Yeah, you need to take specific portions of the book to support your argument. I won’t just say “read Fanon” but will give a a specific example from the book in addition to the more general example of the entire work, plus encourage them to read more.
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zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 months agoYou should be able to explicate your own argument, though. “Read this book” isn’t convincing on its own.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Oh for sure, I don’t just say, “you’re wrong read this book” lol.
sukhmel@programming.dev 3 months ago
Yeah, this happens way to often “it’s all in here (link), but I will not elaborate”