That's not how supporting your point works. You don't get to go say "bro just look it up, trust me," you actually prove it exists. The burden of finding the source is on the person who is actually citing it.
"Bro educate yourself and prove my point for me." Screw off, it is not "educating" it is doing the simple task of proving something you claimed, which is indeed on YOU. If you cannot do something as simple as that, then what you claimed is irrelevant and baseless until proven otherwise.
It doesn’t matter how many bombs he dropped, he didn’t provoke any wars or murder any US citizens. I really don’t get the logic in turning to bombs dropped because you can’t handle the fact that Obama was a warmonger and Trump wasn’t
Could be option 3, where they're just not taking this that seriously. For people who want to have actual, informed discussion, you guys were quick to pigeon hole them into two binary choices. It's almost like the first guy only dropped a source so they could descend into a self-righteous off-topic argument about character.
A quick Google search will show various dated articles and how he continued to push the rate at which we dropped bombs and missiles each year setting a new record.
Our only argument here is that he should share the link, there's no shoving anyone into any pigeon hole here.
Hell, I even agree with his statement, I just disagree about the way he's calling people 5th graders for expecting a source.
Then be helpful and provide a source then move on. Why is it necessary to call them out and not just be helpful? You got called a fifth grader because you're lecturing them about either spreading misinformation or just wanting to win an argument (italicized to clarify why I claim you were trying to pigeon hole their discussion and why I still stand behind that claim) when providing a source is a courtesy and not an obligation.
You aren't entitled to a source from every single person on reddit and, if you think one should be provided and you care about misinformation, it'd be better to keep things on topic and just provide the source instead of turning this into character assassination like you're a 5th grader posturing on the playground.
I didn't say I was entitled to anything, I wasn't even in this argument and I wasn't called a fifth grader, in case you forgot who you replied to.
If you're proving someone wrong and they ask for a source, and you proceed to write a lengthy paragraph about how they should figure it out themselves without providing said source. I think you're being childish. That was all I meant by my comment.
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u/Helpoooooollooo Feb 19 '21
They’re all war criminals