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Your last sentence is a verbose way of saying "Just sayin'".

https://psychcentral.com/health/defending-against-im-just-sa...

You know why you posted that quote, it's not just to "[bring] up a factual quote", it's to imply the man is a fool who's not to be listened to. And when challenged you pretend you're "just posting a quote".

Here's a Krugman quote from today (in fact it's in the post):

> A powerful faction in America has become deeply hostile to science and to expertise in general





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