Comment by boyaka
11 years ago
Adding additional information can be done in parentheses or additional paragraphs, not by pretending to be sources.
11 years ago
Adding additional information can be done in parentheses or additional paragraphs, not by pretending to be sources.
They're footnotes. Footnotes are used both to cite sources and to make remarks that are relevant but would break up the flow of the prose.
Tone argument[0] much?
[0]: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Tone_argument
Please do not link to the Geek Feminism Wiki. It is nothing but an incoherent and poorly organized collection of anecdotes.
Ad hominem?
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He was simply pointing out that the grandparent's communication style is a bit misleading. Nothing wrong with that.
Ugh, why is the simple-minded application of buzzwords so horribly prevalent in discussions of this nature. I honestly can't think of anything that exemplifies "derailing" more than posting links to Geek Feminism that are almost entirely irrelevant as part of a complaint about someone's comment.
Fallacy fallacy much?