If you plan to try to get more experience at it and sharpen that axe, might I suggest checking out ālogical fallacies.ā Knowing them, and how to recognize them can assist in both recognizing bad arguments and avoid making arguments of some common bad forms.
We donāt know what your mom reads and may not be able to specifically comment on it. What she is reading may be like or may be unlike the materials we reference.
Asking for one to support their own assertions isnāt an indication of being upset. It is a discussion norm. Each person here has to support their own assertions. Unsupported and unsubstantiated arguments are often dismissed.
Thatās not a specific custom of this forum, but something you will find in argumentation in general. Most recently, weāve seen failures to support assertions in the election court cases, most of which were also dismissed.