Regardless of what side of any argument you are on everyone that makes a statement, in order to be considered as fact, need to be prepared to support their claims with some sort of validation outside of just saying it's so.
If you have a link, to support your case, by all means publish it.
If you know you've read it or even experienced it first hand, but can't exactly say where or prove how, then say so, & the court of public opinion will either accept it or reject it based upon your track record of credibility.
If your track record is piss-poor, well you best find some corroborating evidence of your claims, otherwise your arguments wont be taken seriously.....& so they shouldn't......they will fall flat on their face.
On the other hand, some may still doubt you, but if your credibility track record is trustworthy, & you aren't one for making outlandish unsubstantiated claims, then most will probably take you seriously, with credibility intact, & believed.
Either way, if you are going to make statements of supposed facts, it's best to produce links or other substantiating evidence to buttress your claims if called upon to do so, if for no other reason than to bolster your own good credibility whether you think it's needed or not.
➤ ➤ In the end beware of
those continually demanding evidence from others, for it's usually a smokescreen, a dodge, for covering up the fact that they actually lack evidence for their positions themselves, or even worse, to coverup for their own falsehoods (the
L word).