[jeffwhitlock]

This logic is very strange to me...

"Someone can disprove specific claims with hard evidence, but because they did so, the original claim must be accurate."

I don't think "everyone knows" that if a post making baseless claims about you is going viral, and you have concrete proof to dismiss some of the claims, that you should just "keep quiet."

Perhaps in some cases, perhaps not in others.

In this case, the integrity of this forum was called into question, and I think a transparent response is warranted and effective.

But... to each their own.