[RS]

So let's see -

Unless you're being absurd again, a simple pronouncement of "innumerable", "plenitude" or "longstanding" turns statements into facts.

Is this a variation of the " Because I say so " explanation ?

[Gondring]

It's called "Proof by Assertion" but don't think AAC gets credit for originating it--it's quite common in liberal circles. Bet he picked it up at DU or somewhere else his intrusive-government, anti-Constitution types hang out.