still not clear what "parent" is. that might be in your mental model as an engineer? but it's not in mine based on the site itself. I see topic->con. click to

still not clear what "parent" is. that might be in your mental model as an engineer? but it's not in mine based on the site itself. I see topic->con. click to dispute con. see con and under it "attack parent" . to me with con showing on the screen the parent is the topic not the con. if it was the con the prompt would read "attach this con" or "attack the statement above" .