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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Luke Rosiak is a right wing extremist from Great Falls.  And he's also an extreme hack.[/quote]

That may be true without meaning his information is false.

As someone said on a different thread yesterday, attacking the person sharing the information is an ad hominem fallacy and doesn't make your argument. You have to actually prove that either TJ/people employed at TJ didn't sell this information or prove why it doesn't matter that they did sell this information.[/quote]

And therein lies the rub.  He's published so much crap over the years and distorted so much reality, that I wouldn't trust anything he writes even if it were the truest truth that ever truthed.  You can't publish  a mountain of crap and then publish a one off that may actually be true and expect the public to all of a sudden take it at face value.  How do we know that this is not one more article to add to his crap pile.[/quote]

I understand your concern about the reliability of a source that has published questionable material in the past. It’s reasonable to approach information with caution when it comes from someone with a history of distortion. However, dismissing everything a person says just because of their past isn't sound reasoning either. That would be an example of a “genetic fallacy”, where we assume something must be false purely because of its source.

For context, I’ve never heard of Mr. Rosiak before, so I don’t have any biases for or against him. But regardless of the source, the best approach is to focus on the content itself and whether it's verifiable through **independent evidence**. Instead of dismissing the article outright, it’s more productive to ask: Can the claims in this specific case be corroborated by other sources? If they can be, then it doesn't matter who first published it. The truth remains the truth, regardless of the source. If it can't be verified, then it's reasonable to be skeptical. Ultimately, the claims should be evaluated based on evidence, not the person making them.
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