Standard jakey response.
When the holes in his argument are pointed out, he ignores that and restates his initial position.
It is the Logical Fallacy of Proof By Assertion, and is Jake's SOP.
"Proof by assertion, sometimes informally referred to as
proof by repeated assertion, is an
informal fallacy in which a proposition is repeatedly restated regardless of contradiction.
[1] Sometimes, this may be repeated until challenges dry up, at which point it is asserted as fact due to its not being contradicted (
argumentum ad nauseam).
[2] In other cases, its repetition may be cited as evidence of its truth, in a variant of the
appeal to authority or
appeal to belief fallacies.[
citation needed]
This fallacy is sometimes used as a form of
rhetoric by politicians, or during a debate as a
filibuster. In its extreme form, it can also be a form of
brainwashing."
