Crusher138 wrote: “When you are relying on Politifact, Reuters, Wikipedia, and Vice to back up your claims, you have already lost.”
Meaning that you cannot prove those sources are incorrect?
What that really means is a lack of discernment. Rightly or wrongly facts can come from a variety of sources, some of which we may not agree with on philosophical or other reasons.
Am example? Noam Chomsky. Who would have ever thought that so many FReepers would finally adopt the position of Chomsky that we should not be in Afghanistan? Chomsky is a far-left ideologue, but on this issue - his end-result preference was adopted by many on the right, and on that issue he was right.