Don't get me wrong. I understand the reason behind this. Too often do I see people post unsubstantiated ideas and claims as though they were fact. Still, in a debate about issues in current events, there aren't a lot of scholarly sources available for one side or the other. Worse, since they all have to quote someone else to be considered scholarly in the first place, nearly all of them are quoting the same information.
Oh well, it's not like I didn't know that this was how it was going to be.