http://farchivist.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] farchivist.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2011-02-21 01:04 am (UTC)

Re: Here's your Clue-x-Four

First, I don't assume Google is the answer to anything.

It isn't. But it's a fucking handy tool to help find the answers. Hell, even Wikipedia is a good starting point if you use it AS a starting point and not an end-all, be-all.

Second, I don't need to take the time to verify someone else's assertions.

Or your own, for that matter.

Third, that's not the search term I would have used, and I don't know what information is in the mind of the person making the assertion to compare to, so no matter what I find, it doesn't matter, because there's no way to know what the other person is using as their basis, which is the important thing to know. Looking up random information that's similar to the assertion doesn't help me come to a conclusion about the other person's argument.

The current discussion in Fizzy's thread that you go citation needed at is about how reproductive funding is on the state and local level as compared to federal. Are you telling me that's random? I think it's pretty damn specific.

Fourth, your absolutes are always wrong.

Here, give me a second to put on that sneer you're wearing when you do this.
"Citation needed."

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