be the ones who actually provide citations for their claims. This isn't a right/left thing with me, I believe everyone should have to provide cites, if not in OP's at least when others ask for them. I've pointed out before that when cites are provided, the discussion can actually be about the same thing/issue/idea, etc. Citations go a long way to support someone's argument, even if it is one that I might not agree with, it makes it easier to begin to start seeing it from the other person's viewpoint and possibly even change other people's opinions.
There was a recent post in which you mentioned a quote from AG Sessions and attributed it to not only one court case but actually said he said the same thing about both of them. In fact, the quote you had mentioned was only about the first court case and he never said the same ignorant statement, or anything even close enough that it could be confused as being the same statement about the second court case (or rather, the judge). I posted my Googled results in that thread.
In all honesty, I really wish politicians would actually start requiring reporters, and opinion spouting show hosts, to show/play the actual statements by the person that they are asking their political guest or person being interviewed before the politician/guest makes any comments about what was supposedly said. Too often "reporters" and hacks think someone said something and misquote someone demanding that someone else either defend/condemn the misquoted politician. After a few hrs or days, what someone actually said 1) hardly gets reported 2) never gets corrected with the same level of coverage as the original misquote outrage nonsense 3) or is totally ignored while the same "reporter"/host/pundit begins conflating it with newly misquoted click-bait total BS. Demanding that they play the tape before giving an opinion on something that may not be what the host/"reporter" thought (or claimed to think) it was.
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