Prove your assertion - with facts.
Normally, I don't respond to rude feminine hygiene products, but I'll make an exception in your case.
My statement was an "if/then" conditional statement. So you assume the "if", and see if the "then" logically follows. That makes it more of a logical assertion than a factual one (because of that "if"), but I'll give it a shot. So, here's the statement you apparently want me to prove "with facts (and please note the bolded word):
"it does you little good if that purity offends so many people that you lose the issue
That "if" means that I don't have to prove that so many people were offended for my statement to be true. It was the conditional built into the statement. So, we take as a given that it "offends so many people that you lose the issue." Obviously, if it doesn't offend that many people, then you don't lose that issue. That's why I said "if". Capice?
The "then" part of what I said was "it does you little good". I personally think it is self-evident that "it does you little good" if "an issue is lost" because, well, it's lost. Right?
Oh, and if you think I've ducked your point, it is because you either 1) didn't read correctly the statement I made, or 2) phrased your question poorly. Neither is my fault.
Have a nice day, Sarge!
Thank you for your nuanced and measured reply, Chin. Having dealt with primitive shibboliths before, I see where you’re coming from.
If bolding the word fact provides aid for you in understanding simple sentences, I have no problem with that. I also agree with your brilliant ascertain that then may follow if, unless the proper word would actually be than rather than then. Capice?
I’ll end this for now because I only devote three minutes per day to answering if/then questions on FR.
If I may be of further assistance, do feel free to drop me a line, Chin, although I may never respond; the risk is yours.
Have a fabulous day, Chin.