No. If you make a claim, you back it up or get disregarded. It’s that simple. This is how we prevent misinformation from being spread. Stop being indignant over being lazy/irresponsible.
I mean, there’s asking politely after specifying what you would like a source for…
Or you could reply to a paragraph of text with:
Source?
And hope the person both guesses what you’re asking for and puts the time in to Google something for you and provide the link.
Asking nicely is more likely to get the help you’re asking for.
Fair, politeness is definitely the way to go. I was more reacting to the apparent reluctance to actually provide a source to back up what they were saying after making some pretty serious allegations; it feels like with the times we live in, people ought to be more sensitive to the potential spread of misinformation. But you’re right, the replier certainly could have been nicer about it.
Thank you for being understanding. I take far more umbrage with someone expecting to be some kind of MTurk Google for them than wanting more information on a subject. Also, I’m a person with responsibilities and tasks. And whims for that matter. I shouldn’t be expected to promptly reply with something that is easily searched for. I’m not the primary source for this claim, clearly.
It’s similar to people simply replying “recipe?” When someone posts food pics on a given social media platform. It’s not strange to want tips on how to recreate something tasty, but for goodness sake, treat me like a human. At least say “oh wow that looks great! How did you make it?”
Here’s an article from the Daily Beast about this, tho there’s a number of other publications that wrote on the same subject if you’re curious about reading about it through different lenses.
Edit: FWIW, I don’t think these claims are all that serious in the sense that this kind of practice is common in the USA. Prisoners are slaves and are forced into all sorts of varied labor, be it firefighting or being literally leased out to farms as agricultural workers. This is done explicitly (as in, the prisoners aren’t given a choice to not work) and implicitly (where they’re given a choice to rot in a cell in inhumane conditions OR work outside the prison for far less than minimum wage, which they can only spend at the prison commissary. This is a form of coercion). It’s vile and abhorrent, but not uncommon, so I don’t think it’s all that strange to posit that someone in her role would engage in that kind of behavior.
Does that imply that many people in charge of overseeing prisoners and their activities in America are psychopaths or show psychopathic tendencies?
Perhaps.
If that other user couldn’t infer what “Source?” meant in response to their comment, then I they’re an idiot. Saying it nice is more PC, but clarity was definitely not the issue.
Oh, no, I understood very clearly what they were demanding. But I’m not a search tool. I’m a person, treat me like such. Heck, if they had just replied “Hey I tried searching for more info about this but I couldn’t find any. Where did you see that?” I’d be far more accommodating than being treated like a machine thats openly accepting commands. They can search for these things faaaar more quickly than I can reply to a comment and probably get more info out of putting in all of 10 seconds of effort.
That reddit debate mentality nonsense is toxic and I ain’t playing that game.
