You’re right, Wikipedia is a terrible primary source, because it isn’t a primary source. So, while you should never reference it in a paper or dissertation, the sources it references are perfectly valid. The good news is, I’m not writing an essay or dissertation, and I don’t have to follow the correct rules for those. I did you the favor of clicking two links deeper (it took about a minute) and finding the information where they talk about all those cases that the judges totally threw so they could force you to pay illegal taxes. Now, I can’t make you turn that link purple, but if you do you might get the other side of that argument that you apparently haven’t stumbled across in your decades of examination. Good luck.
Comment on IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 6 days agoIf you sole-source Wikipedia, I don’t know what to tell you. But I’m not going off on a research excursion to prove myself right from things I’ve read over decades. It’s of no import to me whether you believe me; if you’re truly curious, look into it yourself. The origins of the income tax are more complex than one article can assert.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 6 days ago
So, your assertion is that the IRS is a good source for information about the validity of the IRS? Case law doesn’t cover whether ratification actually happened, but rather that the courts are going with it.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
They are a better source than anything you’ve provided, yes.
AdmiralWhiskersIV@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
I tend not to comment, but this is peak nutter commentary so I feel compelled. You’re following the standard format of…
Nutter: Let me tell you about my unproven conspiracy theory!
Anyone else: that’s wild, can you prove it?
Nutter: Do your own research, I don’t care if you believe me (i.e., I can’t prove it because it’s insane).
100% unrefined Facebook gran behaviour.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 6 days ago
Look, I’ve been in journalism since 1998 and off Facebook since 2014. If you want to believe I’m full of shit, you’re of course free to, but that’s a terrible analogy.