Trump's new Sec. of Labor has some baggage...

[Dill]

(11-28-2018, 11:03 PM)GMDino Wrote:

Whether the "higher ups" approved or not was never the issue.  What WAS the issue was that Acosta is now the Sec of Labor (not his former superiors) and as such appears to be the kind of person who will fold and not protect anyone except those with the most money or power.

You are being asked to accept claims based primarily upon a claimant's personal authority.

The truth of the claims is held to be "obvious" by the claimant.

So if you challenge the claim by asking for further proof, or even ask for further specification to secure the inference, then it is clear there must be some fault in your understanding.  So your flaws are then part of the discussion. 

"Intelligence" is a subtheme as well. Posters who agree with the claimant have it. Those who question, don't. That is the test, not logically consistent, evidence based argument. Questions and counter-arguments are simply referred to that room over there with "obvious" on the door.

The easy way around this is to accept the claims without challenging them. That is really what you are being asked to do.