• ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    Sometimes I back up my argument with entire books lmao. Its not usually for the person I am arguing with. Its for the people who see the argument and are curious

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      1 month ago

      You should be able to explicate your own argument, though. “Read this book” isn’t convincing on its own.

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          Yeah, this happens way too often “it’s all in here (link), but I will not elaborate”

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        Yeah, you need to take specific portions of the book to support your argument. I won’t just say “read Fanon” but will give a a specific example from the book in addition to the more general example of the entire work, plus encourage them to read more.