Originally Posted by sbhikes
Doesn't quoting JF's written words count as quoting what he actually said?
Certainly. But there has been very little of that in this thread. As far as I can tell, only in your post #35.
However, it is not clear, at least to me, what exactly you think these quotes show.
In Dot #1, Forester does not assert anything, so there is nothing to debunk.
Dot #2 is really a semantic complaint, that it's inappropriate to refer to cyclists who are overly concerned about potential hazards from the rears as "victims". That is not debunking.
Dot #3 is an assertion from Forester. Your comment about it is your opinion, implying at most that you seem to disgree, but it's hardly a debunking.
So I'm not sure what you think this shows.