You prove my point. You don’t like my opinion so you resort to making personal attacks.
Intellectual integrity has nothing to do with this trivial matter of differences of opinion. I don’t want to waste my time going back and forth on why this, why that. Besides, we’re on the same side.
Not if I can't depend on your support, the future of which is strongly indicated by past performance.
"Intellectual integrity" has EVERYTHING to do with it. With out it, reasonable people can not come to a peaceable, amicable, resolution of differences.
When "saving face" is more important than providing those on "your side" with a cogent, valid, reason for your dissent, your "support" is as dependable as caprice.