Are you asking me to dispute your reasons? I can't.
My point is that this isn't a logic discussion. It's a rhetoric discussion.
As such logic will always be ignored, even though it shouldn't be. Trying to convince an opposing side of anything is largely impossible through logic alone. People get defensive, and as well they should: Bigfoot is really shaky ground and any believer would be correct to feel a little insecure about it.
This is what makes
@BearGrounds so fascinating, because he's the only one who claims to have switched camps. I acknowledge that my approach to the topic has made it difficult for him to want to share how he changed his mind on something like Bigfoot, but I don't feel too bad never finding out. It's sort of like my Bigfoot, where I'm happy to leave behind a question mark.
Aside, what also fascinates me is how much stock people place in agreement and disagreement. Over Bigfoot. When it comes to unprovable phenomena, I tend to believe we're better off being challenged rather than entering an echo chamber, so it amuses me when people get butthurt when people don't agree. Again, on Bigfoot. It's not a context that engenders a lot of serious talk. But ayyyyyyyyyy.