They aren't so much holding up as G3K is holding them up in spite of everything and anything. You can do that on the Internet. You just have to be Stone Deaf.
To the examples given already I could add several of my own, but you could have noticed them yourself as long as you've been around. You must be wearing very special rose-colored glasses.
So why the attacks? Debating someone who keeps using easy-to-refute data is the easiest thing in the world. Quietly point out the errors and you end up looking smart and he ends up looking foolish.
Going off topic by calling names and debating semantics, is an indication of an inability to conclusively refute the point in question.
If the data can't be conclusively refuted, just agree to disagree.