Sometimes I’ll just be like ‘you’re not a high school social studies teacher, you don’t need a works cited page. Either believe it or not.’ Other times I’ll point out their pattern of behavior and argument strategy before they even get to the final stage, where they say since it didn’t come from a reputable source it doesn’t count. They don’t seem to grasp all of their beliefs are being influenced by propaganda sources so of course any real news will seem strange to them. They’re interesting creatures.
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Liberals commonly won't accept anything they've never heard before unless there is a source or a study. Not all minutiae of life has a pertinent double-blind peer-reviewed study. Sometimes you have to look at a situation and arrive at a conclusion yourself. This is something few liberals have the ability to do. They need some "authority," whether it be the NYT or their TV, to tell them what to think.
They cannot comprehend that your sources are common sense and deductive reasoning. They are not acquainted with these sources.