When people start cutting and pasting large blocks of context-free quotations on a thread that no one will read instead of discussing the issue person to person, that’s when people stop listening. It’s main effect is to serve as a conversation stopper. In that, you have succeeded.
“When people start cutting and pasting large blocks of context-free quotations on a thread that no one will read instead of discussing the issue person to person,”
You’re free to dismiss them, but if you want to talk about it “person to person” you’ll address the evidence that’s against you.