(July 22, 2015 at 8:32 am)ChadWooters Wrote: You do realize that questioning the source doesn't refute the message? The fact remains that the facial proportions of the image are consistent with its use a a wrapping. The claim of the earlier poster about 'distortion' is not true.
What are you talking about? Of course it does! The entire argument from authority fallacy is based around the idea that inappropriate authorities cannot be trusted on their opinions alone. The source regularly means that the message is refuted: it's why we won't take David Barton as a source on US history, why taking a layman's opinion on scientific topics is inappropriate, and so on. To say that a questionable source has no impact upon the message is simply foolishness, and in this case is just special pleading toward your source because it says something you want to be true.
Tell me, if I'd used a source with a history of inaccurate reporting to disprove something you believed in, would you still be so insistent that questionable sources as fine?
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