Testimony is Evidence

[John V]

And protest all you want, your wish to equate claims that are at least based in reality (and which can be corroborated by evidence) with claims that not only have nothing to do with reality, but have less than zero ability to be corroborated by any evidence whatsoever, is the pinnacle of dishonesty and you should be ashamed of yourself.

If you haven't actually corroborated a claim with other evidence, you don't know that it can be corroborated. If you make this your standard, you have to dump a lot of what you think you know.