"I should read every word of every post very carefully" "there are some very, very long posts being produced. And now Jim has even started producing copies of Emma's very long posts from just a few days ago!"

1) if you skim/ignore stuff, it affects your ability to consider the whole matter with an open mind...

2) When you start denying/ignoring relevant information, some people may think that repeating it is helpful for you... see also 1) ...