How to argue

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[–]neovulcan 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I was initially annoyed that this was needlessly re-visualized, but there's a key verbiage clarification that makes it worth it.

Refutation - finding a mistake and supporting it by quoting the author

So many people I've shown the previous visualization to get hung up on "by using quotes", thinking they were supposed to quote other arguments.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

So many people I've shown the previous visualization to get hung up on "by using quotes", thinking they were supposed to quote other arguments.

Using quotes is "proper punctuation".