The advanced technique of shifting the standard for what counts as an acceptable source after the initial source has been provided. First, they demand a source. You provide a mainstream news outlet. They say mainstream media is biased. You provide a peer-reviewed study. They say academia is corrupt. You provide government data. They say the government lies. You provide firsthand video evidence. They say it's deepfake. The sourcepost keeps moving because the real demand is not for evidence but for agreement, and no source will ever be acceptable if it contradicts what they already believe. Moving the sourcepost is the debate equivalent of running away while claiming you're still fighting.
Move the Sourcepost Example: "He demanded a source for climate change. She provided NASA data. He moved the sourcepost, saying NASA was part of the government and couldn't be trusted. She provided university research. He said universities were liberal. She provided international scientific consensus. He said scientists were in it for the grants. She asked what source he would accept. He said 'common sense.' The sourcepost had moved beyond the reach of evidence entirely."
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Get the Move the Sourcepost mug.The practice of constantly shifting source requirements—when a source is provided, demanding a better one; when a better one is provided, demanding a different kind; when that's provided, demanding something else. Moving the Sourcepost is the dynamic version of Source Sophism: the goalposts never stop moving because stopping would mean engagement. It's a tactic of infinite regress, designed to exhaust opponents and avoid ever having to accept a source as sufficient.
"She provided a study. 'Need something more recent.' She found a recent meta-analysis. 'Need primary sources.' She found primary data. 'Need independent verification.' She found independent studies. 'Need something from this specific journal.' Moving the Sourcepost: evidence as chase scene, proof as infinite regress. The post never stopped moving because stopping meant admitting she was right."
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Get the sourrearporn mug.An ulcer on one’s soul. Usually the result of living a life of anger and contempt for all things animate and inanimate.
The spiritual wound that someone is willing to keep as a result of carrying a scalding boiling cauldron of resentment towards all mankind, usually from the moment they wake until they go to bed at night.
The spiritual result of someone that hates everyone and everything, and they constantly feel inclined to symbolically drink poison and expect other things to die.
Someone who rejoices in the misery and inadequacy of others and fails to notice that they are only hurting themselves, and if they did notice, they just don’t give a fuck.
The spiritual wound that someone is willing to keep as a result of carrying a scalding boiling cauldron of resentment towards all mankind, usually from the moment they wake until they go to bed at night.
The spiritual result of someone that hates everyone and everything, and they constantly feel inclined to symbolically drink poison and expect other things to die.
Someone who rejoices in the misery and inadequacy of others and fails to notice that they are only hurting themselves, and if they did notice, they just don’t give a fuck.
“Did you see how he slapped that old lady and then smiled? He has a soulcer for sure.”
“He watched them ask to have the printer moved 20 feet and he spent the day imagining what it would be like to remove their limbs with a saw, one inch at a time… That will give him a soulcer.”
“Chris’ friend had a bad weekend in Wisconsin, got his heart broken. But he laughed his ass off the whole time, calling him a poor faggot. That dude is a soulcer.”
“He watched them ask to have the printer moved 20 feet and he spent the day imagining what it would be like to remove their limbs with a saw, one inch at a time… That will give him a soulcer.”
“Chris’ friend had a bad weekend in Wisconsin, got his heart broken. But he laughed his ass off the whole time, calling him a poor faggot. That dude is a soulcer.”
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