Your argument would be stronger if you had made an honest claim, and if you had linked to the CDC rather than a newspaper article. The fact you didn't link to

Your argument would be stronger if you had made an honest claim, and if you had linked to the CDC rather than a newspaper article. The fact you didn't link to the CDC data tells me that you lack familiarity with the way the CDC works, and that's important because suicide data is complicated. The data we have so far doesn't support the points you've made.