re not blowing smoke when responding to the conversation.
If you want to give credibility to things you say in a debate, you need to cite where you get your information from.
You acted like citing sources in this thread to substantiate an argument is an infantile activity. As though such a practice is beneath you.Frink did your reading for you, see above. It editorializes in parts, but it’s not grossly unfair.
Not the point. Cite your own sources. The fact that this is an informal, non-scientific, non-academic setting is irrelevant to the importance of proving you’re not making things up in a persuasive argument.
I have nothing to prove. If you smell bullshit, do your own research.
Usually, When someone makes a claim, I see nothing wrong with someone else asking for evidence that the claim is true(unless we are talking about claiming something extremely obvious like 1 + 1 equaling 2). If you don’t wish to provide it, okay, but be surprised if people don’t accept your claim as the gospel truth. Just saying.