Why is that lots of people on the politics section are unwilling to substantiate what they say?

Question

I'm always willing to have a debate & through that establish what I think, it's called learning.

Why is it that lots of people do no reciprocate?

Answer 1

Because so many of them do nothing but spew c**p. They repeat what they see on TV or hear on the radio. It's impossible to provide links for those type of things.

Answer 2

wanna fight??? fight me!!!

Answer 3

Maybe because just like our elected politicians, they are stuck in groove and cannot get out - same old tune forever.

If they don't agree with you, they simply do not respond.  Happens all the time.

You don't say if you're in USA or UK.

If you wish to join debates here in UK, you can often find a debating society in the town where you live.  If you are in the USA, I guess you just go along to the next town meeting and have your say.

Google search - public debating societies uk

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=na...

Answer 4

i posted pages of true facts and had evidence, fact is they cant handle the truth so they made me disappear, two 9000 point accounts with over 300 best answers, and over 30 fans and contacts on each account, that's 2 years of interesting info and stinging political humor down the Yahoo toilet~!

i came up with a lot of classic stuff on here, then they have you suspended then start using your stuff~!!

they are the ones that are brainwashed by Fox News and the propaganda from the White-house~!

their is a lot of info out there on both sides of the fence, but these boards have been taken over by the immature selfrightous sheep, who freak out when they hear a discouraging word about their candidate~!

they are the future Karl Roves and spin doctors and Fox News commentators of America, the sleaze-balls~!

so, it gets to be a waste of time to bother posting links, if you dont take my word for it, fine~!

Answer 5

Because so many cannot substantiate what they say since it is often untrue.

Yahoo people are very imaginative and too often maliciously so.

Answer 6

Careful croxx next thing you will expect Y/A to be somewhere for people to actually learn something rather than just whine and parrot what somebody else has said.

Answer 7

Because Yahoo Answers is an opinion site. Facts are not required. It would be nice to have facts to back up all that is said but again this is an opinion based question/answer site.  

Answer 8

Junior~!!!

get your as* off the computer and go wash up for supper, and quit drooling on the kitchen floor that your momma just waxed~!!!

Answer 9

Will attempt to do so for example according to ABC News Joe Bidden is the running mate of  Obama to inform everyone to make sure they know. There is another reason people may not substatntiate they may be afraid after they name their sources their sources may change somehow and propaganda put in place that Yahoo answers is a disguise for such. Also that the history sources they list may come to have titles like An Idiot's Guide to Solar Power, An Idiot's Guide to The Middle East,  and An Idiot's Guide to Computers. All this instead of say The OxFord Book Of The History Of Islam or Temple ,Fire, and Torch a History Of The Knights Templar.

Answer 10

Prove it, Croxx.  Got a link?

Answer 11

I say Britain is dangerously overpopulated mainly due to mass immigration

Answer 12

MANY JUST WANT TO DO NAME CALLING.

WHEN A DISCUSSION GETS TO THAT POINT, THERE IS NO DEBATE.

LINKS SHOULD ALWAYS BE PROVIDED, OR SOURCES (LOGIC 101)

BACK UP YOUR STATEMENT.  WITHOUT THAT, ITS JUST BABBLE.