Some people get off on slicing the argument fine.
My Democrat neighbor is like that.
Love the guy - but he would argue this point too, in just the same way.
There is nothing of an argument or slicing or anything in asking a poster for his source for a radical claim.
We have to be able to see, read, and know the source ourselves to verify your claim, that is common practice in all discussions and especially here at FR.
A 7 year absence - and now back to ride his Pootie hobby horse.
Smells like a NATO glowie to me.