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Thank you for providing a source. I am not who you were replying too, but this exchange is a funny little microcosm of the conversation.

I doubt many will read the full piece, I doubt many know Roderic Day, and the text shown was fully opinion. There were not detailed citations in the text that would require checking, this wasn't a study, there is basically nothing to the point outside the text itself, except the notoriety of the author, but the knee-jerk reaction seems to be to ask for a source. Would it change their opinion if it was written in the comment itself? Does it make it more legitimate if had been a published book? What level publisher does it require to make the case meaningful? Would it suddenly be a worthwhile point if this was taken from a New York Times op-ed?

To restate the point of the text, to a degree there is no reason to expect them to study the source of the quote, because they wield "Source?" like a club.