I meant to delete that part actually. I thought I had. On reflection, it seemed likely that this could be a distortion in my viewpoint based on the fact that most of my Facebook sphere leans heavily left. So I probably don't see as much of the right's poor argumentation.

> but there doesn't seem to have been a presentation of evidence which provides unambiguous support for the thesis.

I said "(to me)" as a disclaimer that I was offering my opinion/belief, and not a provable thesis.