Pro and Contra Arguments

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When a statement is polarizing it requires arguments, more context or more specific alternatives. If people really disagree on something, it's time to add arguments.

Good arguments are specifically required from the minority, because they might be the ones who are right.

On the other hand, the minority might be wrong and needs good arguments to be convinced of the truth.

The system automatically asks users who already voted on a statement to provide an argument to support their answer.

In that case, the statement page also shows a text field to add an argument as a new statement.

• The new statement is added with appropriate targeting on the original statement (see Targeting Statements #11)
• The pro/con relation is saved to the database