Or you could, you know, look at the evidence each side presents.
I am 100% in favour of looking at the evidence. But that isn’t a thing Val could have done to avoid arguments breaking out in the comments, because how carefully Val has looked at the evidence has essentially no bearing on whether others choose to argue about the issue. And it certainly isn’t a thing Val could have done to avoid arguments while also expressing an unwillingness to get involved in those arguments because the only way Val’s expertise thus acquired could influence the arguments would be through Val getting involved.
I am 100% in favour of looking at the evidence. But that isn’t a thing Val could have done to avoid arguments breaking out in the comments, because how carefully Val has looked at the evidence has essentially no bearing on whether others choose to argue about the issue. And it certainly isn’t a thing Val could have done to avoid arguments while also expressing an unwillingness to get involved in those arguments because the only way Val’s expertise thus acquired could influence the arguments would be through Val getting involved.