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Here’s a few good responses by example:

“I pulled it out my ass”

“I dunno - some Nazi blog”

“Your mama”.

“My own eyes and ears”

The “cite sources bit” just translates to “cite our sources”. Well I can’t. But I can reject the premise.

The premise is “credentialism - leftist based “

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Yeah agreed. I usually use their own gaslighting against them - ask them to cite THEIR sources, and then began smearing them. The reaction of some Woke COVID dummy when I said that CDC is not a really trustworthy source was precious.

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Truth is “cite sources” doesn’t even apply. Opinions are formed by analyzing a bunch of different inputs. If you’re writing a thesis paper you cite dozens or even hundreds of sources. To a leftist a “cited source” can be one single article that distills these complex discussions down to one easy imbecilic set of talking points.

So in truth really “my own eyes and ears” is a good source.

Or “some Nazi blog”

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That's very true too. It also beats me when these people demand 'sources' for a common knowledge! Are they really THAT dumb and ignorant, or just bullies, or both? Never fully got it.

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I have wondered about this. I think some are too dumbed down with “credential sources” that they are both ignorant by choice and by practice and by conditioning as well as being bullies. The ones fomenting all this know exactly what they are doing. So they are smart “bad actor” bullies.

But all of them are bullies. No question.

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That's probably absolutely correct actually.

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Apr 20Liked by Alex Ilex

Up to the receiving party to provide contrary information to disprove. Not the person presenting data. And you'll probably get the "I refuse to believe" shit anyway

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Yeah that's fair enough actually. Then Woke 'core your source' demands are even more vicious.

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