Subj : Re: This Echo
To : Aaron Thomas
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Fri Jun 17 2022 06:33 am
On 16 Jun 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following...
AT> JT> In other words, you're looking for somewhere that your aseless theori
AT> JT> and allegations won't be challenged.
AT> No, I'm looking for a place where people can talk politics a bit without
AT> being dicks, where people can appreciate each other's differing opinions.
Your "differing opinion," of course, being baseless theories and allegations,
sometimes using "psychics" and your "imagination" as sources. And you want
those appreciated but not challenged.
AT> JT> AT> It's rude to tell people to
AT> JT> AT> prove what they're saying.
AT> JT> No, it's not.
AT> If a Burger King employee tells me "We're out of onion rings," I'm not
AT> going to say "Take me to the walk-in freezer so I can confirm that
AT> you're not lying." Which body part would I be akin to if I said
AT> something like that?
That's not an accurate comparison. If you somehow knew for certain that the
employee was lying, or if the employee said that the reason they had no onion
rings was because a herd of unicorns stampeded through the restaurant and ate
them all, you might ask for clarification.
AT> JT> AT> I'm not down with it. And links to webpages
AT> JT> AT> don't prove anything either, other than the fact that someone or
AT> JT> AT> organization published it.
AT> JT> They can, if the link contains facts and data disproving your baseles
AT> JT> theory or accusation.
AT> A web page is as capable of containing facts as I am at doing the dishes.
That's why you must consider the source of the data on the web page. For
example, if the webpage is citing "psychics" and its author's "imagination"
as sources, then it's probably not legit.
