[saagarjha]

FWIW, it's possible to be both a moral grandstander and meticulously cite sources: for example, consider a vegan who says it's morally wrong to kill animals (which, depending on your worldview, could be baseless), but also cites sources saying that eating meat is a bad choice for the environment (which is easily citable).

[gatherhunterer]

No one was making a comment on veganism. I guess an opportunity to grandstand was too hard to pass up.