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I generally don't mean to be aggressive in debate, just terse, efficient. I know more is often and natrually read into my style and not infrequent "inartful expression."

Sometimes I "get into it" with an opponent. You'd notice the difference. I did so in the Cruz in eligible/ineligible debates with a handful of posters that I genuinely disrepsect.

-- ... hoping to be corrected and steered to the truth --

I'd be one of the last people you would want to count on, in that regard.

Nearly 100% of the time, being wrong has ZERO ramification, but when a fact is important to you, do the heavy lifting yourself. I trust ZERO of what I read on FR. Literally ZERO. That's why I make an effort to link to sources (not in every post, but somewhere along the line of making a contention), so people can dismiss my take. If I can look it up, so can everybody else.

-- I bet there are many others here who appreciate your (and others') knowledge and willingness to share it with the group. --

Yes, of course. And I appreciate the thoughts and gratitude. There is also a nont-insignificant population that finds me wrong and a boor. So goes the war.

I generally don't mean to be aggressive in debate, just terse, efficient.

It is known, by a discerning student of human behavior such as myself.

Sometimes I "get into it" with an opponent.

Me too. The "use of force continuum" applies here.

I'd be one of the last people you would want to count on, in that regard.

Disagree. You would be one of the first on my list. You are both a superlative analyst and sifter of fact, with a well based general knowledge of many things. Like Marisa Tomei in "My Cousin Vinny." General automobile knowledge, with selected areas of specific expertise. We all bring something to the table.

I trust ZERO of what I read on FR. Literally ZERO

I ascribe a certain amount of trust and credibility to every source that opens their mouth, based on past observation and reliability of past information. Sort of a "profiling" if you will. I assume we all do that to a certain extent.

There is also a non-insignificant population that finds me wrong and a boor.

Eff 'em. You do you.

cboldt:

"If I can look it up, so can everybody else."

BRAVO!! The secret to picking up crumbs and following the rabbit!

That is precisely what Q is trying to teach every one of us to do:

QUESTION EVERYTHING! (...even/especially on FR...)

LOOK IT UP -- for yourself!

SHARE with your colleagues in the hunt!

(Never forget that, when you're on FR, you're connected to the greatest source of information that ever existed -- the internet. USE IT!!!)