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by avs733 1031 days ago
Because he stated it and used a citation to support it.

I’m entirely agnostic to what the claim is, what ideology it supports, or even whether or not it’s true.

You use a citation to increase the credibility of you claim or argument. If the citation doesn’t actually say what you said that is a problem.

If I said aliens are real here is proof and cite a lasagna recipe that’s a problem