I am asking if you really are saying that writers have less of a burden to providing evidence than other people do.
If you beleive those things, some variation of "That's what I meant" would simply be repeating a previous opinion. No backing into a corner there.
If you don't believe those things and I read your intent wrong, correcting the record could not possibly harm you. No backing into a corner there.
There is no bad intent on my part, and even if there was, there would be no reason for you to refuse to answer the question if you're really interested in truth. So please do the mature thing and tell me what the standard of evidence is.
Okay, fine. No, writers do not have less of a burden. They have a burden that is 300, 000, 000, 000 times more obligatory than others. Many writers have become quite derelict of duty in this regard, but that is their problem. And if they don't fix their problem, they is gonna be seein' the likes of hell when they pass on...
And, you are wrong concerning my reasoning for refusing to answer any question. I WILL not be under someone else's thumb for the sake of truth or Whatever else one cares to add to that scenario. I am a mature adult, and I 100% expect those who even are entertaining the thought of speaking to me to treat me as such. And if one chooses not to do so, then they can just go find some little derelict that puts up with that baloney-because I WILL NOT.