Your last sentence is a verbose way of saying "Just sayin'". https://psychcentral.com/health/defending-against-im-just-saying https://psychcentral.com/health/d

Your last sentence is a verbose way of saying "Just sayin'". https://psychcentral.com/health/defending-against-im-just-saying 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