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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]1.) The poster claiming there was insufficient expertise on the committees is [b]the one expecting all of us to take it on faith [/b]that she knows better than all of the rest of us, knows better than anyone involved in the committees or development process. [/quote]

I don't think she wants anyone to take anything on faith.  I think that's why she keeps asking for information . . . so that people can come to their own conclusions.  This is called "healthy skepticism".  I think that when this much power and money is involved in making public policy, all parts of it must be public (as it affects the public greatly).  Wouldn't you agree?  [/quote]

It's one thing to be a skeptic, but there is a difference between asking for information and not getting a response vs. asking for information and then denying and ignoring the answers received because you didn't like them and then going on pretending there was no response.  By denying the other side's information you aren't engaging in anything "healthy."

Add to that spreading disinformation claiming things as "fact" when they aren't, making accusations and not providing any evidence to support them is not what I would call "skepticism" and likewise is not a "healthy" dialogue.  That is what I mean by expecting others to take things on faith.  There's been a steady stream of anti-Common-Core and anti-testing opinion being touted as "fact" that we are supposed to take on good faith despite a lack of any real evidence to support it.

It's not healthy to arrive at a conclusion and then ignore evidence and facts.  That's precisely what climate deniers do.  They arrive at a conclusion ahead of the facts, and then ignore or try to deny any evidence and facts that contradict their conclusion - while refusing to provide any evidence of their own position.

What we are dealing with is an anti-Common-Core poster who keeps resorting to fallacious rhetorical devices rather than presenting actual facts and logic.[/quote]

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