Everyone is free to stop posting if they start walking into a conversation that is deep enough to require references: the person above did not.
Additionally, shooting the shit where you’re all talking bollocks is fine. You tell them they’re a dumbass but you don’t demand references because they’re not posting it in public. But, if they bought a billboard to say something unverified and potentially wrong, I’d demand to know what their sources are.
The internet, by its nature, (and this forum, specifically) is not private, and is not afforded the luxuries of private indiscretion.
You get that the standard here is more conversational than academic?
Additionally, shooting the shit where you’re all talking bollocks is fine. You tell them they’re a dumbass but you don’t demand references because they’re not posting it in public. But, if they bought a billboard to say something unverified and potentially wrong, I’d demand to know what their sources are.
The internet, by its nature, (and this forum, specifically) is not private, and is not afforded the luxuries of private indiscretion.