I do love that (which is why I engage with this type of things).
But now, keep imaging the scene:
It’s still the chemistry forum. The chemistry field has been attacked by western anti-chemistry propaganda for almost a century. The chemists in the audience put up a sign at the entrance with a bunch of FAQs and beginner’s friendly questions.
I ignore all of that and demand an answer that I could have easily gotten answered online. But I’m doing all of this in bad faith. I just want an example of the evil chemists telling me to leave because I couldn’t be bothered to be honest in my request nor I could be humble in my lack of knowledge on the topic.
When yours and my friend ask us about a topic we love, they do it honestly and looking for answers respecting the fact that they don’t know. And yet, for anything communist/socialist, most people don’t
The answers I easily got online were opposite of what you were saying, hence my persistence.
But neither of us are political scientists. We’re both backyard chemistry enthusiasts in this metaphor. So when you claim something that doesn’t make sense with my cursory knowledge and searches, I ask you to back it up.
To extend the metaphor, it would be like discussing cold fusion with a fellow chemistry enthusiast. They imply that it works, and was shut down by political motives, but that it’s been discussed to death professionally, so no use discussing it further. I agree that it has been discussed to death, but their conclusion is opposite of the conclusion I have found online, so I would push for further support.
