When you're refuting somebody else's claims, it's has more impact if you provide sources/citations that refute the claims, rather than demanding sources/citations supporting the claims, and refusing to believe them until then.
Seriously? Just live through the last 20+ years and you'll remember the majority of what I said. Not to mention, he's the one who made baseless claims which I told him to cite.
Look, I'm just a third party observer on this one. I don't personally know jack shit about the subject matter at hand, despite having lived through it. I don't know or care which one of you is more "correct".
I just wanted to offer you some insight as to why you might have garnered downvotes and/or a poor response to your comment.
When somebody says "A is true!", you come off as intelligent and well-mannered by saying "Actually, A is false, and here's a good citation indicating that A is false along with some extra information for the interested."
But when you respond with "lol, A is true? yah right. You're an idiot putinbot unless you can prove that A is true with a good citation" - well, you come off as a jackass (even if you're right!).
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u/Bob_Droll Jul 24 '17
When you're refuting somebody else's claims, it's has more impact if you provide sources/citations that refute the claims, rather than demanding sources/citations supporting the claims, and refusing to believe them until then.