[dijit]

This line of reasoning is poor.

Taken to horrible extremes: Slavery has large benefits.

Even if not taken to extremes, we're talking about the same argument that erodes privacy; "We need to take away your freedom so that the terrorists can't groom your children and bomb your daycare centers!".

I can't even begin to steelman an argument like this, it's just poorly reasoned out.

[sp332]

Alifatisk didn't make any arguments. I didn't make an argument. Not everything is an argument.

[dijit]

argument is anything thats a disagreement.

You literally made an argument against something the parent said.

Discussion can also include “making arguments” even if the discussion itself is not otherwise classified as an argument.