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Ilikepurple

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2. Not OP's mistake but I'm not sure he "refuted" reports as much as dismissed them.
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:00 PM
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I appreciate the post and I hope this isn’t taken as being directed at OP. Pretty hard to refute an empirical claim if you have no contrary evidence and refuse to investigate, the most you can do is deny. . Just a pet peeve of mine, but this kind of either sloppy or purposeful language only helps obscure the facts. It’s common to

His statement provides no evidence that such claims are in error.
“There’s no way that we can corroborate that,” Cooper replied. “No indication of that whatsoever.”

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